UNLABELLED The use of subarachnoid block for various surgeries is becoming common and it is without complications. There many complications of spinal anaesthesia but one of the devastating of such complications that can lead to permanent disability and psychological trauma for the anaesthetist is permanent neurological damage. METHOD This is a review article of various works on neurological d...

1-OHMG is known to have sedative properties [2,3]. Although the method described (i.e. high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometric detection) might be highly specific and sensitive to detect and quantify the presence of the 1-OHMG, the presence of an active substance irrespective of its quantity can never be solely indicative of a given (patho-)physiological response. D...

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection exhibits a wide range of extrahepatic complications, affecting various organs in the human body. Numerous HCV patients suffer neurological manifestations, ranging from cognitive impairment to peripheral neuropathy. Overexpression of the host immune response leads to the production of immune complexes, cryoglobulins, as well as autoantibodies, which is a...

We studied 25 patients with sickle cell disease (15 with HbSS; 8 with HbSC and 2 with HbS beta degree) using neurological examination as a marker of overt and computed tomographic (CT) scan as a marker of covert neurological damage. Of the 25 patients, 5 (20%) had evidence of cerebral infarcts on CT scan, but only 4 of these 5 patients had neurological signs. Neurological problems were only see...