Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring
Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring: BIS monitor was developed by Aspect Medical Systems; BIS = bispectral index; other 'depth of anaesthesia' monitors exist (e.g. Entropy)
Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring: BIS monitor was developed by Aspect Medical Systems; BIS = bispectral index; other 'depth of anaesthesia' monitors exist (e.g. Entropy)
Neurological Toxicity of Chemotherapy: Encephalopathy; Cerebellar Syndrome; Myelopathy; Peripheral Neuropathy; Stroke and Venous Thrombosis; SIADH
Acute non-traumatic weakness may occur as a result of a wide variety of underlying etiologies, many of which are life-threatening
Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis is an under-recognised progressive neurological disorder caused by antibodies against NR1-NR2 NMDA receptors; 60% of patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis have the presence of a tumour (most commonly teratoma)
Aseptic Meningitis = meningeal inflammation with negative bacterial cultures.
Basilar Artery Occlusion: the clinical effects will be dependent on: adequacy of collaterals, integrity of the Circle of Willis and the onset of the occlusion; occlusion at the bifurcation will involve the posterior cerebral artery +/- the superior cerebellar artery
GBS vs Myasthenia Gravis vs MND
Brain herniation is the displacement of part of the brain through an opening or across a separating structure into a region that it does not normally occupy.
Bulbar Dysfunction in ICU
TYPES Cytotoxic edema Vasogenic edema CT FEATURES OF RAISED ICP References and Links
A simplified approach to spontaneous eye movements in coma
Alteplase is a tissue plasminogen activator used as a thrombolytic medication in: Acute Ischaemic Strokes, Acute Myocardial Infarction and PE