Approach to the Patient with Dizziness and Vertigo
A. Otologic vertigo is caused by dysfunction of the inner ear. Table 16.1 lists entities that account for about 95% of all cases of otologic vertigo. The distribution of diagnoses varies…
Approach to the Patient with Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension, Sexual and Urinary Dysfunction, and Other Autonomic Disorders
FIGURE 32.1 Baroreflex pathways. Efferents from arterial carotid sinus baroreceptors travel to the CNS with the glossopharyngeal (IX) nerve and those from the arterial aortic arch baroreceptors travel with the vagus…
Approach to the Patient with Abnormal Pupils
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Multiple Sclerosis
Video 44.1). While INO is presented here, any isolated brain stem syndrome, including diplopia, facial weakness, and trigeminal neuralgia, particularly in a young person with no other risk factors, MS…
Chronic Pain
Preparations with the least abuse potential and side effects should be utilized. Agents containing an anti-inflammatory/acetaminophen, to decrease the dose of opioid required for analgesia, should be considered first-line drugs….
Nervous System Complications of Cancer
FIGURE 58.1 T1 postcontrast axial MRI. Numerous small enhancing lesions are noted bihemispherically in this non–small cell lung cancer patient with brain metastases. These lesions are noted predominantly at the gray–white…
Spinal Cord Disorders
FIGURE 50.1 A 33-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, status postquintuple coronary artery bypass graft, who developed acute cardiac tamponade and hepato-renal syndrome. She was found to have…
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
FIGURE 56.1 CRPS I of Upper Extremity. Patient had minor injury to right hand following a fall. Edema and erythema are evident along with allodynia, hyperalgesia, and decreased range of motion…
Central Nervous System Infections
A. Therapeutic approach. 1. Dexamethasone therapy. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends consideration of dexamethasone in the treatment of infants and children 2 months of age and older with proven or suspected…
