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Medication-induced acute dystonic reaction: the challenge of diagnosing movement disorders in the intensive care unit [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Case Reports, 2015
A 62-year-old man presented with left middle cerebral artery stroke. 1 h postadministration of tissue plasminogen activator, he received a total of 4 mg of haloperidol for combativeness. He developed partial complex status epilepticus, requiring benzodiazepines, phenytoin, propofol and intubation.
Geneviève, Digby   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

“It Was Something Outside of Me, Controlling Me”: Young People's Perspectives on the Role of Externalisation in Recovery From Anorexia Nervosa

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Externalisation is a therapeutic approach that separates the problem from the person, widely used in treating anorexia nervosa (AN) to help young people understand their illness and to collaborate with their families against the disorder.
Alex Skolnick   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acute dystonia in a patient with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

open access: yesMental Illness, 2015
The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (di George syndrome) is one of the most prevalent genetic disorders. The clinical features of the syndrome are distinct facial appearance, velopharyngeal insufficiency, conotruncal heart disease, parathyroid and immune ...
Konstantinos Kontoangelos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

CHD8-related disorders redefined: an expanding spectrum of dystonic phenotypes

open access: yesJournal of Neurology
Abstract Background Heterozygous loss-of-function variants in CHD8 have been associated with a syndromic neurodevelopmental-disease spectrum, collectively referred to as CHD8-related neurodevelopmental disorders. Several different clinical manifestations, affecting neurodevelopmental and systemic domains, have been ...
Ugo Sorrentino   +9 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Orofacial Drinking Tremor: A Case Series and Literature Review

open access: yesMovement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Task‐specific orofacial tremor is a rare condition in which rhythmic oscillations of orofacial muscles occur during specific actions. Drinking tremor represents a recurrent pattern in isolated reports, although its phenomenology and underlying mechanisms remain incompletely defined.
Daniele Birreci   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Botulinum Toxin Physiology in Focal Hand and Cranial Dystonia

open access: yesToxins, 2012
The safety and efficacy of botulinum toxin for the treatment of focal hand and cranial dystonias are well-established. Studies of these adult-onset focal dystonias reveal both shared features, such as the dystonic phenotype of muscle hyperactivity and ...
Barbara Illowsky Karp
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy Remaining at Time of Requested Re-Treatment for Cervical Dystonia: A Potential New Treatment Paradigm with DaxibotulinumtoxinA

open access: yesToxins
The therapeutic efficacy remaining from prior treatments with botulinum toxins (BoNTs) when cervical dystonia (CD) patients prefer to be re-treated has not been well characterized. Here, we assessed the residual therapeutic efficacy of BoNT injections at
Aaron Ellenbogen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Delayed emergence from anaesthesia and bilateral mydriasis following bilateral pallidotomy

open access: yesIndian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2018
Pallidotomy is a surgical procedure done widely for Parkinson's disease and various dystonias refractory to medical treatment. The technique involves radiofrequency (RF) thermal coagulation of globus pallidus internus, either unilaterally or bilaterally.
Ankur Khandelwal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dysphagia and Muscle Weakness Secondary to Botulinum Toxin Type A Treatment of Cervical Dystonia: A Drug Class Analysis of Prescribing Information

open access: yesToxins
The first-line management of cervical dystonia (CD) symptoms is intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin type A (BoNTA). However, a comparison of safety among BoNTAs is difficult because, per regulatory authorities, units of BoNTA activity are not ...
Khashayar Dashtipour   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Data‐Driven Insights into Hyperkinetic Disorders in Neurodevelopmental Syndromes and Epileptic Encephalopathies

open access: yesMovement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Childhood‐onset hyperkinetic movement disorders occur in a range of genetic conditions. Recently, there has been an increase in recognition of hyperkinetic movement disorders, mainly dystonia, chorea and dyskinesia, with monogenic conditions associated with neurodevelopmental delay (NDD) and also with developmental and epileptic ...
Hugo Morales‐Briceño   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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