OBJECTIVE To assess the accuracy of eyewitness observations of transient loss of consciousness. METHODS Two sequential cohorts of psychology students unexpectedly viewed videos of a generalized tonic-clonic seizure (n = 125) and of reflex syncope (n = 104) during a lecture on an unrelated subject. Directly afterward, the students filled in a multiple-choice questionnaire regarding muscle tone...

BACKGROUND Multiple procedures have been advocated for the surgical control of chronic sialorrhea in children. However, some of them are associated with significant complications or only short-term success. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the safety of bilateral submandibular gland excision (SGE) with parotid duct ligation (PDL) and to assess its long-term complications and efficacy in the treatment o...

Caustic ingestion is a major health concern in both developed and developing countries, that may lead to serious esophageal injury. The clinical presentation of caustic ingestion in children vary from asymptomatic to serious and fatal sequelae, such as perforation and stricture formation. OBJECTIVE Due to the lack of a comprehensive study in our area, this study has evaluated clinical and end...

A 14 year old male presented with redness and watering of his right eye of a week’s duration. He had been on local steroids and mydriatics for 3 days. He gave a history of herpes encephalitis, with post viral demyelination, cystitis and septicaemia 5 years back. At that time he had presented with headache, fever, vomiting, slurring of speech, drooling of saliva and inability to feed. Though blo...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is defined as any nonprogressive motor deficits resulting from cerebral abnormalities that occur in the prenatal or perinatal period. Symptoms become apparent during the first year of life. Genetic forms of CP account for about 2% in European populations but are thought to cause a substantial proportion in consanguineous families. We have identified a large consanguineous fa...