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... watershed area, which is more prone to ischemic injury. The facet orientation in the thoracic spine is vertical, with a slight medial angulations. >>>>easier lateral bending and rotation versus pure bending,>>>> the thoracic spine discs are at a decreased risk of injury because of the decreased bend ...
... watershed area, which is more prone to ischemic injury. The facet orientation in the thoracic spine is vertical, with a slight medial angulations. >>>>easier lateral bending and rotation versus pure bending,>>>> the thoracic spine discs are at a decreased risk of injury because of the decreased bend ...
Irritable bowel syndrome: treatment options
... varies in different patients from mild to severe. Some patients complain of daily symptoms, while others report intermittent symptoms at intervals of weeks/months. The prevalence of IBS is from 5 to 10% of the world’s population and the annual incidence is approximately 200 per 100,000 [1–3] . IBS i ...
... varies in different patients from mild to severe. Some patients complain of daily symptoms, while others report intermittent symptoms at intervals of weeks/months. The prevalence of IBS is from 5 to 10% of the world’s population and the annual incidence is approximately 200 per 100,000 [1–3] . IBS i ...
Borderline Personality Disorder
... that the control group. The mean BDI-II of participants with BDP was 18.6 and the mean of the control participants was 6.8. BPD participants also exhibited higher anxiety levels than the controls revealed by the STAI-state test. Similar to the BDI-II tests the mean of the BPD participants was higher ...
... that the control group. The mean BDI-II of participants with BDP was 18.6 and the mean of the control participants was 6.8. BPD participants also exhibited higher anxiety levels than the controls revealed by the STAI-state test. Similar to the BDI-II tests the mean of the BPD participants was higher ...
Phenylketonuria in an adult with normal diet
... injury and then at 1, 6, and 12 months using a variety of scales. Nearly 80% of the patients had at least one comorbid condition, approximately 12% consumed alcohol heavily, and approximately 33% had more than one prior brain injury. Based on the authors’ home-grown scoring system, just about half o ...
... injury and then at 1, 6, and 12 months using a variety of scales. Nearly 80% of the patients had at least one comorbid condition, approximately 12% consumed alcohol heavily, and approximately 33% had more than one prior brain injury. Based on the authors’ home-grown scoring system, just about half o ...
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)
... A potential use of MRS is to diagnose conditions when other tests have been negative or inconclusive, or to refine existing diagnoses. For example, an increased Cho signal is believed to indicate the presence of cancerous cells. MRS can be used alone or in combination with magnetic resonance imaging ...
... A potential use of MRS is to diagnose conditions when other tests have been negative or inconclusive, or to refine existing diagnoses. For example, an increased Cho signal is believed to indicate the presence of cancerous cells. MRS can be used alone or in combination with magnetic resonance imaging ...
Figure 4 - journal of evidence based medicine and healthcare
... ABSTRACT: Neurofibromatosis type 2 is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome, characterized by multiple intracranial and intraspinal tumours associated with ocular abnormalities. The most common tumor associated with the disease is the vestibule cochlear schwannoma, and as many as 10% of patients with t ...
... ABSTRACT: Neurofibromatosis type 2 is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome, characterized by multiple intracranial and intraspinal tumours associated with ocular abnormalities. The most common tumor associated with the disease is the vestibule cochlear schwannoma, and as many as 10% of patients with t ...
Regional Anesthesia in the Patient with Preexisting Neurologic
... Epilepsy is a recurrent seizure disorder that affects 0.5% to 1% of the population. Idiopathic epilepsy typically begins in childhood, but adult-onset seizure disorders represent intracranial pathologic conditions such as neoplasm, trauma, infection, or stroke. Seizure activity results from synchron ...
... Epilepsy is a recurrent seizure disorder that affects 0.5% to 1% of the population. Idiopathic epilepsy typically begins in childhood, but adult-onset seizure disorders represent intracranial pathologic conditions such as neoplasm, trauma, infection, or stroke. Seizure activity results from synchron ...
Paroxysmal hemicrania: a prospective clinical
... more than 30 min. One patient (#9) had one attack that lasted 48 h; therefore, this patient’s data were not included in the final analysis of length of attacks. The mean length of the attacks was 17 min and the median was 19 min. Number of attacks per day. The IHS criteria require the number of atta ...
