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

, 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, Cappelen-Smith, Dodick, Hoffmann, Mac Grory, Macdonald, omi, Savitz, Sheikh, Solomon   +9 more
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Optimal approach to standardized documentation in epilepsy clinics: A scoping review

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Clear documentation and transfer of information between health care providers is key to ensuring the delivery of high‐quality patient care. Our aim was to determine how to optimize and standardize physician documentation in outpatient epilepsy clinics as well as to highlight challenges and barriers to their implementation.
Shahab Marzoughi, Maren Kimura, Bamby Joseph, Alina Zhao, Diane L. Lorenzetti, Dang K. Nguyen, Mark Keezer, Colin B. Josephson, Nathalie Jetté   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiology of Cryptococcosis and Cryptococcal Meningitis in a large retrospective cohort of patients after solid organ transplantation [PDF]

, 2017
Background Cryptococcosis is the third most common invasive fungal infection in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. There are no nationally representative data describing the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of cryptococcosis ...
George, Ige A, Olsen, Margaret A, Powderly, William G, Santos, Carlos A   +3 more
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Exploring pathways leading to drug‐resistant epilepsy for patients with cryptogenic new onset refractory status epilepticus

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Cryptogenic new onset refractory status epilepticus (cNORSE) carries high risks of long‐term disability and post‐NORSE epilepsy, but mechanisms remain unclear. We aimed to assess the predictive value of inflammatory and brain injury biomarkers and determine whether immune disturbances persist in the chronic phase. Methods We enrolled
Aurélie Hanin, Clémence Marois, Martin Guillemaud, Mario Chavez, Léa Cosme, Zineb Hayatou, Aurore Besnard, Gwen Goudard, Véronique Masson, Louis Cousyn, Margaux Cheval, Jérôme A. Denis, Rana Alkouri, Foudil Lamari, Francesca Bisulli, Krista Eschbach, Raquel Farias‐Moeller, Nicolas Gaspard, Elizabeth E. Gerard, Giada Giovannini, Teneille Gofton, Margaret T. Gopaul, Marissa Kellogg, Stefano Meletti, Lorenzo Muccioli, Elena Pasini, Olga Taraschenko, Nathan Torcida, Mark S. Wainwright, Ji Yeoun Yoo, Nora Wong, Dominique Bonnefont‐Rousselot, Sophie Demeret, Lawrence J. Hirsch, Vincent Navarro   +34 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lumbar punction: comparison between an atraumatic and a traumatic punction needle

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2017
Background: Lumbar puncture is a standardized, routine diagnostic procedure in the diagnosis of neurological diseases. Post-duarl puncture headache (PDPH) is a common complication which occurs in 10 to 30 % of patients.
Tina Bregant, Uroš Rot, Leja Dolenc Groselj   +2 more
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”Not always the magic bullet”—Insufficient seizure control by ketogenic dietary therapies in Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Ketogenic dietary therapies (KDTs) are the treatment of choice for Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome (Glut1DS), providing dietary ketones as an alternative fuel to the brain and effectively controlling seizures. Recent evidence indicates insufficient seizure control in Glut1DS patients despite adequate KDT and ketosis.
Joerg Klepper, Eva Runkel, Lucia Kiesel
wiley   +1 more source

Cryptococcal Meningitis Diagnostics and Screening in the Era of Point-of-Care Laboratory Testing. [PDF]

, 2019
Over the past ten years, standard diagnostics for cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected persons have evolved from culture to India ink to detection of cryptococcal antigen (CrAg), with the recent development and distribution of a point-of-care lateral ...
Beyene, T, Boulware, DR, Katende, A, Letang, E, Rajasingham, R, Wake, RM   +5 more
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A case report: Diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 112-116, Spring 2025.
We reported a case of idiopathic hypertrophic dura meningitis diagnosed in our hospital. The patient repeatedly suffered from headaches, followed by blurred vision in the right eye. During this period, multiple sclerosis was considered for diagnosis, and it improved after hormone treatment.
Zhong Luo, Piao Cao, Jing‐Qing Xu, Rong Yan, Jian Wang, Tao Liang, Ya Chen, Zu‐Cai Xu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

SENSORY REGRESSION TIME FROM SUBARACHNOID BLOCK WITH HYPERBARIC 0.75% BUPIVACAINE IN THE OBESE PATIENT [PDF]

, 1989
The purpose of this study was to determine if obese patients have a different sensory regression time from subarachnoid block than non-obese patients using hyperbaric 0.75% bupivacaine. A quasi-experimental design was used. Twenty patients were separated
Hilton, George Leslie
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A rare case of perineal neuralgia treated with ultrasound‐guided nerve block combined with water separation

Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 106-111, Spring 2025.
A middle‐aged man presented with a right indirect inguinal hernia in November 2020 and underwent laparoscopic high ligation of the right hernial sac. Intermittent acupuncture‐like pain in the skin of the right scrotum and medial thigh occurred 1 month after surgery and lasted for 6 months. Under ultrasound guidance, ilioinguinal nerve and genitofemoral
Yong Wang, Min Wang, Rui Jiang, Zhao‐Qiong Zhu, Guang‐Cai Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source