Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune connective-tissue disease that mostly affects women of childbearing age. One the important symptoms neuropsychiatric (NP) manifestations present with neurologic syndromes as well confusion, lethargy, mood changes, and even psychosis. The case presented in this article a 38-year-old woman who had progressive left side hemiparesis cognitive dysf...

BACKGROUND This study compared the risk of fatal cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs) in patients with early-stage glottic laryngeal cancer receiving surgery or external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). METHODS Using a competing risks survival analysis, we compared the risk of death because of CVA among patients with early-stage glottic laryngeal cancer receiving surgery or EBRT in the Surveillance...

OBJECTIVE To investigate cardiovascular responses to orthostatic stress in patients with cerebrovascular accidents (CVA). METHODS Twelve male patients with CVA, 11 healthy elderly and 12 healthy young males participated in the present study. The CVA patients had suffered stroke with hemiplegia at least 11 months prior to the study, their medical conditions were stable, and no subjects were ta...

BACKGROUND We constructed a concise multidimensional care burden scale that reflects circumstances unique to Japan, with a focus on intractable neurological diseases. We surveyed 646 family caregivers of patients with intractable neurological diseases or stroke using 28 preliminary care burden scale items obtained from qualitative research. The results were used to finalize the feeling of care ...

To cite: Vasavada A, Parekh P, Agrawal N, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-201826 DESCRIPTION We report a rare case of isolated unilateral partial oculomotor nerve palsy in an elderly woman a day after radial angioplasty presenting with diplopia and ptosis. A 65-year-old woman with diabetes and hypertension presented with the acute onse...

Abstract Background/Aims There is some evidence of an increased risk cardiovascular disease in patients with painful musculoskeletal conditions, but it unclear if pain also worsens its prognosis. The aim was to determine whether have poorer prognosis following acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Methods Data were obtained from national primary care electronic health...

BACKGROUND Cerebrovascular diseases are the second leading cause of death worldwide and one of the health conditions which demand the highest level of social services. The aim of this study was to estimate the social cost of non-professional (informal) care provided to survivors of cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) with some type of disability in Spain. METHODS We obtained data from the 2008 Su...

INTRODUCTION In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of the development of aspiration pneumonia (AP) on the intensive care unit (ICU) requirements and in-hospital mortality of patients hospitalised in the neurology ward due to an acute cerebrovascular accident (CVA). MATERIAL AND METHODS Five hundred and three patients hospitalised in the neurology ward following an acute CVA were ret...

BACKGROUND Patients with a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and paradoxical embolism are at risk for recurrent thromboembolic events. This study investigated the long-term risk of recurrent thromboembolic events in patients with PFO and paradoxical embolism after percutaneous PFO closure. METHODS AND RESULTS Since 1994, a total of 80 patients with PFO and at least 1 paradoxical embolic event (trans...