A patient experiencing a primarily generalized tonic-clonic seizure will often cry out, then lose consciousness and fall. Tonic contractions then begin, followed by clonic (rapidly alternating contraction and relaxation) motion of muscles of the extremities, trunk, and head. A patient may lose ...
Which drug is most likely prescribed for the treatment of a patient experiencing erosive esophagitis? a. Esomeprazole b. Ipecac c. Metoclopramide d. Simethicone Select the correct answer. Which of the following is not classified as an NSAID? A. Bropheneramine (Velta...
The patient was experiencing a sustained pattern of hyperthermia caused by infection, zonisamide, and persistent convulsions, which caused a vicious cycle of further seizures. In this case, the control of infection and switching from zonisamide to perampanel improved seizure frequency. Conclusion: Dravet...
In this case, NCSE was diagnosed on EEG when the patient was receiving anesthetics. Although at times it may be difficult to clearly distinguish between the indications leading to a medical intervention in a retrospective study, data collection was prospective in our case, and the indication that...
Patient selection Patients experiencing recurrence (any) of a histologically proven primary GBM, after at least a first-line standard of care (radiation with concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide) were recruited. Qualifying patients with good performance status (KPS ≥ 70), were eligible for carbop...
Despite experiencing seizures, this patient did not experienced any further episodes once his condition improved.Background Acute high-altitude illness (AHAI) encompasses a range of syndromes, including acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), and high-altitude cerebral ...
Outcome measures involve monthly days with migraines, any headache and use of acute medication, the 50% responder rate (i.e., the proportion of patients experiencing a reduction in monthly migraine days by 50% or more), as well as functional and patient-related outcomes [23,24,25,26]. ...
The patient underwent amniocentesis at 16.6 weeks GA, which revealed a normal female karyotype and array-CGH. Further sonographic follow-up revealed normal fetal growth (50th percentile according to Hadlock) but multiple anomalies: cranio-facial malformation, a cleft palate, truncus arteriosus communis ...
Moreover, while very sensitive, these definitions encompass a heterogeneous patient population of those recovered from asymptomatic or mild infection in addition to those who were severely ill.1 Notably, long-term consequences of a critical illness, also known as “postintensive care syndrome” (PICS...
Patients treated by three or more specialties during admission had an odds ratio (OR) of 3.01 (95% CI 2.09 to 4.34) for experiencing a non preventable AE and an OR of 2.78 (95% CI 1.77 to 4.37) for a preventable AE. After corrections for patient characteristics (mo...