... more than 30 min. One patient (#9) had one attack that lasted 48 h; therefore, this patient’s data were not included in the final analysis of length of attacks. The mean length of the attacks was 17 min and the median was 19 min. Number of attacks per day. The IHS criteria require the number of atta ...
STROKE
... Because an infarct, a small hemorrhage, and even a mass lesion cannot be excluded clinically, neuroimaging is required. Usually, CT is the study most likely to be immediately available. However, CT may not identify infarcts for > 24 h. MRI usually detects evolving infarction within hours. Diffusion ...
... Because an infarct, a small hemorrhage, and even a mass lesion cannot be excluded clinically, neuroimaging is required. Usually, CT is the study most likely to be immediately available. However, CT may not identify infarcts for > 24 h. MRI usually detects evolving infarction within hours. Diffusion ...
Neurobehavioral Toxicology - Boston University Medical Campus
... of the various neurotoxic chemicals found in the workplace and environment to which the patient may have been exposed. An experienced neuropsychologist will be able to carry out the differential diagnostic process of determining the most likely etiology of any deficits that may be revealed by testing ...
... of the various neurotoxic chemicals found in the workplace and environment to which the patient may have been exposed. An experienced neuropsychologist will be able to carry out the differential diagnostic process of determining the most likely etiology of any deficits that may be revealed by testing ...
What is the best imaging modality to investigate olfactory dysfunction
... group at the University of Pennsylvania in 1993 described neuroimaging findings that are found with several disorders related to olfactory dysfunction, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Korsakoff’s psychosis, schizophrenia, congenital disorders (Kallman’s synd ...
... group at the University of Pennsylvania in 1993 described neuroimaging findings that are found with several disorders related to olfactory dysfunction, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Korsakoff’s psychosis, schizophrenia, congenital disorders (Kallman’s synd ...
Anisworth EMS - Iowa Brain Injury Conference 2017
... Score 2 (slight degree) if the patient is distracted by other persons, objects, activities in the room while engaged in a task, but returns to task easily without redirection Example: The patient becomes distracted by a television program while eating, but resumes eating after a brief period of ti ...
... Score 2 (slight degree) if the patient is distracted by other persons, objects, activities in the room while engaged in a task, but returns to task easily without redirection Example: The patient becomes distracted by a television program while eating, but resumes eating after a brief period of ti ...
Patient information from BMJ
... medication, to see if the seizures start again. As children get older, they are often able to stop taking their epilepsy medicine completely. As many as 8 in 10 children with childhood absence epilepsy no longer have seizures by the time they are teenagers. The patient information from BMJ Best Prac ...
... medication, to see if the seizures start again. As children get older, they are often able to stop taking their epilepsy medicine completely. As many as 8 in 10 children with childhood absence epilepsy no longer have seizures by the time they are teenagers. The patient information from BMJ Best Prac ...
Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Is phenylketonuria
... of serotonin and catecholamine (Bilder et al., 2013). We thought it might be a catecholamine deficiency due to a lack of tyrosine in this case. We ephasized the hypothesis that the low level of catecholamine would be cause of experienced bronchospasm. But there are no studies in the present literatu ...
... of serotonin and catecholamine (Bilder et al., 2013). We thought it might be a catecholamine deficiency due to a lack of tyrosine in this case. We ephasized the hypothesis that the low level of catecholamine would be cause of experienced bronchospasm. But there are no studies in the present literatu ...
doctor, my eye hurts - Optometrist Continuing Education
... presents with pain initially without the classic symptoms of double vision and bitemporal visual field defect ...
... presents with pain initially without the classic symptoms of double vision and bitemporal visual field defect ...
A New and Simple Definition of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and a
... demonstrate that we were dealing with a diffuse brain injury and specifically in the area that affected normal sleep and normal muscle physiology. Almost no patients died but all were left disabled and in many cases the disability persists until today, 55 years later. Three children from this epidem ...
... demonstrate that we were dealing with a diffuse brain injury and specifically in the area that affected normal sleep and normal muscle physiology. Almost no patients died but all were left disabled and in many cases the disability persists until today, 55 years later. Three children from this epidem ...
36th Annual Meeting - North American Neuro
... The North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) is dedicated to the achievement of excellence in patient care through the support and promotion of education, communication, research, and the practice of neuro-ophthalmology. To this end, the Society sponsors an annual scientific meeting which ...
