Category: Neurology
Keywords: TIA, Stroke (PubMed Search)
Posted: 7/1/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Category: Neurology
Keywords: MS, multiple sclerosis, brain, mri, dawson's fingers (PubMed Search)
Posted: 6/23/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
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Category: Neurology
Keywords: nicardipine, calcium channelblocker, hypertensive emergency, intracranial hemorrhage, hypertension, stroke (PubMed Search)
Posted: 6/16/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Category: Neurology
Keywords: lumbar puncture, LP, spinal tap (PubMed Search)
Posted: 6/9/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Once you've punctured the spinal canal space during lumbar puncture, the following tips can be used to improve the rate of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow, should it be suboptimal:
Category: Neurology
Keywords: optic neuritis, multiple sclerosis, blindness, visual abnormality (PubMed Search)
Posted: 6/2/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
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Category: Neurology
Keywords: stroke (PubMed Search)
Posted: 5/26/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
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Category: Neurology
Keywords: stroke, F.A.S.T., stroke recognition, public education (PubMed Search)
Posted: 5/19/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
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Stroke strikes F.A.S.T. and must be recognized quickly for optimized management.
The following Face, Arms, Speech test, known as F.A.S.T., is an easy and quick bedside teaching tool that can be used to spread awareness about how to recognize and respond to stroke symptoms:
F = Ask person to smile. Does one side of face droop down?
A = Ask person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?
S = Ask person to say a simple phrase. Does speech sound slurred or strange?
T = If any of the above findings are observed, it's time to call 911 immediately.
Category: Neurology
Keywords: stroke, stroke awareness month, stroke risk factors, patient education (PubMed Search)
Posted: 5/12/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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-- Hypertension
-- Diabetes
-- Atrial Fibrillation
-- Hypercholesterolemia
-- Physical Inactivity
-- Tobacco Use
-- Alcohol Use
-- Obesity
Category: Neurology
Keywords: stroke awareness month, stroke (PubMed Search)
Posted: 5/5/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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1. Walk; Is their balance off?
2. Talk; Is their speech slurred or face droopy?
3. Reach; Is one side weak or numb?
4. See; Is their vision all or partly lost?
5. Feel; Is their headache severe?
Category: Neurology
Keywords: idiopathic intracranial hypertension, pseudotumor cerebri, benign intracranial hypertension, papilledema, lumbar puncture (PubMed Search)
Posted: 4/28/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Friedman DI, Jacobson DM. Diagnostic criteria for idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Neurology. Nov 26 2002;59(10):1492-5.
Category: Neurology
Keywords: brachial plexus, brachial plexus injuries, Erb palsy (PubMed Search)
Posted: 4/21/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
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Category: Neurology
Keywords: bitemporal hemianopsia, pituitary adenoma, tunnel vision, visual field testing, Cushing's Disease, acromegaly (PubMed Search)
Posted: 4/14/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
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Category: Neurology
Keywords: brain atrophy, stroke, Alzheimer's Disease (PubMed Search)
Posted: 4/7/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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-- Multiple areas of local cortical brain atrophy (wedge-shaped
appearance) suggests multi-infarct dementia.
-- Disproportionate atrophy in the frontal and temporal lobes may be a
sign of Alzheimer's Disease.
Category: Neurology
Keywords: thalamic stroke, stroke (PubMed Search)
Posted: 3/31/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
(Updated: 4/11/2010)
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Category: Neurology
Keywords: hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, conductive hearing loss, acoustic neuroma, vestibulocholear nerve (PubMed Search)
Posted: 3/24/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
(Updated: 4/11/2010)
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Category: Neurology
Keywords: temporal lobe epilepsy, seizure, focal seizure (PubMed Search)
Posted: 3/17/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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-- Deja' vu (feeling of familiarity) -- Jamais vu (feeling of unfamiliarity)
-- Specific or single set of memories -- Amnesia
-- Auditory -- Gustatory -- Visual -- Disphoric -- Euphoric
Category: Neurology
Keywords: frontal lobe epilepsy, seizures (PubMed Search)
Posted: 3/10/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
(Updated: 3/20/2010)
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Category: Neurology
Keywords: frontal lobe epilepsy, epilepsy, seizure, partical focal seizure, complex focal seizure (PubMed Search)
Posted: 3/3/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
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Category: Neurology
Keywords: ABCD, ABCD2, California Rule, stroke, TIA, prediction tool (PubMed Search)
Posted: 2/24/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
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Category: Neurology
Keywords: seizure, new-onset seizure, AIDS, HIV, HIV/AIDS (PubMed Search)
Posted: 2/17/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
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