Less Frequent Neurologic Complications of Anticoagulant Therapy

Myopathy and Less Frequent Complications of Cystinosis.

Although not initially recognized when there were few long-term survivors with cystinosis, the use of renal transplantation in the 1960s permitted observation of a number of additional clinical disabilities, as patients with nephropathic cystinosis survived past young childhood for the first time. Among these, serious distal myopathy has emerged as a significant problem of early adulthood in un...

Neurologic complications of cancer and cancer therapy.

When neurologic complications occur as a result of systemic cancer and cancer treatment, they can be more disabling for patients than their primary cancer and significantly impair functioning in varied domains. However, recognizing neurologic signs and symptoms as complications of cancer and its treatment can pose a challenge for healthcare providers. Oncology nurses must develop a high index o...

Hemorrhagic complications of long-term anticoagulant therapy.

T he main complication of anticoagulation therapy is bleeding. We have conducted a literature review to determine: (a) the rate of bleeding during long-term anticoagulant therapy in various clinical disorders, and (b) the clinical and laboratory risk factors that predispose patients to bleeding. For the purposes of this review, we defined long-term therapy as lasting greater than 4 weeks. Hemor...

Complications of anticoagulant therapy in ovulatory women.

Neurologic complications of cocaine.

Coca leaves have been chewed by South American Indians for several centuries, and cocaine hydrochloride (HCl) has been used since it was isolated in the middle of the 19th century by Niemann (Grinspoon and Bakalar 1981; Holmstedt and Fredga 1981; Petersen 1977). However, untoward effects related to the chewing of the leaves or intranasal insufflation of cocaine HCl had been rare. When used for ...