horner syndrome

Robert Daroff The case report by Nautiyal et al. [1] is an instructive reminder that the fi rst episode of an acute painful Horner Syndrome should prompt imaging of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery, since carotid dissection (as well as other conditions, such as high-grade stenosis) needs to be ruled out. Unfortunately, the authors perpetuate the extremely common misconception that enopht...

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The prolongation of pulse transit time after a stellate ganglion block: An objective indicator of a successful block

2015

Young Uk Kim Yuseon Cheong Yu Gyeong Kong Jonghyuk Lee Sehun Kim Hong Gyu Choi Jeong Hun Suh

BACKGROUND An objective marker of successful stellate ganglion block (SGB) does not exist. Horner syndrome, which is currently used to determine the effect of SGB, is sometimes ambiguous. OBJECTIVE To investigate the change in pulse transit time (PTT) after SGB, and to evaluate the utility of PTT as an objective measure of successful SGB. METHODS Eight patients (34 to 62 years of age) under...

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Developing an HIV Vaccine: The Role of Efficacy Studies in Nonhuman Primates

Journal: :PLoS Medicine 2005

Klaus Überla

Robert Daroff The case report by Nautiyal et al. [1] is an instructive reminder that the fi rst episode of an acute painful Horner Syndrome should prompt imaging of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery, since carotid dissection (as well as other conditions, such as high-grade stenosis) needs to be ruled out. Unfortunately, the authors perpetuate the extremely common misconception that enopht...

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