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Assessment of acute headache in adults - what the general physician needs to know. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Headache is common. Up to 5% of attendances to emergency departments and acute medical units are due to headache. Headache is classified as either primary (eg migraine, cluster headache) or secondary to another cause (eg meningitis, subarachnoid ...
Agrawal   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension [PDF]

open access: yesContinuum, 2019
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is a disorder caused by spinal CSF leakage. This article reviews the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension.The hallmark symptom of spontaneous intracranial hypotension is acute orthostatic headache; however, clinical presentations can be heterogeneous.
openaire   +2 more sources

Clinical-pathological study on β-APP, IL-1β, GFAP, NFL, Spectrin II, 8OHdG, TUNEL, miR-21, miR-16, miR-92 expressions to verify DAI-diagnosis, grade and prognosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most important death and disability cause, involving substantial costs, also in economic terms, when considering the young age of the involved subject. Aim of this paper is to report a series of patients treated
A Frati   +65 more
core   +3 more sources

Cerebral autoregulation, brain injury, and the transitioning premature infant [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Improvements in clinical management of the preterm infant have reduced the rates of the two most common forms of brain injury, such as severe intraventricular hemorrhage and white matter injury, both of which are contributory factors in the development ...
Mathur, Amit M, Vesoulis, Zachary A
core   +3 more sources

The commonly missed diagnosis of intracranial hypotension

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2016
We report a 28 year old female who presented with a subacute onset of a severe throbbing and stabbing headache after a morning spin class 9 months ago. We confirmed the diagnosis of spontaneous intracranial hypotension cause by a cerebrospinal fluid leak.
Ashlee N. Ruggeri-McKinley, BSN, RN   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Delayed onset sequential bilateral abducens nerve palsies secondary to traumatic CSF leak

open access: yesTrauma Case Reports, 2022
Abducens nerve palsy via direct or indirect injury is well described following head trauma likely due to its long anatomical course with several vulnerable segments.
Kavya Koshy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intracranial hypotension following traumatic brain injury: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND: Intracranial hypotension (IH) is a recognised cause of coma, however, the diagnosis is often challenging, especially in patients with superimposed traumatic brain injury (TBI). CASE REPORT: We report a case of a 67-year-old patient who became
Alcaide-Leon   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Postural changes in optic nerve and optic nerve sheath diameters in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and spontaneous intracranial hypotension: A cohort study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundPostural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system. Approximately 30% of patients experience orthostatic headaches.
Debora Cipriani   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of an invasively monitored porcine model of acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background: The development of effective therapies for acute liver failure (ALF) is limited by our knowledge of the pathophysiology of this condition, and the lack of suitable large animal models of acetaminophen toxicity.
A Francavilla   +37 more
core   +5 more sources

Theophylline, a drug efficient to increase intracranial pressure. Case report and review of literature

open access: yesBrain and Spine, 2023
Introduction: Limited information is available regarding the direct effect of drugs prescribed to elevate intracranial pressure (ICP) in contrast to the abundance of evidence in support of medication utilized to lower ICP.
Aoife Curran   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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