Respiratory Failure or Impairment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

abstract：:There has been a recent resurgence of interest in therapeutic modalities using transcranial weak electrical stimulation through scalp electrodes, such as trans-cranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), as a means of experimentally modifying and studying brain function and possibly treating psychiatric conditions. A r...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Bikson M,Bulow P,Stiller JW,Datta A,Battaglia F,Karnup SV,Postolache TT

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no known way to cure multiple system atrophy or even to slow its insidious progression, but there are opportunities to treat many of its symptoms and complications. Of all the autonomic disturbances it causes, orthostatic hypotension is associated with one of the better chances for successful intervention. Mi...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Riley DE

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classic maple syrup disease can be managed to allow a benign neonatal course, normal growth, and low hospitalization rates. The majority of affected infants that are prospectively managed have good neurodevelopmental outcome; however, acute metabolic intoxication and neurologic deterioration can develop rapidly at any...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Strauss KA,Morton DH

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dystonia is a neurologic disorder that can occur at any age and often results in significant disability. The therapeutic application of botulinum toxin has revolutionized the treatment of this disorder, particularly for the adult-onset focal forms such as cervical dystonia and blepharospasm. The two available commerci...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Cardona-Garcia OD,Higgins DS,Molho ES

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subdural empyema represents loculated infection between the outermost layer of the meninges, the dura, and the arachnoid. The empyema may develop intracranially or in the spinal canal. Intracranial subdural empyema is most frequently a complication of sinusitis or, less frequently, otitis or neurosurgical procedures. ...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Greenlee JE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine is a common, chronic neurologic disorder that affects approximately 12% of the adult population in Western countries. Once migraine is diagnosed, illness severity must be assessed. Clinicians and patients should then work together to develop a treatment plan based on patient needs and preferences. The goals o...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Bigal ME,Lipton RB

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysticercosis, the consequence of ingesting viable eggs of the porcine tapeworm Taenia solium, currently remains one of the most common human parasitic conditions worldwide. Although preventable by the proper disposal of human wastes, cysticercosis of the central nervous system (neurocysticercosis) accounts for a subs...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Bale JF Jr

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of progressive myoclonus epilepsy (PME) remains a major therapeutic challenge in neurology. Generalized convulsive seizures are often well controlled through classic antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) like valproate and clonazepam, whereas myoclonus, the main symptom that is affecting patients most in their dail...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Uthman BM,Reichl A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical management, the mainstay of treatment for partial epilepsy, involves choosing from an array of antiseizure drugs, most of which have comparable efficacy against partial-onset seizures. Effective treatment strategies involve matching the characteristics of drug and patient to control seizures without adverse ef...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Liu L,Henry JC

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OPINION STATEMENT:Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a genetic multisystemic disorder involving the skin, the central and peripheral nervous systems, bones, and the cardiovascular and endocrine systems. This condition is caused by inherited or de novo mutations of the NF1 gene at the 17q11.2 chromosomal region, a gene t...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Sabatini C,Milani D,Menni F,Tadini G,Esposito S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a patient has initiated an antiepileptic drug (AED) and achieved a sustained period of seizure freedom, the bias towards continuing therapy indefinitely can be substantial. Studies show that the rate of seizure recurrence after AED withdrawal is about two to three times the rate in patients who continue AEDs, bu...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Hixson JD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All patients who present with subarachnoid hemorrhage should be admitted to the intensive care unit for close neurologic and cardiorespiratory monitoring. Neurosurgical consultation should be obtained if external ventricular drain placement, arteriography, or surgical planning are considered. Seizure prophylaxis, anti...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Flemming KD,Brown RD Jr,Wiebers DO

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with functional or nonorganic visual disturbances are often seen in general ophthalmology practice and then referred to neurology and/or neuro-ophthalmology. The diagnosis of functional vision loss requires comprehensive examinations and diagnostic testing to eliminate possible organic entities. Inconsistenci...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Leavitt JA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuralgic amyotrophy has a broad variety of clinical manifestations. Although it was initially thought to be a plexopathy, its diverse presentation can include isolated sensory nerves or even cranial nerves. Although neuralgic amyotrophy is usually a benign condition with a good recovery, pain can be a disabling featu...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Santana L,Gutierrez A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OPINION STATEMENT: Anemia develops in about 50% of patients hospitalized with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is recognized as a cause of secondary brain injury. This review examines the effects of anemia and transfusion on TBI patients through a literature search to identify original research on anemia and transfusi...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Kramer AH,Le Roux P

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OPINION STATEMENT:Use of cannabinoids as medications has a long history. Unfortunately, the prohibition of cannabis and its classification in 1970 as a schedule 1 drug has been a major obstacle in studying these agents in a systematic, controlled manner. The number of class 1 studies (randomized, double-blind, placebo-...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Catlow B,Sanchez-Ramos J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute viral meningitis is the most common infection of the central nervous system. Most cases occur in children and young adults and are due to enteroviruses. Although the common causes of acute viral meningitis still lack treatment with an effective antiviral agent, management of patients is changing because of bette...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Davis LE

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections are ubiquitous. Children are infected with HSV resulting in totally asymptomatic acquisition to life-threatening disease. Therapy of HSV diseases of children can be considered according to severity and time of acquisition. Neonatal herpes simplex virus infections take one of three...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Whitley RJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although estimates vary, the nervous system appears to be involved in 10% to 15% of patients infected with Borrelia burgdorferi. The resulting disorders, known collectively as neuroborreliosis or nervous system Lyme disease, generally respond well to antimicrobial therapy. Definitive treatment of nervous system infect...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Halperin JJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder characterized clinically by proximal weakness and bulbar symptoms and pathologically by damage to the post-synaptic membrane at the neuromuscular junction. Ocular myasthenia gravis (ocular MG) is a form of myasthenia gravis whereby the patients' weakness is limited to t...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Porter NC,Salter BC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unfortunately, intravenous alteplase, when administered within 3 hours of symptom onset, remains the only US Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment for acute ischemic stroke; it is now 7 years since its approval. Intra-arterial thrombolysis of middle cerebral and basilar artery occlusions within 6 hours of st...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Haley EC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas are extra-axial brain tumors of middle-to-late adult life and show a predominance in women. Overall, 90% of meningiomas are benign, 6% atypical, and 2% are malignant. Most patients diagnosed with a meningioma decide to have it removed surgically, and are advised to do so based on their neurologic symptoms....

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Chamberlain MC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial treatment for trigeminal neuralgia is medical. Carbamazepine is the drug of choice. If the patient proves to be intolerant of carbamazepine, a number of second-line drugs are available, though data on their relative efficacy are nonexistent. Phenytoin, baclofen, clonazepam, and sodium valproate are all wor...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Perkin GD

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromyelitis optica (Devic's syndrome) is an uncommon, idiopathic, demyelinating syndrome of the central nervous system that preferentially affects the optic nerves and spinal cord. It frequently is misdiagnosed as severe multiple sclerosis, but usually is readily distinguished from multiple sclerosis in fully develo...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Wingerchuk DM,Weinshenker BG

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard therapy does not exist for the treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma. This is because of low patient numbers, slow accrual to clinical trials, and the absence of phase III randomized clinical trials. Neuro-oncologists agree that whole brain irradiation alone is no longer the best treatment opti...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Damek DM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allodynia is a normal part of the untreated migraine attack in most people with episodic migraine and is prevalent in chronic migraine. The extent to which allo-dynia contributes to the pain and disability of migraine attacks is unclear, as is its clinical importance. The presence of allodynia correlates with the seve...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Young WB

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Sleep-related movement disorders (SRMD) include several different motor activities during sleep. Few of them are well known and well classified, whereas others are minor motor disorders of sleep which are neither thoroughly characterized and classified nor have been extensively investigated to clarify...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Stefani A,Högl B

更新日期：2019-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：OPINION STATEMENT:Myotonic dystrophy (DM1) is the most common form of adult muscular dystrophy. It is a multisystem disorder with a complex pathophysiology. Although inheritance is autosomal dominant, disease variability is attributed to anticipation, a maternal expansion bias, variable penetrance, somatic mosaicism, a...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Smith CA,Gutmann L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OPINION STATEMENT:The treatment of anaplastic glioma (AG) varies depending on histopathology of the tumor, molecular markers, and individual patient characteristics. Maximal surgical resection is desirable for all types of AG if technically feasible, with an acceptable level of risk, and with the goal of preserving neu...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Paleologos NA,Merrell RT

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Children surviving the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with neurologic illness or injury have long-term morbidities in physical, cognitive, emotional, and social functioning termed postintensive care syndrome (PICS). In this article, we review acute and longitudinal management strategies availabl...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Williams CN,Hartman ME,Guilliams KP,Guerriero RM,Piantino JA,Bosworth CC,Leonard SS,Bradbury K,Wagner A,Hall TA

更新日期：2019-09-27 00:00:00