What should we call the 'crista'?

What should we call pseudoseizures? The patient’s perspective

BACKGROUND There are numerous terms to describe seizure-like episodes not explained by disease-for example pseudoseizures, psychogenic seizures and non-epileptic attack disorder. Debates about which is best to use tend to centre around theoretical arguments and not scientific evaluation. In this study we examine the meanings of these labels for patients, which have the least potential to offend...

Erythema nodosum :what should we consider about it?

The ‘novel’ influenza A(H1N1) enigma: is it a pandemic, how should we respond, what should we call it?

On 24 April 2009 the World Health Organization (WHO) reported human cases of swine influenza A ⁄H1N1 occurring in the USA and Mexico. The number of recorded cases increased rapidly, there was clear human to human transmission, and it appears that the outbreak originated in Mexico in mid-March or earlier. This prompted WHO on 27th April to raise its pandemic preparedness from phase three, where ...

what should we know in bipps

cushing’s syndrome is a rare endocrine disease characterized by hypercortisolemia caused by excess acth secreted by the pituitary. distinguishing pituitary sources from the ectopic sources of acth is challenging because of the limited accuracy of noninvasive assays. the test that offers the highest sensitivity and specificity is bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling (bipss). in patients wi...

What shall we call them?

When last discussed in Pediatrics in 2002, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health statement “Coparent or Second-Parent Adoption by Same-Sex Parents”2 (reaffirmed February 2010) and the accompanying technical report written by Ellen Perrin, MD, FAAP,3 drew much attention and engendered controversy both within the AAP and outside of i...