PROGRESSIVE NEUROLOGICAL DEFICIT DUE TO NEGLECTED DURAL REPAIR IN WAR CASUALTIES

progressive neurological deficit due to neglected dural repair in war casualties

one hundred patients underwent elective cranioplasty for high velocity missile injury of the head during a 30-month-period study and investigation in amiralmomenin hospital affiliated to iran university of medical sciences. deep penetrating wounds were the most frequent injuries seen during this study. three patients presented with massive bone defects and progressive neurological deficit and d...

Progressive neurological deficit in an HIV patient.

To cite: Nwankwo N, Yeddula K, Vogel J. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013009985 DESCRIPTION A 57-year-old man with a history of HIV presented to the hospital with generalised weakness, slurred speech and an unsteady gait. CT scan showed hypodensity in the left cerebellar hemisphere and middle cerebellar peduncle and an MRI of the brain was consi...

Liver Injuries in Imposed War Casualties

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Penicillin: early trials in war casualties.

Counting Casualties in the War on Prisoners

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, numerous prisons in the United States have operated in a state of crisis.1 The sheer number of persons incarcerated during these years overwhelmed the capacity to safely and humanely house and administer to the prisoners placed under correctional control. Policies of mass incarceration that were pursued over these decades created drastic shortages of space and res...

Fatigue in Progressive Neurological Conditions: A Literature Review

This paper reviews the current literature examining the pervasive symptom of fatigue experienced in three of the most common degenerative neurological conditions: multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease (PD) and post-polio syndrome (PPS). The existing literature can be considered under four headings definition and prevalence, type, cause, impact of fatigue. Fatigue is a common symptom in d...