Hydrocephalus

Sep 24, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Hydrocephalus

Premature infants Full-term infants Older children Apnea Irritability Headache Bradycardia (i.e., low heart rate) Vomiting Vomiting Tense fontanelle Drowsiness Lethargy Distended scalp veins Macrocephaly Diplopia Globoid head shape Distended scalp…

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Malignant Brain Tumors

Sep 24, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Malignant Brain Tumors

Figure 2.1 Artist’s illustration of a large malignant brain tumor (green area) in the parietal region of the brain. The pressure over the normal brain is so severe that is…

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Congenital Neurosurgical Problems

Sep 24, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Congenital Neurosurgical Problems

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Abhishek Agrawal and Gavin Britz (eds.)Emergency Approaches to Neurosurgical Conditions10.1007/978-3-319-10693-9_5 5. Congenital Neurosurgical Problems Herbert Edgar Fuchs1   (1) Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA     Herbert Edgar Fuchs Email:…

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An Overview of System Safety Assessment

Sep 24, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on An Overview of System Safety Assessment

(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA   Abstract This chapter provides an introduction to the steps involved in creating dependable systems. This starts…

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The Principles of Dependability

Sep 24, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on The Principles of Dependability

(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA   Abstract This chapter presents definitions and important multi-domain concepts involved in the design and operation of…

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Fault Tree Analysis for Medical Applications

Sep 24, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Fault Tree Analysis for Medical Applications

(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA   Abstract This chapter expands fault tree analysis (FTA) introduced in Chap. 2 to medical applications. The…

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Knowledge and Culture

Sep 24, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Knowledge and Culture

(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA   Abstract This chapter presents the abstract philosophical principles behind the methods presented in prior chapters. The…

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Machine Learning Methods with Applications to Diagnosis

Sep 24, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Machine Learning Methods with Applications to Diagnosis

(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA   Abstract This chapter extends probabilistic analytical methods introduced in Chap. 2. The principle of transformation of…

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Toyota Production System

Sep 24, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Toyota Production System

(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA   Abstract This chapter introduces the reader to lean manufacturing principles. The life and work of W….

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