Background and aims: There are scant data on how doctors approach seizures in the acute setting. We sought to study (a) exposure to seizure disorders as well as relevant training and (b) reactions to seizures in the acute setting, among medical residents undergoing physician training.Seneviratne...
Notice when and why you smoke.Try to find the things in your daily life that you often do while smoking (such as drinking your morning cup of coffee or driving a car). Change your smoking routines.Keep your cigarettes in a different place. Smoke with your other hand. Don't do anything...
The doctor may also give the patient medication to prevent seizures. If a drug overdose or condition such as very low blood sugar is responsible for the coma, doctors attempt to correct this as soon as possible. Patients with acute ischemic strokes may undergo procedures or receive special clot...
seizures or for use of a medicine in children. It may be harder or more costly to do those studies before the FDA approves the drug for other uses. When using a medication “off-label”, the prescriber will review other studies, experiences with other patients, and the opinions of experts...
Sleepwalking has been linked to seizures, REM sleep disorders and organic brain disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. If your child is sleepwalking, he or she will probably either grow out of it or can be helped by a regular sleep schedule and some stress reduction. If you're an ...
to the fever, this can be accompanied by the baby refusal to eat. Swelling on the head can also be visible due to blockage of fluids within the skull caused by inflammation. The baby will also be inactive, have a stiff body and will cry constantly. It can sometimes lead to Seizures. ...
Have no history of stroke, seizures or high blood pressure Not be pregnant Not have a pacemaker Further, a single three-minute session per day is the recommended max, and blood pressure should be taken before and after. Cryotherapy centers should have emergency kits, defibrillators and nitrogen...
Sometimes doctors or nurses administer regional anesthetics with a single injection, but they can also do so intravenously or continuously through a catheter. One technique, called a Bier block, uses a tourniquet to keep blood from flowing through a limb before the drug is injected into a vein....
Occasionally people who have overdosed on ibuprofen have developed kidney failure or seizures. Metabolic acidosis (a build-up of acidic by-products in the blood) has been reported and an increase in the time it takes for blood to clot can occur....
Because speedy recognition and action are so important when someone has a stroke, doctors have developed an easy-to-remember checklist for what to look for and what to do when someone shows possible warning signs. It's called the FAST test. You can use it to check for the most common sym...