Abstract:
:Many infants, children, and adolescents exhibit unusual mannerisms, behaviors, and spells. These events cause concern to parents and are frequently brought to the attention of physicians. If the spells are infrequent and do not interfere with function, no intervention may be necessary. If they are severe and recurrent, however, diagnostic evaluation is necessary. This article has reviewed the most common spells that can be misdiagnosed as epilepsy by pediatricians. Other spells such as head banging, head rolling, body rocking, enuresis, nightmares, bruxism, obsessions, compulsions, self-injurious behavior, self-stimulating behavior, and stereotypies are reviewed elsewhere. Emphasis is placed on the importance of a thorough history, a complete general physical and neurologic examination, and the judicious use of laboratory testing. The diagnostic methodologies currently available, including cardiac evaluation, video-EEG monitoring, and polysomnography, will frequently result in a specific diagnosis, and allow appropriate treatment. In many cases, however, even after the above diagnostic tests have been utilized, no diagnosis is forthcoming, but reassurance and follow-up can be of help to the young patient and the family.
journal_name
Cleve Clin J Medjournal_title
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicineauthors
Rothner ADdoi
10.3949/ccjm.56.s1.206subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-01-01 00:00:00pages
S206-13eissn
0891-1150issn
1939-2869journal_volume
56 Suppl Pt 2pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::To determine whether migraine exhibits a circadian rhythm or occurs randomly throughout the day, we analyzed the time of migraine onset in 15 migraine suffers (migraineurs) over 20 weeks. The patients suffered 211 migraine attacks over 20 weeks (range 3 to 30, median 13). Twelve of the 15 migraineurs had 50% or more o...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3949/ccjm.59.3.326
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Exercise helps prevent and improve atherosclerosis and other chronic diseases, and physicians should encourage their patients to exercise more. Unfortunately, there are many barriers to prescribing exercise. To help patients start exercising and stay with it, clinicians need to address specifics. Several guidelines ar...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.72.8.645
更新日期:2005-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Gout management requires a comprehensive strategy that considers both acute and chronic aspects of the disease. Acute gout flares should be treated with anti-inflammatory agents as rapidly as possible. The underlying hyperuricemia may be treated with urate-lowering agents initiated at a time appropriate for the indivi...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.75.suppl_5.s22
更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a common heterogeneous syndrome that in some cases is transitional between normal age-related cognitive changes and dementia. Identifying it early may lead to prompt recognition of reversible causes and allows for timely future planning. This article describes definitions of MCI and ...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.79a.11126
更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Circadian variations have been observed for a number of hemodynamic and cardiovascular events including heart rate, systemic blood pressure, coronary artery blood flow, ischemic cerebrovascular accidents, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death. In addition, circadian variations in platele...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.56.7.676
更新日期:1989-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effects of estrogenic steroid hormones in women are apparent, but the circulating androgen levels are much higher. Compared with serum estrone and estradiol levels, circulating testosterone levels are five to 10 times higher, androstenedione levels 30 times higher, dehydroepiandrosterone levels 100 times higher, a...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.57.2.161
更新日期:1990-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.75.suppl_2.s15
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Epidemiologic and experimental data suggest that isoflavones have benefits for preventing and treating some prostate disease. Isoflavone supplements may therefore be an important tool for men concerned about prostate disease, such as those with benign prostatic hypertrophy undergoing watchful waiting or those concerne...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.70.3.203
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Elderly patients pose unique challenges perioperatively. They are more likely than younger surgical patients to be mentally and physically compromised at baseline, which increases the risk of delirium and postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Postoperative cognitive risk can be predicted, however, and effective strateg...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.03
更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A subdural empyema developed in a young man after craniotomy for evacuation of a hematoma in a sylvian fissure arachnoid cyst and the subdural space. Despite prolonged systemic and subdural antibiotic administration and a debridement of the subdural space, infection persisted, as evidenced by persistent fever, an elev...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3949/ccjm.56.3.311
更新日期:1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many patients are donating their own blood before surgery to avoid blood-borne infections, often on the advice of their physicians. But autologous blood transfusion, while safer than allogeneic transfusion, is not completely risk-free. It is also expensive, its benefits are difficult to assess, and its increasing popu...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.63.5.295
更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lung resection provides the greatest likelihood of cure for patients with localized lung cancer, but is associated with a risk of mortality, decreased postoperative lung function, and other complications. Lung function testing using spirometry, diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide, and peak oxygen consum...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.79.s2.04
更新日期:2012-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Exercise stress electrocardiography is unreliable as a test for obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) if the patient has left bundle branch block. The authors provide an algorithm for using alternative tests: exercise stress echocardiography, dobutamine echocardiography, computed tomographic (CT) angiography, and ...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.85a.17051
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of stenotic saphenous vein grafts is less invasive than repeat coronary bypass grafting; however, this procedure is complicated by atheromatous embolization in 2.5%-3.0% of cases, an incidence significantly higher than in angioplasty of native coronary vessels. We ...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3949/ccjm.56.6.581
更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::One of the most important deficiency states associated with chronic renal failure is profound anemia. While it has been possible to identify differing types of anemia in patients receiving dialysis support, and thus correct the secondary causes, most patients continue to exhibit symptoms and signs of the anemic state....
