meningitis/edema

Cerebral edema accounts for an essential part of the morbidity and mortality in severe traumatic brain injury but can also arise in other cerebral pathologies such as infectious and ischemic conditions such e.g. stroke and meningitis. Cerebral edema can lead to an elevated intracranial pressure

Spontaneous aneurysm subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) occurs annually in approximately 400 people in Denmark. SAH is most commonly seen in younger (median age 56 years) and women (71%), have a high mortality (21-44%) and result in a poor neurological outcome in about 50% of patients. Due to the

The vast majority of children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome respond well to corticosteroid treatment. However, as many as 70% experience at least one relapse, and 30% develop a more complicated course with frequent relapses (FRNS) with or without steroid dependency (SDNS). Extended steroid

Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study to evaluate the administration of CN-105 in patients with supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Patients will be evaluated for eligibility within 12 hours of symptom onset. Eligible participants (30 active participants and 30

Aims and objectives: The present proposal aims to improve the outcome from central nervous system infections (CNS) by improving the understanding of when and why patients develop hearing loss and other neurological sequelae. The investigators will elucidate the temporal development and restitution

Fluid therapy is aimed to compensate for fasting which is required for surgery, to meet the ongoing fluid losses and to maintain electrolyte balance during surgery. Fluid deficit of a healthy child who is not fed parenterally may be estimated by multiplying hourly maintenance requirement for fluid

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the most important epidemic encephalitis worldwide, causing approximately 35-50,000 cases and 10-15,000 deaths annually. Half of the survivors have severe neuropsychiatric sequelae, posing a large socio-economic burden on communities that can ill afford it. JE virus

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an inflammatory disease process of the lungs as a response to both direct and indirect insults, characterized clinically by severe hypoxemia, reduced lung compliance, and bilateral radiographic infiltrates. ARDS is caused by an insult to the

The craniospinal cavity is enclosed by a rigid, non-compressible bone and thus has a constant volume. It is filled with soft tissue (brain, spinal cord and connective tissue), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and circulating blood. Intracranial pressure (ICP) is the pressure of the fluid that bathes the

1. Patient selection and enrollment. Participants will be recruited into the study from subjects admitted for acute inpatient rehabilitation in the North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (NT-TBIMS) affiliated rehabilitation units. Our goal is to enroll participants who have the potential

STUDY DESIGN This is a randomized controlled clinical trial. Subjects Inclusion criteria: 1. History of acute watery diarrhoea of <72 hrs. 2. Either sex. 3. Age - 6m to 60 months 4. Some or severe dehydration. 5. Wt for Ht <70% of NCHS median: with or without edema. 6. Dark field examination

Central nervous system tumors account for approximately 20% of all childhood neoplasms. The treatment modalities used in the primary management of brain tumors are surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. In recent years, considerable progress has been made in each of these therapeutic

For the purposes of our study we identified all the EV71 pediatric patients at Chang Gung Children's Hospital (CGCH) and at the NTUH between 1998 and 2003. These patients were clinically confirmed to have hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) of herpangina or febrile illness, and a positive

This pilot study will evaluate the safety and feasibility of a clinical trial protocol for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage as a potential treatment for patients with acute spinal cord injury. Specifically, the investigators will evaluate: - patient eligibility and recruitment for such a study and

This study uses the IL-1 receptor antagonist anakinra to treat children and adults with Neonatal-Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID), also known as chronic infantile neurological, cutaneous and arthropathy (CINCA) syndrome. NOMID/CINCA syndrome is a rare genetic systemic auto-inflammatory