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Sleep disordered breathing is common in patients with tetraplegia. Nocturnal arterial hypoxemia and sleep fragmentation due to sleep apnoea may be associated with cognitive dysfunction. We therefore studied the influence of sleep disordered breathing on neuropsychological function in 37
Paired corticospinal-motoneuronal stimulation (PCMS) elicits spinal synaptic plasticity in humans with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). Here, we examined whether PCMS-induced plasticity could be potentiated by acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH), a treatment also known to induce spinal synaptic
To determine whether oxygen desaturation occurs during sleep in high tetraplegics, 10 neurologically stable male patients (aged 17 to 55 years) with complete motor lesions (C4 to C6) had continuous pulse oximetry recordings and sleep observations on two nights. The patients were studied during
Context Hemorrhage is one of the potentially fatal complications of tracheostomy. A rare but lethal cause of tracheostomy related bleeding is hemorrhage from the innominate artery. This occurs following tracheo-innominate artery fistula (TIF) formation, which is associated with a mortality rate of
A 41-year-old woman, suffering from continuous abdominal pain, only presented a non-specific inflammation of the whole colon and an unclaryfied hyponatriaemia; in spite of the only doubtful explanation by an enormous elongation of the colon, it was partially resected. Thereafter, the patient's
Profound bradycardia is a common complication in the early posttraumatic period following cervical spinal cord damage. It is thought to be due to temporary inactivity of the sympathetic nervous system after separation from supraspinal control, coupled with unopposed parasympathetic dominance because
Quadriplegic patients frequently undergo unusual positional changes, including head-down tilt. To determine if hypoxemia develops in this position and whether it is related to the duration of quadriplegia, five patients were studied within 1 year of injury (group A) and five after 1 year from injury
BACKGROUND
The robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) system has gained recognition as an innovative, effective paradigm to improve functional ambulation and activities of daily living in spinal cord injury and stroke. However, the effects of the Walkbot robotic-assisted gait training system with a
Blunt chest trauma and the treatment of associated pain can lead to impaired respiratory drive and abnormal pulmonary mechanics, in turn resulting in significant respiratory system complications. These can include pneumonia, hypoxia, atelectasis, and a prolonged need for invasive mechanical
OBJECTIVE
This study aims to categorize infants treated with therapeutic hypothermia who presented with suspected subacute hypoxia-ischemia-that is, injury that likely occurred well before delivery and thus beyond the 6-hour window for therapeutic hypothermia-and to contrast the clinical
This study in rats investigated the effects of 0.5 mEq/1 kg body weight of magnesium sulfate solution upon hypoxic left cardiac ventricular pressure (Part 1), optimal timing for injection of magnesium sulfate solution for successful resuscitation (Part 2) and survival benefits of magnesium sulfate
Two quadriplegic patients suddenly lost consciousness and were found to have an elevated alveolar-arteriolar oxygen gradient. Their chest x-ray films were normal. Perfusion scintiscans of their lungs showed large areas with markedly reduced or absent perfusion. Ventilation scintiscans demonstrated
In six patients with chronic severe tetraparesis, caused by closed head injury (3 cases), basilar thrombosis (2 cases) or global hypoxia (1 case), responses of suprathreshold transcranial magnetic stimulation of motor cortex to thenar and abductor hallucis muscles on both sides were studied. Results
Cardiorespiratory plasticity induced by acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) may contribute to recovery following spinal cord injury (SCI). We hypothesized that patients with cervical SCI would demonstrate higher minute ventilation (V̇e) following AIH compared with subjects with thoracic SCI and
Portage is a home-based teaching technique for mentally handicapped children. It would also appear to be useful for some neurologically impaired people. This paper describes how Portage has been adapted for brain-damaged adults. Three examples are given of Portage type programmes. The first