European journal of neurology : the official journal of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
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our aim was to investigate the course of medication-overuse headache in the general population and the effect of simple advice regarding medication overuse. ⋯ our examination and short information served as a modified brief intervention which can improve chronic headache and medication overuse in the general population.
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atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most powerful predictor of early death in patients with acute ischaemic stroke. We investigated whether the plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level on admission can serve as a biological marker of in-hospital death in acute ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) patients with AF. ⋯ the plasma BNP level on admission can predict in-hospital death in acute ischaemic stroke and TIA patients with AF.