Context: Lower extremity peripheral nerve blocks are increasingly being recommended for pain control in patients with fracture femur as it reduces pain and shortens the duration of hospital stay.
Neena Jain +3 more
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Intrathecal meperidine reduces intraoperative shivering during transurethral prostatectomy in elderly patients [PDF]
BackgroundShivering is a frequent event during the perioperative period. We performed a prospective, randomized, double-blind study to determine whether intrathecal meperidine (0.2 mg/kg) decreases the incidence and intensity of shivering after spinal ...
Duk-Hee Chun +4 more
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Cutaneous Phosphorylated Alpha‐Synuclein in Lewy Body Dementia
ABSTRACT Objective To determine the test performance of cutaneous phosphorylated alpha‐synuclein (P‐SYN) in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), individuals with reduced Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and healthy controls. Methods This is the first subgroup analysis of the Synuclein‐One study, a prospective, blinded study evaluating P‐SYN detection ...
Christopher H. Gibbons +31 more
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Cervical spinal cord intramedullary abscess: Streptococcus intermedius
Intramedullary abscess of the spinal cord (IASC) is a rare condition caused by purulent infection of the central nervous system (CNS). There have been relatively few cases recorded in literature, with the condition first identified in 1830.
Tarek Mostafa +4 more
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Deferoxamine promotes recovery of traumatic spinal cord injury by inhibiting ferroptosis
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent novel cell death pathway. Deferoxamine, a ferroptosis inhibitor, has been reported to promote spinal cord injury repair.
Xue Yao +14 more
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AMPA Receptor Phosphorylation and Synaptic Colocalization on Motor Neurons Drive Maladaptive Plasticity below Complete Spinal Cord Injury. [PDF]
Clinical spinal cord injury (SCI) is accompanied by comorbid peripheral injury in 47% of patients. Human and animal modeling data have shown that painful peripheral injuries undermine long-term recovery of locomotion through unknown mechanisms ...
Beattie, Michael S +7 more
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Variably Protease‐Sensitive Prionopathy: Two New Cases With Motor Neuron‐Dementia Syndrome
ABSTRACT We describe two patients with variably protease‐sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr) who developed progressive upper motor neuron symptoms, insomnia, behavioral and cognitive decline, compatible with primary lateral sclerosis associated with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
María Elena Erro +10 more
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Incidence of cervical spine injury observed in polytrauma patients at autopsy
Introduction: To find the incidence of cervical injury in patients dying due to polytrauma observed during autopsy. Materials and methods: A total of 282 autopsies were studied. The cases included were those of polytrauma.
Jitendra Tadghare +2 more
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Clinical presentation, diagnostic findings and outcome of dogs with presumptive spinal-only meningoencephalomyelitis of unknown origin [PDF]
Objectives: To summarise clinical presentation, diagnostic findings and long-term outcome for dogs clinically diagnosed with meningoencephalomyelitis of unknown origin affecting the spinal cord alone.
Cardy +13 more
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Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis
ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
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