polyneuropathies/edema

Background On February 21th 2020, SARS-CoV-2 outbreak erupted in Italy and, in the immediately subsequent period, all the Italian regional Health Systems had to face with an overwhelming increase of COVID-19 admissions requiring isolation, oxygen, ventilation and ICU beds. The COVID-19 related

Scleredema adultorum of Buschke is a scleroderma-like skin disorder characterized by thickened skin with edema in patients' neck, shoulders and back. Graff described three types of scleredema. The first type occurs usually in children after an infection, the second type often associated with

efficacy of short wave diathermy in ulnar nerve entrapment on the elbow ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Efficacy of short wave diathermy (SWD) in the treatment of ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow (UNE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: 61 adult patients, who had been diagnosed with UNE clinically and

Neurotoxicity is mainly associated with tacrolimus and cyclosporin, amounting to 10 - 30% for CS and up to 32% for tacrolimus.(2) . Sirolimus, everolimus, and mycophenolate mofetil lack the neurotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors (3-4). Neurotoxicity mostly occurs in the early postoperative period

Diseases of diverse etiology can be correlated to the term "polyneuropathy"(PNP). The pathogenesis may be of inflammatory, autoimmune, metabolic, toxic or hereditary nature. Careful clinical and electrodiagnostic assessment, with attention to the pattern of involvement and the types of nerve fibers

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 180 million people worldwide have diabetes. This number is likely to more than double by 2030. Further, the WHO proclaims that diabetes causes about 5 % of all deaths globally each year. Cardiovascular events are the most common cause for