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A New Therapy for Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

In this paper, Sato and colleagues conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the effect of 3 days of treatment with steroid pulse therapy in neuroleptic malignant syndrome.

The Return of Mitral Valve Prolapse as a Cause of Stroke

Avierinos and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic have used the Olmstead County, Minn, Data Base to study the association between mitral valve prolapse and ischemic neurological events.

SAH Risk May Be Reduced By Healthy Lifestyle

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) due to a ruptured cerebral aneurysm is a disorder that is without apparent cause and is generally impossible to predict. This study suggests that there are a number of SAH risk factors related to lifestyle that are, in fact, modifiable.

A True Clinical Application of Functional MRI: Predicting Dysnomia Following Left Temporal Lobectomy

Sabsevitz and associates report a correlation between Functional MRI results and language dysfunction following anterior temporal lobectomy in the treatment of medically refractory epilepsy.

Maintenance Therapy for Vasculitis Associated with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies

Jayne and associates studied whether it was possible to substitute a regimen of azathioprine at 2 mg/kg per day for maintenance therapy in patients with generalized vasculitis.

Is 14-3-3 a Useful Diagnostic Tool for Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease?

The value of the 14-3-3 test for establishing a diagnosis of probable sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been suggested to be as high as 96-100% in several reports. In the present report, 32 patients who had definite CJD established by biopsy or autopsy confirmation were studied for 14-3-3 reactivity.

Diagnosis of Autoimmune Autonomic Neuropathies

In this report by Klein and colleagues, the clinical features of a series of 18 patients evaluated at the Mayo Clinic for autonomic dysfunction are presented.

Neurologic Complications of Bladder Cancer

Among 359 patients with bladder cancer confirmed by tissue diagnosis and seen between 1962 and 2001 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, 14% (n = 52) developed neurological complications.

Selective Sympathicotomy Stops Sweaty Palms

Among 54 patients with essential hyperhidrosis, 24 underwent T2/T3 sympathicotomy and were compared to 30 subsequent patients treated by selective T3 sympathicotomy.

Pharmacology Watch: Nasally Administered Flu Vaccine Comes to United States

Nasally Administered Flu Vaccine Comes to United States; Paxil: Not Recommended for Children; Prilosec Granted OTC Status; Finasteride and Prostate Cancer; Xolair: First Biologic Agent for Asthma; West Nile Virus Update; Study Shows COX-2 Inhibitors Appear Safe with Aspirin in Asthma Patients; Lamictal Approved for Bipolar Disorder

Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement

Increase in Blood Glucose Concentration During Antihypertensive Treatment as a Predictor of Myocardial Infarction; Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Care; Prevention of Hip Fracture by External Hip Protectors; Rapid MRI vs Radiographs for Patients with Low Back Pain; Effectiveness of Anticholinergic Drugs Compared with Placebo in the Treatment of Overactive Bladder; A Randomized Trial of a Low Carbohydrate Diet for Obesity

Neurology Alert – August 1, 2003

August 1, 2003