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Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2015 Acute flaccid paralysis is an emergency and includes a variety of diagnostic possibilities. Identification of life threatening problems and emergency stabilization should precede further diagnostic evaluation.
Muliai Baalaaji, Muralidharan Jayashree
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Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2004 Poliomyelitis is an acute viral infection caused by RNA virus. It is primarily an infection of the human alimentary tract but the virus may infect the central nervous system in a very small percentage (1%) of cases resulting in varying degrees of paralysis, and possibly death [1].
Sunil, Agrawal, Harinder, Singh
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Hypokalemia with Recurrent Flaccid Paralysis
Indian Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2022 Acute flaccid paralysis is a condition which is attributable to many etiologies. When a patient presents with recurrent acute flaccid paralysis, hypokalemic or hyerkalemic periodic paralysis should be considered especially if similar symptoms are seen in
Poornima Tadkal +3 more
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Neurotoxic Sleight of Fang: Differential Antivenom Efficacy Against Mamba (Dendroaspis spp.) Venom Spastic-Paralysis Presynaptic/Synaptic vs. Flaccid-Paralysis Postsynaptic Effects [PDF]
ToxinsMamba (Dendroaspis species) snakebites are critical medical emergencies across sub-Saharan Africa. Envenomings can result in the rapid onset of complex neurotoxic symptoms, often leading to high rates of mortality without timely intervention with ...
Lee Jones +7 more
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Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2018 In respond to acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in association with Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infection, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control began to screen EV-D68 infection among each AFP patient since July 2015 and detected the first case in August 2016 ...
Hsin Yi Wei
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Acute flaccid paralysis in Australian children
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2003 Objectives: To describe the epidemiology and causes of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in Australian children, and the clinical features of the two most common causes of AFP, Guillain−Barré syndrome and transverse myelitis.Methods: Monthly active surveillance for AFP was carried out through the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, with AFP defined ...
Elizabeth Elliott, J Antony
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public HealthObjective: Detections of acute flaccid paralysis in the Australian Capital Territory in the last decade have been lower than the target rate for polio surveillance.
Matthew Kelly +2 more
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Acute flaccid paralysis of a new surfer: A case report. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore), 2022 Abstract Rationale: Surfer's myelopathy is a rare atraumatic spinal cord injury most frequently experienced by novice surfers. Patients often experience back pain, followed by motor, sensory, bowel, and bladder involvement. Here, we report a case of surfer's myelopathy.
Loh YL, Loh YL, Atresh S, Ferguson K.
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Acute flaccid paralysis in an infant
Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine, 2022 The incidence rate of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in India was 12/100,000 people, whereas it is 0.71/million in the United States. The incidence of nonpolio AFM has increased over the years.[1] We present a young infant with a 3-day fever followed by ...
Antonieo Jude Raja Balraj +3 more
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Acute flaccid paralysis due to rabies
Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, 2009 Two clinical forms of rabies are recognize: i) a furious form associated with classical signs of excitation or phobic symptoms, ii) Dumb rabies (paralytic rabies) characterized by progressive paralysis without an initial furious phase wherein distinction
J B Ghosh +4 more
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