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Bell Palsy Mimics: Lessons from Four Malpractice Cases. [PDF]
Clin Pract Cases Emerg MedIntroduction: Bell palsy, an idiopathic dysfunction of the seventh cranial nerve, is the leading cause of unilateral facial paralysis, although other more serious entities such as stroke, infection, and tumor may present similarly, leading to both ...
Lindor R, Ghaith S.
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Management of Bell's palsy [PDF]
Australian Prescriber, 2016 Bell’s palsy is facial nerve paralysis of unknown cause. Left untreated, 70–75% of patients make a full recovery.Early treatment with prednisolone increases the chance of complete recovery of facial function to 82%.
Somasundara, Dhruvashree +1 more
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Prognostic value of facial nerve antidromic evoked potentials in bell palsy: a preliminary study. [PDF]
Int J Otolaryngol, 2012 To analyze the value of facial nerve antidromic evoked potentials (FNAEPs) in predicting recovery from Bell palsy. Study Design. Retrospective study using electrodiagnostic data and medical chart review. Methods.
Wenhao Z, Minjie C, Chi Y, Weijie Z.
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Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America, 2016 Bell's palsy is unilateral, acute onset facial paralysis that is a common condition. One in every 65 people experiences Bell's palsy in the course of their lifetime. The majority of patients afflicted with this idiopathic disorder recover facial function.
Kavita T. Vakharia, Kalpesh T. Vakharia
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BMJ, 1956 The most fascinating and interesting nerve of all the cranial nerves with which the Otolaryngologist is in daily contact is the facial nerve. It controls the actions of the largest group of muscles upon which people are almost wholly dependent for their daily social contact.
M. J. T. Fitzgerald, Mary E. Law
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Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2018 Audience: Emergency medicine residents and medical students on emergency medicine rotations. Introduction: This oral board review case tests the resident’s ability to differentiate between benign and life-threatening causes of acute facial paralysis. Bell’s Palsy is a peripheral facial nerve palsy with a prevalence of 15-40 per 100,000.1The diagnosis ...
Meloy, Patrick G +3 more
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BMJ, 2005 A 32 year old man presents to you with sudden onset of weakness on the left side of his face. He also says that he is unable to close his left eye. He is otherwise well and last saw a doctor five years ago. He is anxious and thinks he has had a stroke. Associated symptoms —Patients with Bell's palsy commonly feel pain in or behind the ear.
Michael E Stuart, Sheri A. Strite
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