(HealthDay News) — A checklist-based bedside physical examination in the intensive care unit (ICU) is suggested as clinically useful in spite of a lack of evidence demonstrating this, according to a ...

Using a sophisticated imaging test to probe for higher-level cognitive functioning in severely brain-injured patients provides a window into consciousness, scientists say, adding that the view it ...

In a small "proof of principle" study, stroke researchers have found that a simple, one-minute eye movement exam performed at the bedside worked better than an MRI to distinguish new strokes from ...

PALO ALTO, CA — It is not his first knee exam, but for this one, Andrew Parsons, MD, is not proceeding with a business-as-usual manner. Instead, as he positions the patient's leg, Dr Parsons is ...

A simple, one-minute eye movement examination by the bedside by doctors works better than MRI to identify impending stroke in patients complaining of dizziness and nausea. A simple, one-minute eye ...

October 16, 2009 (Baltimore, Maryland) — Patients presenting with dizziness may actually be having a stroke, and investigators have discovered a bedside approach to help clinicians identify these ...

A high-tech CT scan may not be needed if you have an efficient physician, whose bedside exam can often be more effective, a new study claims. A Loyola University Health System study has found ...

A simple, one-minute eye movement examination by the bedside by doctors works better than MRI to identify impending stroke in patients complaining of dizziness and nausea. A simple, one-minute eye ...

In a small "proof of principle" study, stroke researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Illinois have found that a simple, one-minute eye movement exam performed at the bedside worked better ...