... The North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) is dedicated to the achievement of excellence in patient care through the support and promotion of education, communication, research, and the practice of neuro-ophthalmology. To this end, the Society sponsors an annual scientific meeting which ...
SWOLLEN OPTIC DISC
... The currently accepted management is with intravenous methylprednisolone sodium succinate 250 mg every 6 hours or 1 gram every day for three days followed by oral prednisone (1 mg/kg per day) for 11 days as per the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial (ONTT). At our centre we are routinely giving intraven ...
... The currently accepted management is with intravenous methylprednisolone sodium succinate 250 mg every 6 hours or 1 gram every day for three days followed by oral prednisone (1 mg/kg per day) for 11 days as per the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial (ONTT). At our centre we are routinely giving intraven ...
Absence seizures in children
... What happens? During an absence seizure, children ‘shut off’ for a few seconds. They stare blankly into space and don't know what's going on around them. This usually lasts for 5 to 10 seconds. Although the seizure is brief, children may have several absence seizures each day and some have dozens. B ...
... What happens? During an absence seizure, children ‘shut off’ for a few seconds. They stare blankly into space and don't know what's going on around them. This usually lasts for 5 to 10 seconds. Although the seizure is brief, children may have several absence seizures each day and some have dozens. B ...
The Medial Longitudinal Fasciculus in Multiple Sclerosis
... Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. MS lesions, characterized by perivascular infiltration of monocytes and lymphocytes, appear as indurated areas in pathologic specimens; hence, the term "sclerosis in plaques." The disease can present in diffe ...
... Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. MS lesions, characterized by perivascular infiltration of monocytes and lymphocytes, appear as indurated areas in pathologic specimens; hence, the term "sclerosis in plaques." The disease can present in diffe ...
Neuropeptides and Anxiety: Focus on
... (32); human studies are planned. These agents also appear to have the ability for blocking withdrawal from benzodiazepines (33) or alcohol (34). The CCK-B antagonists appear to be relatively nonsedating, and apparently do not produce dependence or withdrawal after chronic administration (32). Thus, ...
... (32); human studies are planned. These agents also appear to have the ability for blocking withdrawal from benzodiazepines (33) or alcohol (34). The CCK-B antagonists appear to be relatively nonsedating, and apparently do not produce dependence or withdrawal after chronic administration (32). Thus, ...
Synaesthesia: reconciling the subjective with the objective
... trouble to express or to match the particular blue they mean', an observation that echoes our own experience of svnaesthetes" colour descriptions. Galton makes two further ...
... trouble to express or to match the particular blue they mean', an observation that echoes our own experience of svnaesthetes" colour descriptions. Galton makes two further ...
- Wiley Online Library
... CA1 injury, but the combination of IL-1ra and COX-2 inhibitor reduced the neuronal damage. More importantly, seizure frequency in adult rats subjected to SE at P21 was reduced in animals pretreated for 10 days with this combination of antiinflammatory drugs, and this effect was associated with reduc ...
... CA1 injury, but the combination of IL-1ra and COX-2 inhibitor reduced the neuronal damage. More importantly, seizure frequency in adult rats subjected to SE at P21 was reduced in animals pretreated for 10 days with this combination of antiinflammatory drugs, and this effect was associated with reduc ...
head trauma - Tulane University
... the period of impaired consciousness rarely lasts longer than 30 minutes, and there is usually full recovery; however, the patient usually remains amnestic for the episode. It is important to determine the duration of loss of consciousness as well as how long the patient is dazed and confused. Becau ...
... the period of impaired consciousness rarely lasts longer than 30 minutes, and there is usually full recovery; however, the patient usually remains amnestic for the episode. It is important to determine the duration of loss of consciousness as well as how long the patient is dazed and confused. Becau ...
Neural correlates of monocular and binocular depth cues based on
... Nose, Inoue, & Tsutsui, 2001) and while extracting depth from motion (Iwami et al., 2002). In addition, frontal regions get activated when perceiving depth information (Gulyás et al., 1994; Taira et al., 2001). However, the above-mentioned studies have several limitations. At Wrst, most of these stu ...
... Nose, Inoue, & Tsutsui, 2001) and while extracting depth from motion (Iwami et al., 2002). In addition, frontal regions get activated when perceiving depth information (Gulyás et al., 1994; Taira et al., 2001). However, the above-mentioned studies have several limitations. At Wrst, most of these stu ...