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Efgartigimod as a promising add-on therapy for myasthenic crisis: a prospective case series [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
Chongbo Zhao, Xiao Huan, Sushan Luo
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in Myasthenic Crisis

, 2020
To the Editor: We report a case series of 4 patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) in the setting of myasthenic crisis (see Table 1, Supplemental Digital Content 1, http://links.lww.com/JCND/A36).
Matthew Katz, Tsang, B, Corbett, J, Joel Corbett, Stephen Walsh, Sabet, A, Pamela McCombe, Katz, M, Walsh, S, McCombe, P, Arman Sabet, Ben Tsang   +11 more
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High-dose steroids versus standard treatment for myasthenic crisis: A single-center, longitudinal, 12-year retrospective study

Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology, 2023
Background: Previous literature revealed the possible benefit of high-dose steroids in myasthenic crises. Steroids are more economical than standard therapy, especially in resource-poor settings.
Jovann Frederick Figuera Rabor, Maria Teresa A. Cañete, Jhaphet Cleofas Agunias   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Myasthenic crisis following iodinated contrast material (iohexol) aspiration: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Background The number of contrast media-related procedures is ever increasing due to the widespread availability of theoretically safe, low osmolar iodinated contrast material.
B. V. K. M. Bopeththa, P. B. Hewavithana, H. L. I. Hewapathirana, U. Ralapanawa   +3 more
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RCNI Rape Crisis Statistics 2020 [PDF]

, 2021
Annual data entered by Rape Crisis Centres into the RCNI Data Collection ...
Mears, Elaine
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Chemotherapy-induced myasthenic crisis in thymoma treated with primary chemotherapy with curative intent on mechanical ventilation: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Thymoma is an uncommon cancer often associated with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular junction characterized by muscular fatigability.
Giorgio Patelli, Katia Bencardino, Federica Tosi, Mariateresa Pugliano, Francesca Lanzani, Alessandro Innocenti, Alessandro Rinaldo, Gianluca Mauri, Giulio Cerea, Andrea Sartore-Bianchi, Massimo Torre, Elio Clemente Agostoni, Salvatore Siena   +12 more
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Analysis of influencing factors of postoperative myasthenic crisis in 564 patients with myasthenia gravis in a single center

Thoracic Cancer, 2023
Objective To study the influencing factors of myasthenic crisis in patients with myasthenia gravis during perioperative period. Methods A total of 564 myasthenia gravis (MG) patients who underwent standard expanded resection of thymoma/thymoma in the ...
Peng Jiao, Fanjuan Wu, Yuxing Liu, Jiangyu Wu, Yaoguang Sun, Wenxin Tian, Hanbo Yu, Chuan Huang, Donghang Li, Qingjun Wu, Chao Ma, Hongfeng Tong   +11 more
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Management of myasthenic crisis [PDF]

Critical Care Medicine, 1993
Secondly, it is important to differentiate myasthenic crisis from cholinergic crisis. The edrophonium test allows for this differentiation and this may help in optimizing the treatment. Thirdly, Murthy et al started all their patients on steroids prior to discharge.
Sudhir Kumar, G. Rajshekher, S. Prabhakar   +2 more
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MuSK-antibodies are associated with worse outcome in myasthenic crisis requiring mechanical ventilation

, 2021
Myasthenic crisis (MC) is a life-threatening condition for patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). Muscle-specific kinase-antibodies (MuSK-ABs) are detected in ~ 6% of MG, but data on outcome of MuSK-MCs are still lacking.
König, Nicole, Fuhrer, Hannah, Berger, Benjamin, Niesen, Wolf-Dirk, Neumann, Bernhard, The German Myasthenic Crisis Study Group, [Study group]   +5 more
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Noninvasive Ventilation in Myasthenic Crisis [PDF]

Archives of Neurology, 2008
Myasthenic crisis (MC) is often associated with prolonged intubation and with respiratory complications.To assess predictors of ventilation duration and to compare the effectiveness of endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation (ET-MV) with bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) noninvasive ventilation in MC.Retrospective cohort study ...
Janaka, Seneviratne, Jay, Mandrekar, Eelco F M, Wijdicks, Alejandro A, Rabinstein   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources