Treatment of epilepsy to optimize bone health.

abstract：:A sleep history should be taken routinely in patients with epilepsy. Treatment of sleep disorders and improvement in sleep hygiene may improve seizure control, daytime cognitive functioning, and quality of life. Patients with recurrent sleepiness interfering with daily activities or an Epworth Sleepiness Scale score m...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Herman ST

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Acute hearing loss (AHL) is a medical urgency. The management of patients presenting with sudden deafness involves detecting the causal mechanism and administering emergency therapeutic drugs to restore hearing by minimizing the period of cellular ischemia to the inner ear. Acute management of AHL consists of administ...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Tamhankar M,Solomon D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation of bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells is increasingly being used to treat a variety of oncologic disorders. These procedures are associated with a large spectrum of neurologic complications that significantly contribute to patient morbidity and mortality. These complications may arise at any ti...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Mathew RM,Rosenfeld MR

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OPINION STATEMENT:Triptans, selective serotonin receptor agonists, were developed almost 20 years ago and represented a major breakthrough in the treatment of acute migraine attacks. Since then, the triptans have become first-line agents for most patients with migraine, both with and without aura, unless contraindicate...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Cole AK,Marmura MJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：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

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：:Despite increasing recognition of childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) as a significant public health problem, treatment of the condition remains inconsistent. Some children are screened using polysomnography and treated only when objective respiratory disturbances are identified. Many others receive aden...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Hoban TF

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：OPINION STATEMENT:Status epilepticus is a neurologic emergency with significant potential morbidity and even mortality. It should be diagnosed and treated as quickly as possible, with concurrent rapid identification of the underlying cause. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus can be difficult to diagnose due to its protea...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Pang T,Drislane FW

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromyelitis optica (NMO, Devic's syndrome) is characterized by concurrence of optic neuritis and transverse myelitis, typically associated with a lesion in the spinal cord extending over three or more vertebral segments. It is an inflammatory, demyelinating central nervous system disorder, and although it is most co...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Wingerchuk DM,Weinshenker BG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to summarize the current evidence regarding the impact of the exposure to anesthetic and sedative agents on neurodevelopment during the period of rapid brain growth in the first 3 years of life. Though much of the definitive data demonstrating anesthesia-induced neurotoxi...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Vinson AE,Houck CS

更新日期：2018-10-13 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：OPINION STATEMENT:To date, there are no approved and established pharmacologic treatment options for tauopathies, a very heterogenous group of neuropsychiatric diseases often leading to dementia and clinically diagnosed as atypical Parkinson syndromes. Among these so-called Parkinson plus syndromes are progressive supr...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Karakaya T,Fußer F,Prvulovic D,Hampel H

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：: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：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by degeneration of spinal cord motor neurons and muscular atrophy. Advances in recent research have led to understanding of the molecular genetics of SMA. Therapeutic strategies have been developed according to the unique genomic structure o...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Wang CH,Lunn MR

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OPINION STATEMENT:Impaired sleep and alertness affect the majority of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, negatively impacting safety and quality of life. The etiology of impaired sleep-wake cycle in PD is multifactorial and encompasses medication side effects, nocturnal PD motor symptoms, and presence of co-existent sl...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Amara AW,Chahine LM,Videnovic A

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:Autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) are an often-disabling continuum of disorders affecting two to four in 1000 children. These disorders have a core set of defining features including impaired verbal and nonverbal communication, impaired social interaction, and restricted or repetitive patterns of behavior. The cause o...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Pinto-Martin J,Levy SE

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：OPINION STATEMENT:The problem of short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) and short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with cranial autonomic symptoms (SUNA) management remains unsolved. Despite a myriad of therapeutic trials, no convincingly e...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Pareja JA,Alvarez M,Montojo T

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive motor neuron disease that usually results in death secondary to respiratory failure. The psychological reaction to the diagnosis of ALS in patient and caregiver has received increasing attention. Reports are highly variable as to the severity of depressive symptoms ...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Stromberg SF,Weiss DB

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary goal of treatment in nonepileptic seizures (NES) is to improve the patient's quality of life by terminating seizure production or reducing seizure frequency. Initial treatment consists of explaining the diagnosis and its psychological nature to patients without judging them or giving the NES excessive atte...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Bowman ES

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vision disturbances following traumatic brain injury (TBI) include anomalies of accommodation, version, vergence (nonstrabismic, as well as strabismic), photosensitivity, visual field integrity, and ocular health. Traumatic brain injury patients with complex diplopia patterns, noncomitant strabismic anomalies, and adv...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Kapoor N,Ciuffreda KJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OPINION STATEMENT:Solid organ transplantation is frequently complicated by a spectrum of seizure types, including single partial-onset or generalized tonic-clonic seizures, acute repetitive seizures or status epilepticus, and sometimes the evolution of symptomatic epilepsy. There is currently no specific evidence invol...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Shepard PW,St Louis EK

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-rapid eye movement parasomnias are unique physical or experiential phenomena that disrupt sleep. Non-rapid eye movement parasomnias are common in children, but they typically outgrow them. Sleep-stage shifts caused by sleep-disordered breathing and associated arousals may be precipitating events for episodes of pa...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Farid M,Kushida CA

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose of Review:Giant cell arteritis (GCA), a medium and large vessel vasculitis occurring in the aged, remains a formidable disease, capable of taking both vision and life, through a multitude of vascular complications. Our understanding of the spectrum of its manifestations has grown over the years, to include limb...

journal_title：Current treatment options in neurology

authors： Dinkin M,Johnson E

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00