(1) Philosophical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic KeywordsMental disorderFinitudeBeing-thereBeing-away In order to overcome the limits given by the understanding of the finitude,…
(1) Philosophical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic KeywordsSufferingDisintegration of the selfChaosOrderPost-existential analysis In the preceding chapter, we adumbrated the relation between concealment…
Fig. 5.1 Axial non-contrast head computed tomography (CT) scans demonstrating the classical appearance of the different types of subdural hematoma (SDH). a Acute SDH shows a crescent-shaped homogeneously hyperdense extra-axial…
Hunt–Hess grading Clinical presentation I Asymptomatic or mild headache II Headache, stiff neck, no focal deficit other than cranial nerve deficit III Drowsy, mild focal deficit IV Stupor, hemiparesis V…
Angioarchitectural characteristics Univariate OR (95 % CI) Multivariate OR (95 % CI) Sensitivity (95 % CI) Specificity (95 % CI) Nidus size > 3 cm 3.79 (1.47–10.86) – 61 (42–79) 71 (58–82) Frontal, parietal, temporal 5.0…
Author Sample size < 7 days (%) < 14 days (%) > 7 days (%) > 14 days (%) Alberti [16] 95 5.2 – – – Arntz [6] 66 6 – 10.6 – Bladin…
Fig. 2.1 A patient with late poststroke seizures; EEG (a) shows seizure pattern in left fronto-central region, onset at C3–F3 > f7–Fp1. Onset consisted of rhythmic alpha activity at F3–C3, then involved…
Fig. 6.1 Photomicrograph of a cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) stained with hematoxylin and eosin at low (a) and high (b) magnifications. CCMs appear as clusters of dilated, thin-walled blood vessels…
Congenital heart disease Vasculopathies Moyamoya disease/syndrome Traumatic arterial dissection Connective tissue disorders Radiation-induced vasculopathy Hypercoagulable states Antithrombin deficiency Protein C deficiency Protein S deficiency Activated protein C resistance with or…
Genetic risk factors Acquired risk factors Factor V Leiden mutation and resistance to activated protein C Puerperium Antiphospholipid, anticardiolipin antibodies Pregnancy Antithrombin III gene mutation Hematological conditions (anemia, polycythemia) Protein…
