Meningitis
... Infectious agent has to colonize the body. Colonization sites can be skin, nasopharynx, respiratory tract, GI tract, and genitourinary tract. The organism invades submucosa and takes over the host's defences. Once colonized, the microbes find their way to the brain and can disrupt the blood-brain ba ...
... Infectious agent has to colonize the body. Colonization sites can be skin, nasopharynx, respiratory tract, GI tract, and genitourinary tract. The organism invades submucosa and takes over the host's defences. Once colonized, the microbes find their way to the brain and can disrupt the blood-brain ba ...
Points to consider in Preclincal Development
... Intramuscular injections of drugs provide effects that are less rapid, but generally of greater duration than those obtained from intravenous administration ...
... Intramuscular injections of drugs provide effects that are less rapid, but generally of greater duration than those obtained from intravenous administration ...
Spinal Stenosis - Viktor`s Notes for the Neurosurgery Resident
... LAMINECTOMY & POSTERIOR FORAMINOTOMY at involved levels. most difficult and time-consuming part - developing plane between dura and ligamentum flavum (frequently hypertrophic and closely adherent to underlying dura – risk of dural lesion with CSF escape). for lateral recess decompression – facet ...
... LAMINECTOMY & POSTERIOR FORAMINOTOMY at involved levels. most difficult and time-consuming part - developing plane between dura and ligamentum flavum (frequently hypertrophic and closely adherent to underlying dura – risk of dural lesion with CSF escape). for lateral recess decompression – facet ...
Management of Plantar Puncture Wounds In Children
... to the wound surfaces has been shown to reduce bacterial counts without adversely affecting the outcome of healing.9 It provides surface cleansing without the risk of infection. Because of Pseudomonas colonization of hexachlorophene when stored in open containers, its use for cleaning wounds is disc ...
... to the wound surfaces has been shown to reduce bacterial counts without adversely affecting the outcome of healing.9 It provides surface cleansing without the risk of infection. Because of Pseudomonas colonization of hexachlorophene when stored in open containers, its use for cleaning wounds is disc ...
Anesthesia for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Endovascular Stenting
... onset spinal cord ischemia after thoracic endovascular stent placement when combined with increasing mean arterial pressures. The use of CSF drainage is not without complications. Overdrainage can result in neurologic complications such as pneumocephalus, brain collapse, or temporal downward herniat ...
... onset spinal cord ischemia after thoracic endovascular stent placement when combined with increasing mean arterial pressures. The use of CSF drainage is not without complications. Overdrainage can result in neurologic complications such as pneumocephalus, brain collapse, or temporal downward herniat ...
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN PATIENTS WITH HEAD INJURY Dr.R
... irregular respiration and very recent seizure. CT scan is not 100% reliable in identifying who will herniate and who will not from lumbar puncture. Patients with normal CT's may still herniate. However ,CT findings that should always be excluded include loss of differentiation of grey and white matt ...
... irregular respiration and very recent seizure. CT scan is not 100% reliable in identifying who will herniate and who will not from lumbar puncture. Patients with normal CT's may still herniate. However ,CT findings that should always be excluded include loss of differentiation of grey and white matt ...
SYNOVIAL CYST
... procedure and is only feasible in a few cases of large cysts. The second injection is more commonly performed and is technically easier. The goal of an epidural injection is to surround the cyst cavity with a steroid to decrease the inflammation around the compressed nerves. It does not reduce the s ...
... procedure and is only feasible in a few cases of large cysts. The second injection is more commonly performed and is technically easier. The goal of an epidural injection is to surround the cyst cavity with a steroid to decrease the inflammation around the compressed nerves. It does not reduce the s ...
Document
... New Zealand Committees on Resuscitation, Resuscitation Councils of Southern Africa, and the InterAmerican Heart Foundation and Resuscitation Council of Asia ...
... New Zealand Committees on Resuscitation, Resuscitation Councils of Southern Africa, and the InterAmerican Heart Foundation and Resuscitation Council of Asia ...
Clinical Case Report Competition - Registered Massage Therapists
... increased incidence of more serious pathological processes that could have otherwise been prevented. The most common therapy for hyperlordosis is medication to reduce pain and swelling, with 80% of patients being given a prescription of one or more medications after the initial visit (Chou & Huffman ...
... increased incidence of more serious pathological processes that could have otherwise been prevented. The most common therapy for hyperlordosis is medication to reduce pain and swelling, with 80% of patients being given a prescription of one or more medications after the initial visit (Chou & Huffman ...
