NEUROLOGY

Trauma Resuscitation and Fluid Considerations in the Polytrauma Patient with CNS Injury

Oct 7, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Trauma Resuscitation and Fluid Considerations in the Polytrauma Patient with CNS Injury

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017James M. Ecklund and Leon E. Moores (eds.)Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient10.1007/978-3-319-40208-6_7 7. Trauma Resuscitation and Fluid Considerations in the Polytrauma Patient with CNS Injury George P. Liao2   and…

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AIS Versus ISS Versus GCS—What’s Going on Here?

Oct 7, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on AIS Versus ISS Versus GCS—What’s Going on Here?

Eye opening (E) Verbal response (V) Motor response (M) 4—spontaneous 5—oriented 6—spontaneous 3—to verbal command 4—confused 5—localizes to pain 2—to pain 3—inappropriate words 4—withdraws to pain 1—none 2—incomprehensible sounds 3—flexor/decorticate…

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Rural and Austere Environments

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017James M. Ecklund and Leon E. Moores (eds.)Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient10.1007/978-3-319-40208-6_4 4. Rural and Austere Environments Jeffrey M. Lobosky1, 2   (1) Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California,…

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Movement Disorders in Pediatrics

Oct 7, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Movement Disorders in Pediatrics

Hypertonia: abnormally increased resistance to externally imposed movement about a joint. It may be caused by spasticity, dystonia, rigidity, or a combination of features Spasticity: a velocity-dependent resistance of a…

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Rehabilitation of Dystonia

Oct 7, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Rehabilitation of Dystonia

Modifier Dystonia type affected Effect on dystonia Tension Stress, anxiety All ↑ Relaxation All ↓ Sensory input Wearing silk scarves CD ↓ Changing the texture of the pen WC ↓…

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Parkinson’s Disease

Oct 7, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Parkinson’s Disease

Fig. 2.1 Treatment model for Parkinson’s disease (PD; adapted from Keus et al. [42]) Specific Issues in Physiotherapy for PD (Cues) In 2000, Morris described the theoretical framework supporting the…

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Atypical Parkinsonism

Oct 7, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Atypical Parkinsonism

Fig. 3.1 Brain MRI with the “hot cross bun” sign in a patient with multiple system atrophy (cerebellar type) Levodopa may have benefits in the early stage of the disease;…

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Huntington’s Disease

Oct 7, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Huntington’s Disease

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Hsin Fen Chien and Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini (eds.)Movement Disorders Rehabilitation10.1007/978-3-319-46062-8_8 8. Huntington’s Disease Monica Santoro Haddad1  , Tamine Teixeira da Costa Capato2   and Mariana Jardim Azambuja3   (1) Department of Neurology, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina…

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Rehabilitation in Chorea

Oct 7, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Rehabilitation in Chorea

Inherited Autosomal dominant HD HDL-1, HDL-2, HDL-4/SCA17 Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, SCA7, SCA8, SCA14, SCA17, SCA27 (van Gaalen 2011) DRPLA Neuroferritinopathy BHC ADCY5-related dyskinesia C9ORF72 GLUT1 deficiency POLG (may…

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