Canicola Fever with Neurological Complications

Neurological complications in Chikungunya fever.

OBJECTIVE The present prospective study was undertaken to study the clinical manifestations and mainly neurological complication of an acute febrile illness termed chikungunya which has recently attacked india after 43 years. METHOD This prospective study has been conducted in hospitalised patients admitted in government and private hospitals of Kota city from August 2006 to October 2006. Pat...

Canicola fever in man and animals.

Neurological complications associated with pregnancy.

Prospective multidisciplinary audit from both hospital and community has identified neurological complications persisting for more than 6 weeks in association with pregnancy and delivery. They occurred at a frequency of 1 in 2530 deliveries in the North West Thames Region. Extradural analgesia was considered contributory to a neurological disorder in one of 13,007 patients. The woman had prolon...

Neurological complications

Patients with neurological malignancies are subject to developing a unique set of complications that require emergent evaluation and treatment. With the increasing incidence of cancer in the general population and improved survival, these emergencies will be more frequently encountered. Physicians must be able to recognize these conditions and institute appropriate therapy after a focused initi...

Three cases of achondroplasia with neurological complications.

The role played by congenital malformations of the skull and spine in the production of lesions of the central nervous system has been increasingly appreciated in recent years. In the skull premature synostosis of the sutures of the vault (craniostenosis) can lead to optic atrophy and symptoms of intracranial hypertension. Hydrocephalus and compression of the brain stem and upper cervical cord ...