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Today I added two articles on traumatic brain injury (TBI) to my iPhone application. One article is about mannitol in acute TBI, the other is about decompressive craniectomy (DC) for treating a refractory high intracranial pressure after TBI.

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I was surprised to find that there is more evidence for DC in a pediatric population. Actually, there is none for adults, although the authors explicitly state in the text that it may still be of added value.

Regarding mannitol, I’ll have to read an article on other solutions (literally and as a figure of speech…)

Actually, I am quite proud these days! I managed to get my first iPhone app working in the way I wanted. Now I can expand its content!

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I needed to have some more literature on pediatric neuro-oncology, and today I did a PubMed search to expand my list. Found some interesting articles, one of which I highly recommend for residents.

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Finally! I have some screenshots available from my first iPhone application. It is working in the simulator and on the device itself. My license for Apple’s Developer Program has been accepted.

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Got some new sample data for Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI). Simply put, it is a technique that can be used to display the brain’s white matter fiber bundles.

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After the previous experiments with Flex 3 and ActionScript 3.0 I also wanted to take a closer look at development for mobile devices. Why not target the most fascinating of them, which is the one I am using for the last year: the iPhone!

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Cordonnier et al (2008) describe the differences between intracranial vascular malformation types in the characteristics of their presenting haemorrhages.

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