Meningitis
... At First severe headache; high fever, sweating and rigors; stiffness of the neck and back muscles Photophobia, which is sensitivity to light resistance to leg extension when lying down with the hip flexed. ...
... At First severe headache; high fever, sweating and rigors; stiffness of the neck and back muscles Photophobia, which is sensitivity to light resistance to leg extension when lying down with the hip flexed. ...
Medical versus Surgical Treatment for Low Back Pain
... narcotic use in the past month, findings on physical examination and imaging, frequency and duration of symptoms, and function and disability. Several studies did not include sufficient information with which to assess the baseline comparability of the treatment groups. The retrospective study was f ...
... narcotic use in the past month, findings on physical examination and imaging, frequency and duration of symptoms, and function and disability. Several studies did not include sufficient information with which to assess the baseline comparability of the treatment groups. The retrospective study was f ...
an immediate second spinal is a valid option in rural india
... surgery2. Inadequacy may be related to three components of the block namely extent, quality or duration of local anaesthetic action. Levy et al3 had reported a failure rate of 17% in a university hospital in North Carolina in USA in 1985 which is not an acceptable percentage today. They had attribut ...
... surgery2. Inadequacy may be related to three components of the block namely extent, quality or duration of local anaesthetic action. Levy et al3 had reported a failure rate of 17% in a university hospital in North Carolina in USA in 1985 which is not an acceptable percentage today. They had attribut ...
peripheral iv placement
... To deliver large amounts of fluid or viscous solutions such as blood and blood components, you should select a large vein and use a 20 gauge or less. To administer medications, an 20 –22 gauge or in a smaller vein will do. The smaller the catheter, the less the irritation to the vein. ...
... To deliver large amounts of fluid or viscous solutions such as blood and blood components, you should select a large vein and use a 20 gauge or less. To administer medications, an 20 –22 gauge or in a smaller vein will do. The smaller the catheter, the less the irritation to the vein. ...
Nosocomial Bacterial Meningitis
... and difficult to recognize in patients who are sedated, who have just undergone neurosurgery, or who have an underlying disease that may mask the symptoms.18 Infections associated with cerebrospinal fluid shunts may cause nonspecific symptoms such as low-grade fever or general malaise3; signs of men ...
... and difficult to recognize in patients who are sedated, who have just undergone neurosurgery, or who have an underlying disease that may mask the symptoms.18 Infections associated with cerebrospinal fluid shunts may cause nonspecific symptoms such as low-grade fever or general malaise3; signs of men ...
Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
... • Increased ICP is a syndrome that affects many patients with acute neurologic conditions. An elevated ICP is most commonly associated with head injury, secondary effect in other conditions, such as brain tumors, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and toxic and viral encephalopathy. • Increased ICP from any c ...
... • Increased ICP is a syndrome that affects many patients with acute neurologic conditions. An elevated ICP is most commonly associated with head injury, secondary effect in other conditions, such as brain tumors, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and toxic and viral encephalopathy. • Increased ICP from any c ...
new newsletter design winter - International Multiple Sclerosis
... is assessed and the area is cleansed, a numbing medicine called lidocaine is injected to minimize discomfort. A long thin needle is then inserted between two lumbar bones (vertebrae) to remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid. This is the fluid that surrounds your brain and spinal cord to protect the ...
... is assessed and the area is cleansed, a numbing medicine called lidocaine is injected to minimize discomfort. A long thin needle is then inserted between two lumbar bones (vertebrae) to remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid. This is the fluid that surrounds your brain and spinal cord to protect the ...
Basics of ultrasound – 2 MGMC
... an acoustic shadow forms, which may be used to indirectly assess needle position. ...
... an acoustic shadow forms, which may be used to indirectly assess needle position. ...
Spinal Column - Cleveland Clinic
... Surgical decompression remains the gold standard and is my preferred approach for patients with seStudies have shown that patients with persistent vere canal stenosis, but X STOP represents a unique neurogenic claudication respond poorly to nonsurgiand effective tool to relieve leg pain in patients ...
... Surgical decompression remains the gold standard and is my preferred approach for patients with seStudies have shown that patients with persistent vere canal stenosis, but X STOP represents a unique neurogenic claudication respond poorly to nonsurgiand effective tool to relieve leg pain in patients ...
Intraforaminal and extraforaminal far lateral lumbar disc herniation
... nerve root involved. Low back pain is a less common finding and may be absent especially with an intraforaminal disc herniation [8]. In our series the incidence of FLLDH was 3.1% of all operated lumbar disc herniations. In other reports the incidence varied from 1% to 13 % [9,10]. Diagnosis of FLLDH ...
