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Autoantibodies* ; Humans ; Nervous System* ; Trauma, Nervous System*

The multimodality evoked potentials(MEP)(somatosensory, auditory, and visual evoked potentials) is studied in patients with various head trauma. The use of evoked potentials for the evaluation of disorders of the nervous system has become a most valuable aid to the neurosurgeon and neurologist, often providing information of critical value without recourse to invasive technique. The multimodality evoked potentials is classified in three grades per modality as the degree of abnormality of the electrophysiological data. Data from 20 normal Korean subject are given for comparison with the abnormal data obtained from 96 patiemts with head trauma. The multimodality evoked potentials is a simple and useful method for clinical evaluation of abnormal function of the brain and prediciton of the patient's outcome in the head trauma patients.
Brain* ; Craniocerebral Trauma* ; Evoked Potentials* ; Head* ; Humans* ; Nervous System ; Prognosis

In recent years, Acinetobacter baumannii has become an increasingly common nosocomial pathogen. It causes rare, but severe, central nervous system (CNS) infection, especially in patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures or with head trauma. Multi-drug-resistant A. baumannii (MDR-AB) has emerged as a pathogen causing CNS infection. We describe A. baumannii CNS infections seen during the last 5 years and focus on MDR-AB CNS infection. Seven patients were admitted to the neurosurgical intensive care unit with serious head injuries. Imipenem-susceptible A. baumannii was identified in all four cases seen from 2003 to 2006, whereas the three cases seen from 2007 to 2008 were MDR-AB CNS infections. Two cases of MDR-AB CNS infection were cured with intraventricular or intrathecal colistin without any side effects. Therefore, intraventricular or intrathecal colistin should be considered for MDR-AB CNS infection. Studies of the dose and duration of intraventricular and intrathecal administration are needed.
Acinetobacter ; Acinetobacter baumannii ; Central Nervous System ; Central Nervous System Infections ; Colistin ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Humans ; Intensive Care Units ; Neurosurgical Procedures

Hexanes ; adverse effects ; Humans ; Occupational Injuries ; chemically induced ; Pyrroles ; adverse effects ; Trauma, Nervous System ; chemically induced

Adult ; Fluoroscopy ; Foreign Bodies ; therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Trauma, Nervous System ; therapy ; Wounds, Penetrating ; therapy

Nerve injury including peripheral nerve injury and central nerve injury has been a global problem. With the development of technology, many innovative approaches for nerve repair have been tested and some of the results are meaningful. It becomes a hot point that repair nerve injured by biological scaffold (nerve conduit). This article reviewed and analyzed several kinds of biological scaffold materials and microenvironment with better effect in recent years. Some new ideas were raised from the three aspects: appropriate materials, microstructure, and bionic microenvironment. It is better to combine multiple measures and achieve the best effect. In addition, nerve scaffold have a bright future in repair of central nervous system.
Cellular Microenvironment ; Humans ; Neurobiology ; methods ; Tissue Scaffolds ; Trauma, Nervous System ; pathology ; therapy

OBJECTIVES: Somatic symptoms after the exposure of psychological trauma frequently developed. However, the somatic symptoms are not covered under the diagnostic criteria of posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD) in detail, although they are often associated with social and occupational functioning and patient-doctor relationships. The aim of this article is to highlight the potential mechanisms, the common manifestations, and the treatment of the somatic symptoms. METHODS: This article studied the somatic symptoms searched using academic search engines like PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, KoreaMed and KISS from the earliest available date of indexing to March 31, 2016. RESULTS: The mechanism of somatic symptoms after the exposure was described as psychological and physiological aspects. Psychological mechanism consisted of psychodynamic theory, cognitive behavioral theory, and others. Physiological mechanism involved changes in neuroendocrine and immune system, autonomic nervous system and central nervous system. Somatization associated with psychological trauma manifested various health conditions on head and neck, chest, abdominal, musculoskeletal, and dermatological and immune system. Few studies described the standardization of treatment for the somatic symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians and disaster behavioral health providers should think of the accompanying somatic symptoms during intervention of psychological trauma and PTSD. Further studies are needed on the somatic symptoms seen in psychological trauma and PTSD.
Abstracting and Indexing as Topic ; Autonomic Nervous System ; Central Nervous System ; Disasters ; Head ; Immune System ; Neck ; Psychological Trauma* ; Search Engine ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic ; Thorax

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the clinical value of high frequency ultrasound in diagnosing peripheral nerve diseases (PNDs).

METHODSFrom January 2003 to December 2006, 64 cases of PNDs were analyzed retrospectively. The ultrasound diagnosis was compared with the operative and pathological diagnosis.

RESULTSBased on the operative and histopathological results, in 38 patients with trauma or entrapment, 38 among 45 traumatic nerves were rightly diagnosed by ultrasound. The coincidence rate was 84.4%. In 26 patients with original peripheral nerve tumors (PNTs), including 20 neurilemmomas, 4 neurofibromas and 2 malignant neurilemmomas, 16 cases were diagnosed by ultrasound with a coincidence rate of 61.5%. The coincidence rates in limbs and trunk were 86.7% (13/15) and 27.3% (3/11) respectively.

CONCLUSIONSThe study suggests that high frequency ultrasound can locate peripheral nerve trauma precisely, assess the impair degree correctly and provide useful information for clinic diagnosis. The high frequency ultrasound brings better diagnosis outcome in limbs nerve tumors than in trunk.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Peripheral Nerve Injuries ; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases ; diagnostic imaging ; Retrospective Studies ; Trauma, Nervous System ; diagnostic imaging ; Ultrasonography

The genital organ is innervated by autonomic and somatic nerve. The former is both sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve and the later is comprised by sensory and motor fibers. The symptoms of male sexual dysfunction are sexopathy, erectile dysfunction, disorder of ejaculation and orgasm, and pianism. Not only different symptom but the same symptom can be induced by different injured nerve. The relationship between peripheral nerve injury and male sexual dysfunction should be understood correctly.
Erectile Dysfunction/etiology* ; Humans ; Male ; Parasympathetic Nervous System/injuries* ; Pelvis/innervation* ; Peripheral Nerve Injuries ; Peripheral Nerves/anatomy & histology* ; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological/etiology* ; Spinal Cord Injuries/complications* ; Sympathetic Nervous System/injuries* ; Trauma, Nervous System/complications*

Neurogenic pulmonary edema is known in patients after head injuries or other cerebral lesions. Typically, this form of pulmonary edema occurs minutes to hours after central nervous system injury and may manifest during the perioperative period. It is always a life-threatening symptom after increased intracranial pressure (ICP), where immediate therapeutic interventions are imperative. Rapid initiation of strategies aimed at ameliorating hypoxia including support of oxygenation and ICP reduction is paramount. We report a case that responded dramatically to inhaled nitric oxide (NO). This therapy, to our experience, seems to provide a way not to reduce pulmonary hypertension, but to improve ventilation-perfusion mismatch for the treatment of refractory hypoxemia in neurogenic pulmonary edema patient.
Anoxia ; Central Nervous System ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Humans ; Hypertension, Pulmonary ; Intracranial Pressure ; Nitric Oxide ; Oxygen ; Perioperative Period ; Pulmonary Edema