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.56.1.79
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Thirty-four young patients (28 male and 6 female) underwent aortic valve replacement between 1972 and 1988. Ages ranged from 11 to 20 years (mean 17.7 years). Including reimplantation in the follow-up period, 40 valves were implanted, among which were 17 (43%) St. Jude, 7 (16%) Bjork-Shiley, and 4 (10%) Carpentier-Edw...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3949/ccjm.59.5.473
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A surprising number of apparently healthy people harbor unsuspected pituitary tumors, which are being discovered incidentally on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed for other reasons. The majority can be safely observed; for others, medical therapy or surgical resection is necessary....
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.75.11.793
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Informed consent in clinical research is a matter of both ethics and federal regulation. A research subject must enter a study voluntarily, be informed about risks and benefits, and understand the difference between experiment and treatment. ...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.71.11.907
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Overactive bladder (OAB) is a prevalent condition in both men and women that imposes significant burdens on the patient and his or her quality of life. Nevertheless, only a small percentage of patients with OAB receive diagnosis and treatment. The identification of OAB is well within the scope of the primary care prov...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.74.suppl_3.s21
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hirsutism is a source of significant anxiety in women. While polycystic ovary syndrome or other endocrine conditions are responsible for excess androgen in many patients, other patients have normal menses and normal androgen levels ("idiopathic" hirsutism). The goal of the evaluation is to rule out any underlying path...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3949/ccjm.77a.08079
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy is an open system that can generate contact, droplet, and airborne COVID-19 thereby increasing the risk of transmission of COVID-19 like other procedures such as tracheal intubation, noninvasive ventilation, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Medically prudent recommendations hav...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc003
更新日期:2020-05-05 00:00:00
abstract::Studies published during the past year on the treatment of several infectious diseases provide valuable information that should enable us to treat our patients more effectively. Among those findings: Oral vancomycin (Vancocin) is superior to oral metronidazole (Flagyl) for treating patients with severe Clostridium dif...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.75.8.584
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Several theories have been put forth to explain the pathogenesis of syringomyelia, the formation of longitudinal, fluid-filled cavities within the spinal cord. Chief among them is Gardner's hydrodynamic theory, widely accepted for more than two decades. Gardner attributed the genesis of syringomyelia to craniospinal p...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.59.4.373
更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Vascular surgery is associated with a high risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality that is partly attributable to inflammatory stress induced by the surgical procedure. Preoperative initiation of a long-acting statin is a strategy intended to reduce the inflammatory stress response and the excess risk associated...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.13
更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Obesity is associated with higher rates of death due to cancer. Possible explanations for this association include physiological factors associated with obesity, lower cancer screening rates in obese people, and technical difficulties in treating obese patients. These problems represent opportunities to improve the ca...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.73.10.945
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cholesterol is a fat-like substance that is in our blood. Our bodies naturally produce some cholesterol. The other portion comes from animal products such as meat, eggs, butter, cheese, and whole milk. Foods from plants do no contain cholesterol. When you have a high level of cholesterol in your blood, it builds up in...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3949/ccjm.68.7.623
更新日期:2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Certain fluorocarbon polymers can produce a clinical syndrome called polymer fume fever when the products of pyrolysis are inhaled. SUMMARY:A previously healthy 21-year-old white man presented with severe chest tightness, difficulty in breathing, pyrexia, nausea, vomiting, and a dry irritating cough. These ...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3949/ccjm.60.6.479
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Food allergies have increased in prevalence significantly in the past decade and so, apparently, has eosinophilic esophagitis. Although the cause of eosinophilic esophagitis is unknown, allergic responses including food allergies have been implicated. This article reviews both conditions, focusing on how to detect and...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.77a.09018
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The article "Total pancreatectomy and islet cell autotransplantation: Definitive treatment for chronic pancreatitis" (Arce KM, Lin YK, Stevens T, Walsh RM, Hatipoglu BA. Cleve Clin J Med 2016; 83:435-442) incorrectly stated that Paul Lacy and David Scharp performed research at the University of Washington at Seattle. ...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 已发布勘误
doi:
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Heart failure is the most important public health problem in cardiovascular medicine, and is increasing in both prevalence and expense. Programs that use an interdisciplinary team to improve outpatient treatment and prevent hospitalizations will help improve care and control costs. But the most important long-term str...
journal_title:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3949/ccjm.65.7.351
更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00