Paper of the Month

Our research paper of the month is a retrospective cohort study, aiming to investigate the association between field position, professional career length and playing era and increased risk of neurodegenerative disease among male former professional soccer players.

The aim of this study was to describe neurological and psychiatric complications of infection with SARS CoV 2 in children and adolescents and determine the prevalence of such manifestations in hospitalised patients under 18 years-old.

For October 2021, we have selected: Spelman T. el al Treatment Escalation vs Immediate Initiation of Highly Effective Treatment for Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: Data From 2 Different National Strategies.

For October 2021, we have selected: Lopez Bernal J. et al, Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccines against the B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant: test-negative case–control study.

For September 2021, we have selected: Ramsden CE et al. Dietary alteration of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids for headache reduction in adults with migraine: randomized controlled trial

For September 2021, we have selected: ''Aschman A et al. Association Between SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Immune-Mediated Myopathy in Patients Who Have Died'' and ''Suh J et al. Skeletal Muscle and Peripheral Nerve Histopathology in COVID-19''

Our research paper of the month is a pooled retrospective non-randomised cohort study, evaluating the functional and safety outcomes of direct to angiography (DTA) treatment paradigm vs repeated imagingin the different treatment windows and on-call hours vs regular hours in patients undergoing thrombectomy.

For August 2021, we have selected two COVID-19 papers of the month, investigating the effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccines in England and Israel, respectively.

For July 2021, we have selected: Langezaal LCM et al. Endovascular Therapy for Stroke Due to Basilar-Artery Occlusion. N Engl J Med 2021; 384:1910-1920. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2030297

For July 2021, we have selected: Greinacher A. et al, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 Vaccination. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jun 3;384(22):2092-2101. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2104840.

For May 2021, we have selected: Walgaard et al. Second intravenous immunoglobulin dose in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome with poor prognosis (SID-GBS): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Neurol 2021; 20=:275-283. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30494-4.

For June 2021, we have selected the following paper: Dagan N. et al. BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting. N Engl J Med 2021; 384:1412-1423. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2101765.

For May 2021, we have selected: Rentsch CT et al. Early initiation of prophylactic anticoagulation for prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 mortality in patients admitted to hospital in the United States: cohort study. BMJ 202;372:n311. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n311.

For May 2021, we have selected: Walgaard et al. Second intravenous immunoglobulin dose in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome with poor prognosis (SID-GBS): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Neurol 2021; 20=:275-283. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30494-4.

Paper of the month: Association Between Dispatch of Mobile Stroke Units and Functional Outcomes Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in Berlin