Chiari Syndrome
Common Symptoms of CMI and Syringomyelia CMI may cause specific symptoms related to CMI, and generalized symptoms that are often hard to associate only with CMI. Headaches and or neck…
NEUROLOGY
Pediatric Brain Tumors
Tumor location Definition Common symptoms Supratentorial Upper part of the brain Headache Seizure Paralysis (opposite side of body) Speech and language difficulty Personality or memory change Posterior fossa Lower part…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Byzantine Medical Problems: Decision Making with Misleading, Imperfect Information
(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Abstract Medical diagnosis and treatment decision making traditionally hinges on clinical judgment, available evidence from the…
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…
