Spinal haemorrhage during anticoagulant regimen for thromboprophylaxis: a unique form of central nervous system haemorrhageJulio C Furlan
Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 83:746-52. 2012
..This study examines the potential factors associated with spinal haematoma among patients who develop CNS haemorrhage while on AC therapy...
The combined use of surgery and radiotherapy to treat patients with epidural cord compression due to metastatic disease: a cost-utility analysisJulio C Furlan
Division of Genetics and Development, Toronto Western Research Institute, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Spinal Program, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8
Neuro Oncol 14:631-40. 2012
..Those results are sensitive to the costs of hospice palliative care. Our results suggest that adopting a standard S + RT approach for patients with MSCC is likely to increase health care costs but would result in improved outcomes...
- Motor and sensory assessment of patients in clinical trials for pharmacological therapy of acute spinal cord injury: psychometric properties of the ASIA Standards
Julio C Furlan
Toronto Western Research Institute, 399 Bathurst Street McL 12 407, corrected Toronto, Canada corrected
J Neurotrauma 25:1273-301. 2008
..Nonetheless, further investigation of the ASIA Standards is recommended due to a paucity of studies focused on some key elements of the measurement responsiveness, including minimal clinically important difference...
- The impact of co-morbidities on age-related differences in mortality after acute traumatic spinal cord injury
Julio C Furlan
Division of Genetics and Development, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurotrauma 26:1361-7. 2009
..Our findings have implications for future clinical trials of therapies for adult patients with acute SCI and for management strategies of elderly individuals with SCI...
- Attitudes towards the older patients with spinal cord injury among registered nurses: a cross-sectional observational study
J C Furlan
Division of Genetics and Development, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spinal Cord 47:674-80. 2009
..Cross-sectional observational study...
- The impact of age on mortality, impairment, and disability among adults with acute traumatic spinal cord injury
Julio C Furlan
Department of Genetics and Development, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurotrauma 26:1707-17. 2009
..Given this fact, rehabilitation protocols that are more focused on functional recovery may reduce disability among older people with acute traumatic SCI...
- The National Trauma Registry as a Canadian spine trauma database: a validation study using an institutional clinical database
Julio C Furlan
Division of Genetics and Development, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Ont, Canada
Neuroepidemiology 37:96-101. 2011
..Given this, we performed a validation study comparing the Canadian National Trauma Registry (NTR) data based on the 10th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases coding with clinical data from an institutional database...
- Functional and clinical outcomes following surgical treatment in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a prospective study of 81 cases
Julio C Furlan
Division of Genetics and Development, Toronto Western Research Institute, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg Spine 14:348-55. 2011
..This study examines the potential confounding effects of age, sex, duration of symptoms, and comorbidities on the functional outcomes and postoperative complications in patients who underwent cervical decompressive surgery...
- Headache attributed to autonomic dysreflexia: an underrecognized clinical entity
Julio C Furlan
Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, and Lyndhurst Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Neurology 77:792-8. 2011
..Given this, I systematically reviewed the literature to establish the features of the headache attributed to autonomic dysreflexia after SCI...
- Management of anticoagulation following central nervous system hemorrhage in patients with high thromboembolic risk
G W J Hawryluk
Division of Genetics and Development, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Thromb Haemost 8:1500-8. 2010
..Patients who present with central nervous system (CNS) hemorrhage while on anticoagulation (AC) for thromboembolic (TE) risk factors are a challenge to manage...
Optimal treatment for severe neurogenic bowel dysfunction after chronic spinal cord injury: a decision analysisJ C Furlan
Spinal Program, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Br J Surg 94:1139-50. 2007
..This study employed a decision analysis to examine the optimal treatment for bowel management of young individuals with chronic refractory constipation in the setting of chronic SCI...
- Biologic basis for the treatment of microscopic, occult well-differentiated thyroid cancer
J C Furlan
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Surgery 130:1050-4. 2001
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