consciousness disorders/edema

We report a case of consciousness disorder following the fourth course of chemotherapy with cisplatin (CDDP) and 5- fluorouracil (5-FU) in a patient with esophageal cancer. A 74-year-old man was admitted to our hospital to receive chemotherapy for esophageal cancer. Six days after chemotherapy, the

Acute pediatric encephalitis with fulminant cerebral edema can rapidly become fatal or result in devastating neurological sequelae. All cases coded with the discharge diagnosis of acute encephalitis between January 2000 and December 2010 were reviewed. Of the 1038 children with acute pediatric

Head injuries are the leading cause of trauma mortality and account for nearly half of all deaths related to trauma injuries. Patients who present with subdural hematomas are at risk for initial damage to the brain, as well as for subsequent brain damage related to re-bleed, ischemia or cerebral

OBJECTIVE We aimed to compare three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for the treatment of glioblastoma. METHODS Retrospective study of 220 patients with glioblastoma, treated with 3D-CRT or IMRT, with or without surgery. Dosimetric parameters

We conducted a review of 98 cases of pediatric traumatic parietal skull fracture in which computed tomographic (CT) scans of the head were obtained during a seven-year period. There were 69 instances of an associated intracranial lesion identified in 47 children, including parenchymal injury (23),

A 36-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was admitted to our hospital due to increasing disease SLE activity. Despite the intensification of immunosuppressive treatment, headache newly developed and worsened. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed spreading of

Viral encephalitis is an emerging disease requiring intensive care management in severe cases. Underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms are incompletely understood and may be elucidated using invasive multimodal neuromonitoring techniques in humans. Two otherwise healthy patients were admitted to our

BACKGROUND Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES) was first described by Hinchey in 1996. The syndrome is characterized by altered level of consciousness, headache, visual changes, and seizures associated with a vasogenic edema of the white matter that occurs predominantly in the

Cerebral injuries refer to an actual injury to the brain matter. Injuries seen are concussion, contusion, or diffuse axonal injury. Bleeding into any of the meningeal spaces, brain, or ventricles is known as intracranial hemorrhage. Seldom do cerebral injuries appear as distinct entities but rather

A 48-year-old female had been visiting the outpatient clinic for treatment of polyarthritis before she was admitted to the hospital due to consciousness disorder and right hemiplegia. Brain computed tomography revealed a small infarction in the left cerebrum. Echocardiography revealed a mass in the

Cerebral infarction is one of the serious neurological complications of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Especially in patients who are genetically prone to thrombosis, cerebral infarction may develop due to inflammation, dehydration, and hyperviscocity secondary to DKA. A 6-year-old child with DKA is

OBJECTIVE Surgical evacuation of spontaneous intracerebral hematomas (ICH) performed in a traditional way usually increases primary brain tissue damage due to the hemorrhage. On the other hand, symptoms of the intracerebral pressure and secondary brain tissue destruction close to the hematoma are

OBJECTIVE The objective was to externally validate the ability of the San Francisco Syncope Rule (SFSR) to accurately identify patients who will experience a 7-day serious clinical event in an Asian population. METHODS This was a prospective cohort study, with a sample of adult patients with syncope

OBJECTIVE This research aimed to analyze the epidemio- clinical characteristic and the prognosis of patients with eclampsia admitted to the intensive care unit at the University Hospital of Point G. METHODS The clinical records of all patients admitted to intensive care for eclampsia from September