... nerve root involved. Low back pain is a less common finding and may be absent especially with an intraforaminal disc herniation [8]. In our series the incidence of FLLDH was 3.1% of all operated lumbar disc herniations. In other reports the incidence varied from 1% to 13 % [9,10]. Diagnosis of FLLDH ...
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
... that must be relieved at surgery. The ligamentum flavum tends to become hypertrophic at the enthesis17 (the insertion point of the ligament to the lamina and facet), where degeneration of elastic fibers and proliferation of type II collagen occur. Subperiosteal osteoneogenesis is stimulated at these ...
... that must be relieved at surgery. The ligamentum flavum tends to become hypertrophic at the enthesis17 (the insertion point of the ligament to the lamina and facet), where degeneration of elastic fibers and proliferation of type II collagen occur. Subperiosteal osteoneogenesis is stimulated at these ...
class • assignment • september 8, 1997
... a) Increase in Cells (>5/l) b) Increase in Proteins (>20-50mg/dl) c) Decrease in Glucose (<40-70mg/dl) 2) common causative organisms (adults): a) Streptococcus pneumoniae (sporadic) b) Neisseria meningitidis (epidemic) i) causes Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome: meningococcemia, DIC, hemorrhagic in ...
... a) Increase in Cells (>5/l) b) Increase in Proteins (>20-50mg/dl) c) Decrease in Glucose (<40-70mg/dl) 2) common causative organisms (adults): a) Streptococcus pneumoniae (sporadic) b) Neisseria meningitidis (epidemic) i) causes Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome: meningococcemia, DIC, hemorrhagic in ...
- OPENPediatrics
... arrest by aggressively treating shock in patients in whom intravenous (IV) line placement has been unsuccessful. It is often difficult it is to place a peripheral IV in cases of shock, where there may ...
... arrest by aggressively treating shock in patients in whom intravenous (IV) line placement has been unsuccessful. It is often difficult it is to place a peripheral IV in cases of shock, where there may ...
1 Talking Points Medication Recall / Fungal Meningitis
... Symptoms are similar to other forms of meningitis; however they often appear more gradually and can be very mild at first. In addition to typical meningitis symptoms, like headache, fever, nausea and neck stiffness, people may also experience sensitivity to bright lights. ...
... Symptoms are similar to other forms of meningitis; however they often appear more gradually and can be very mild at first. In addition to typical meningitis symptoms, like headache, fever, nausea and neck stiffness, people may also experience sensitivity to bright lights. ...
guidelines
... Learning during practice is enhanced by utilizing the illustrations from the paper which demonstrate each approach. Once the student has learned the site of the venipunctureand the angles of approach for cannulation of central veins and can demonstrate such on a model, he should practice on a cadave ...
... Learning during practice is enhanced by utilizing the illustrations from the paper which demonstrate each approach. Once the student has learned the site of the venipunctureand the angles of approach for cannulation of central veins and can demonstrate such on a model, he should practice on a cadave ...
2009 CBT445 HeadSpine(01 09 09)
... peripheral nervous system (PNS) — A division of the nervous system that includes nerves running from the spinal cord to the body's organs, skin and muscles. pneumothorax — A condition where there is air in the pleural space. tension pneumothorax — A progressively worsening pneumothorax that begins t ...
... peripheral nervous system (PNS) — A division of the nervous system that includes nerves running from the spinal cord to the body's organs, skin and muscles. pneumothorax — A condition where there is air in the pleural space. tension pneumothorax — A progressively worsening pneumothorax that begins t ...
Lumbar puncture
A lumbar puncture (or LP, and colloquially known as a spinal tap) is a diagnostic and at times therapeutic medical procedure. Diagnostically it is used to collect cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to confirm or exclude conditions such as meningitis and subarachnoid hemorrhage and it may be used in diagnosis of other conditions. Increased intracranial pressure is a contraindication, due to risk of cerebellar tonsils herniation. Under some circumstances, lumbar puncture cannot be performed safely (e.g. a severe bleeding tendency). It is regarded as a safe procedure, but post-dural-puncture headache is common.The procedure is typically performed under local anesthesia and aseptic technique. A needle is used to access the subarachnoid space and fluid collected. Fluid may be sent for biochemical, microbiological, and cytological analysis.Lumbar puncture was first introduced in 1891 by the German physician Heinrich Quincke.