Maryam Poursadeghfard
Department of Neurology, Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
[ 1 ] - A case of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy presented with unilateral ptosis
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy is an autoimmune disease with progressive and relapsing courses. The main clinical presentations are diffuse deep tendon hyporeflexia or areflexia and symmetric proximal-distal muscles weakness. Myasthenia gravis is also an immune mediated disease with fluctuating ocular and bulbar symptoms and sometimes weakness. Although both myasthenia grav...
[ 2 ] - One Year Survival and Quality of Life in Patients Successfully Discharged From Neuro Critical Care Unit
Objectives: Neuro-critical Intensive Care Units (NICUs) have functioned to deliver intensive medical care services for patients with acute neurology problems. However, physicians and ICU staff do not have any feedback about their patients and their abilities after successful discharge. Various studies have documented short-term survival in ICUs, but the long-term outcome and quality of life (...
[ 3 ] - نقش دستیاران نورولوژی در کلاسهای تئوری بالینی دانشجویان سال ششم پزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شیراز
امروزه گسترش علم به قدری سریع است که روش های قدیمی تر آموزش به صورت ʺاستاد-محورʺ به تنهایی پاسخگوی نیازهای فراگیران نخواهد بود. به همین دلیل در بسیاری از موارد شیوه های جدید تر آموزشی مثل روش ʺدانشجو-محورʺ و روش یادگیری از طریق همتایان مورد توجه قرار گرفته است. در این روش آموزش دهندگان از لحاظ علمی برابر یا اندکی جلوتر از آموزش گیرندگان هستند. در اینجا، هم آموزش دهندگان و هم آموزش گیرندگان طی ی...
[ 4 ] - مالتیپل اسکلروز در شهرستان‌های استان فارس: مطالعه مقطعی
Background & Objectives : Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic progressive disease with several disabilities for patients. Its distribution in the world can be an important clue to study racial, genetic, and environmental factors thus, epidemiologic studies have been a very attractive concept for recent papers. Methods: We conducted this retrospective study to determine the prevalence of multipl...
[ 5 ] - A one-day visit of the EEG and EMG/NCV departments during neurology course for medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Dear editor Today, an important part of the patients’diagnostic activities includes paraclinicaltests and procedures, which follow theircompleted history-taking and clinicalexaminations, in such a way that many medicalscience sources in different fields considerthem to be follow-up activities of clinicalexaminations. This is also the case in the field ofneurology and many of its specialized sub...
[ 6 ] - Coarse Tremor as the Only Sign of Perinatal Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Case Report
Background: Tremor which is the most common abnormal movement in the neonatal period might be a benign condition or the result of pathologic events and is divided into two subtypes, namely fine tremor and coarse tremor. Fine tremor is usually benign and results from some metabolic disturbance, such as hypoglycemia. On the other hand, coarse tremor is an indicator of brain insult and should be r...
[ 7 ] - Predictors and Conversion Rate of Clinically Isolated Syndrome to Clinically Definite Multiple Sclerosis: A Follow-up Study in Patients Living in the Southern Part of Iran
Background: Clinical course of Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS) is variable, and identifying patients who will eventually develop Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is essential. Objectives: To assess the conversion rate of CIS to Clinically Definite Multiple Sclerosis (CDMS) and its predictors in southern Iran. Materials & Methods: A total of 143 CIS patients registered to Fars Multiple Sclerosis Soc...
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