Perioperative Consultation for Patients with Preexisting Neurologic Disorders.

abstract：:Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is the third most common X-linked muscular dystrophy. This disorder is characterized by childhood onset of early contractures, humeroperoneal muscle atrophy, and cardiac conduction abnormalities. Weakness is slowly progressive, but there is a broad spectrum of clinical severity...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Zacharias AS,Wagener ME,Warren ST,Hopkins LC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotid endarterectomy is an established surgical procedure to prevent stroke. The indications, preoperative evaluation, surgical timing, technical details, complications, and special circumstances for the use of this operation are reviewed. Future developments in the surgical reconstruction of the extracranial caroti...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Pritz MB

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syndromes characterized by persistent fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, sleep disturbance, and subjective cognitive impairment have been common problems in clinical practice for decades. The chronic fatigue syndrome case definition was created to standardize the patient population in research studies and to foster a syst...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Goshorn RK

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging is commonly utilized in the evaluation of post-cardiac arrest patients, providing a unique ability to visualize and quantify structural brain injury that can complement clinical and electrophysiologic data. Despite its lack of validation, we would advocate that neuroimaging is a valuable prognostication t...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Greer DM,Wu O

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions encountered worldwide. The development of newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) has expanded over recent years, and the use of such drugs for indications other than epilepsy has also broadened. These factors insure that the majority of health care providers will be...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Morrell MJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides sleep apnea, the main disorders of excessive daytime sleepiness include narcolepsy and hypersomnia. Narcolepsy is characterized by periods of irresistible sleepiness and sleep attacks of brief duration and, most often, by one or more of the auxiliary symptoms: cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnogogic halluci...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Manfredi RL,Brennan RW,Cadieux RJ

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improved disease control is critical for enhancing the lives of those living with multiple sclerosis. With specific immunologic targets, monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments are highly effective options for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. The mechanism, efficacy, and current safety profiles are detailed for the...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Singer BA

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diet may influence stroke risk via several mechanisms, but the optimal dietary habits for stroke prevention are not well established. We reviewed English-language MEDLINE publications from January 1979 through November 2004 for experimental, observational, and clinical studies of dietary factors (minerals, fats, chole...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Ding EL,Mozaffarian D

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychogenic (nonepileptic) seizures are among the most common and serious of all psychogenic neurological disorders. They account for approximately 20% of all intractable seizure disorders referred to comprehensive epilepsy centers and present with a reported annual incidence of approximately 4% that of true epilepsy....

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Krumholz A,Hopp J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain management is challenging, and typically requires a multifaceted approach. There are several treatment options, both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic. Of the available pharmacologic agents, those with the strongest supporting evidence include tricyclic antidepressants, serotonin-norepinephrine reupt...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Macone A,Otis JAD

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishing an open and honest physician-patient relationship is essential for the proper evaluation and management of headache disorders. Obtaining a complete headache and medical history is the most important part of the initial diagnostic evaluation. This history should include information about headache onset, pa...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Marks DR,Rapoport AM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiencies in reading and writing appear to be major and lasting handicaps for learning-disabled college students. However, gains have been made in program modifications for learning-disabled students in many higher education institutions. Many adults with learning disabilities find that their handicap makes it diff...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Gottesman RL

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before embarking on expensive ancillary testing, it is crucial for the neurologist to distinguish visual loss due to optic nerve dysfunction from other causes of visual loss. This can usually be accomplished based on specific features of the history and bedside examination. Once it has been established that a patient ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Purvin VA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of severe brain injury requires a comprehensive approach in which imaging is an indispensable complement to the clinical and physiological information acquired at the bedside. Neuroimaging methods are routinely used in the diagnosis and prognosis of a broad spectrum of patients with acute neurological d...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Stevens RD,Pustavoitau A,Chalela JA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is a time sensitive medical emergency and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Intravenous (IV) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (IV alteplase) is currently the only proven effective medication for the treatment of AIS with promising adjuvant medications currently u...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Gottula AL,Barreto AD,Adeoye O

