Articles of Volume : 9 Issue : 3, June, 2021 |
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Muliple Sclerosis, Corpus Callosum & Epilepsy |
Author : Khin Maung Bo |
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Abstract :There is a difference in prevalence of Epilepsy in General population & MS patients. Interical Epileptiform Discharges (IED) positivity in EEG is also different in the above two populations. Demyelination slows down the conduction speed of axons and author is proposing that different speed of conduction in adjacent axons can generate re-entrant circuits. If the reentrant circuits involve Corpus callosum (CC) fibers, seizure activities of MS can be triggered. DBS applied to CC can terminate the seizure attack of MS like Vagal Nerve Simulator (VNS) in terminating seizure in general population. |
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Factors Associated with Short-Term Seizure Recurrence in Extratemporal Epilepsy Surgery |
Author : Santos Santos Aise |
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Abstract :Introduction: Drug-resistant extratemporal epilepsy is the second cause of referral to epilepsy surgery.
Objectives: To identify factors associated with short-term seizure recurrence following extratemporal epilepsy surgery.
Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective study of 19 consecutive patients who underwent surgery for drug-resistant extratemporal epilepsy at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Havana, Cuba, from September 2014 to October 2019. All patients had at least one year of postoperative follow-up. Fishers exact test was used to search for an association between dichotomous variables. A value of p=0.05 was considered significant.
Results: After one year of follow-up, seizure freedom reached 31.6% (Engel I) and 36.8% showed significant improvement in the number of seizures (Engel II). The frontal location (p=0.046) and incomplete resection of the epileptogenic zone (p=0.017), bilateral interictal discharges on the preoperative electroencephalogram (EEG) (p=0.017), the presence of epileptiform discharges on the postsurgical EEG (p=0.001), and the occurrence of seizures after the sixth month of surgery (p=0.001), were associated with seizures recurrence.
Conclusions: After one year, 31.6% of patients operated on for extratemporal epilepsy were seizure-free. The incomplete resection of the epileptogenic zone and the presence of epileptogenic discharges in the postsurgical EEG, and the presence of seizures after the sixth month of surgery were the most significant factors of seizure recurrence. |
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Comparing Usa and Mexico Response to Covid as well as Incidence and Death toll for the First 6 Months from February 2020 to august 2020 and the Pandemic on June 1st 2021 |
Author : Gabriel Miranda Nava |
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Abstract :Both Mexico and United States share a border aswell as Mexico being the country with the most American citizens living abroad and United States housing millions of individuals of Mexican descent, Covid 19 has impacted the world and both countries health system Mexico having to deal with the impact of a pandemic with a much lower budget and personnel compared to United States and aswell United States having to deal with a pandemic occurring in a country with more 330,000,000 persons of all type of ethnicities United states has being the country with the most cases confirmed of covid 19 in the World in this article we will compare the first 6 months of covid 19 in Mexico as well as in the United States and current data for nowadays of Covid 19. |
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The Ultrasonic Electrical Stimulation Treating Recent Pain after Minimally Invasive Intervention with Disc Degenerative Diseases |
Author : Tanghua Liu |
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Abstract :Objective:To explore the analgesic effect of ultrasonic electrical stimulation for recent pain after minimally invasive interventional therapy for intervertebral disc degenerative diseases (DDD).
Methods:From January to August 2019, 130 patients with DDD who were treated by minimally invasive intervention of intervertebral disc, and then were randomly divided into electrical stimulation group and conservative treatment group. After minimally invasive intervention, the electrical stimulation group was treated by ultrasonic electrical stimulation once a day for 7 days. The conservative treatment group was treated with conventional acupuncture and massage once a day for 3 days.The pain degree of before treatment and 3 days, 7 days and 1 month(m) after treatment were evaluated by pain numberical rating scale (NRS), the curative effect of 1 m post-cure was evaluated by NRS weighting method.
Results:There was no significant difference of NRS score between the two groups before treatment (P > 0.05). NRS of electrical stimulation group were significant lower than those in conservative treatment group, which was evaluated at several time point for 3 days, 7 days and one month after treatment (P < 0.001). The curative effect of electrical stimulation group on one month after interventional treatment was significantly higher than that of conservative treatment group (P < 0.001).
Conclusion:The therapeutic effect of ultrasonic electrical stimulation is better than that of traditional acupuncture and massage for recent pain after minimally invasive interventional therapy with DDD, it is worthy to popularize in clinical treatment. |
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Associations between Intensive Lipid-lowering Therapy and Outcomes of Intracerebral Hemorrhage |
Author : Shimeng Liu |
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Abstract :Background: The intensive lipid-lowering therapy (ILLT), targeting an low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) < 1.80 mmol/L, was a crucial strategy for the secondary prevention of cerebrovascular diseases. But the associations between ILLT and the outcomes after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) were unclear.
Materials and Methods: Data of the consecutive patients with acute ICH and past medical histories of ischemic stroke from 2017 to 2019 at an academic stroke center in China were analyzed. The study patients were classified according to their baseline LDL-C levels: < 1.80 mmol/Lvs. = 1.80 mmol/L. The outcomes of ICH were compared between the two groups. Multivariate linear mixed effect model with repeated measures adjusting for ICH scores were used to determine the associations between LDL-C levels and the change in NIHSS scores; baseline ICH scores were adjusted in the multi-variable models
Results: A total of 197 patients were included in the study, 31 of them had LDL-C < 1.80 mmol/L and 166 had LDL-C = 1.80 mmol/L. We did not test any significant differences regarding the demographic characteristics or vascular risk factors. Medians of the baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores (8 vs. 9, P = 0.79) and ICH scores (1 vs.1, P = 0.26) were similar. But the patients with LDL-C < 1.80 mmol/L had higher risks of secondary intraventricular hemorrhage (13% vs. 4%, P = 0.03). Outcomes of the hemorrhagic stroke at discharge were similar, except the patients with LDL-C = 1.80 mmol/L had significant improvements in their NIHSS scores at discharge (estimated change in means: -2.4, 95% CI: [-4.3, -0.5]), while patients with LDL-C < 1.80 mmol/L did not (estimated change in means: -1.4, 95% CI: [-5.9, 3.0]).
Conclusion: ILLT achieved LDL-C < 1.80 mmol/L was associated with limited improvements in the neurological deficits in the patients with ICH. |
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