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical guidelines for the determination of brain death in children were first published in 1987. These guidelines were revised in 2011 under the auspices of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Child Neurology Society, and provide the minimum standards that must be satis...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Mathur M,Ashwal S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontraumatic spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage occurs most commonly into the subarachnoid space and brain parenchyma, in contrast to subdural and epidural hematomas that are usually traumatic. The differential diagnosis of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage includes intracranial aneurysm rupture and vascular malfo...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Dainer HM,Smirniotopoulos JG

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe brain injury may cause disruption of neural networks that sustain arousal and awareness, the two essential components of consciousness. Despite the potentially devastating immediate and long-term consequences, disorders of consciousness (DoC) are poorly understood in terms of their underlying neurobiology, the ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Bodien YG,Chatelle C,Edlow BL

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial disorders are frequently associated with seizures. In this review, the authors discuss the seizure patterns and distinguishing features of mitochondrial epilepsy, alongside the indications for investigating, and how to investigate epilepsy from a mitochondrial perspective. Finally, they discuss managemen...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Steele HE,Chinnery PF

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing acceptance of the right of patients to refuse life-sustaining treatment, some have argued that terminally ill patients have a corollary right to physician-assisted suicide (PAS) on request. However, there are important moral and legal distinctions between patients' refusals of therapy and requests ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Bernat JL

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blepharospasm is a focal dystonia characterized by involuntary, repetitive eye closure. Orofacial and oromandibular dystonia describe involuntary dystonic movements of orofacial and oromandibular musculature. Hemifacial spasm is characterized by repetitive synchronous contraction of facial nerve innervated muscles on ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Karp BI,Alter K

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) disorders are a heterogeneous group of diseases with variable expression that often pose diagnostic dilemmas. Although definitive diagnosis of these disorders usually requires a muscle biopsy and mtDNA and enzymatic testing, standard metabolic studies including organic ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Dougherty FE

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both general neurologists and neurologists with a broad spectrum of subspecialty interests are often asked to evaluate patients with disorders of the spinal cord. Over the past decade, there have been significant advances in our understanding of a wide spectrum of immune-mediated, infectious, metabolic, hereditary, pa...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Kumar N

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported PET findings in subcortical and corticobasal degenerations, and in dystonia, are summarized in Table 3. It can be seen that, although PET is not a diagnostic technique, clinical examination combined with PET findings can help to distinguish between the various akinetic-rigid syndromes, with the proviso that p...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Brooks DJ

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With age, the presence of multiple neuropathologies in a single individual becomes increasingly common. Given that traumatic brain injury and the repetitive head impacts (RHIs) that occur in contact sports have been associated with the development of many neurodegenerative diseases, including chronic traumatic encepha...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Stein TD,Crary JF

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is a debilitating disease that occurs in epidemic proportions in Western societies and has a large economic impact. Percutaneous vertebroplasty is successful in alleviating subacute and chronic pain caused by osteoporotic compression fractures and pathological vertebral fractures from tumor infiltration. ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Ng PP,Caragine LP Jr,Dowd CF

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catecholamines dopamine and norepinephrine are key central neurotransmitters that participate in many neurobehavioral processes and disease states. Norepinephrine is also the main neurotransmitter mediating regulation of the circulation by the sympathetic nervous system. Several neurodegenerative disorders feature...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Goldstein DS

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of inherited neuropathies can be challenging in several ways. First, a hereditary neuropathy must be suspected. Although some family histories are clear with multiple members affected, other families require directed inquiry. Second, even when a hereditary neuropathy is clear, it can be difficult to make...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Lawson V,Gharibshahi S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who suffer from neuromuscular diseases often have complications from respiratory insufficiencies. Some neuromuscular diseases, for example Landry Guillain-Barré syndrome, may only require temporary tracheal intubation; patients with other neuromuscular diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, may deci...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Gelinas DF

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optic nerve is our most important cranial nerve. As it courses from the eyeball to the brain, it is divided into four segments: intraocular, intraorbital, intracanalicular, and intracranial. Four tests are primarily used to assess its functional integrity and detect optic nerve disorders. These tests are described...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Selhorst JB,Chen Y

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00