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Medicine & Public Health
Neurology
Karin Weissenborn
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Open AccessButyrylcholinesterase activity in patients with postoperative delirium after cardiothoracic surgery or percutaneous valve replacement- an observational interdisciplinary cohort study
Postoperative delirium is a frequent and severe complication after cardiac surgery. Activity of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) has been discussed controversially regarding a possible role in its development. Thi...
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Open AccessLarge diameter hemicraniectomy does not improve long-term outcome in malignant infarction
In malignant cerebral infarction decompressive hemicraniectomy has demonstrated beneficial effects, but the optimum size of hemicraniectomy is still a matter of debate. Some surgeons prefer a large-sized hemic...
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PET and SPECT in Hepatic and Uraemic Encephalopathy
Liver or kidney failure can disturb brain function to a variable extent. If organ failure is treated successfully, brain function is normally, at least in part, restored. A broad spectrum of radiotracer imagin...
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PET and SPECT in Hepatic and Uraemic Encephalopathy
Liver or kidney failure can disturb brain function to a variable extent. If organ failure is treated successfully, brain function is normally at least in part restored. A broad spectrum of radiotracer imaging ...
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Quantitative MRI shows cerebral microstructural damage in hemolytic–uremic syndrome patients with severe neurological symptoms but no changes in conventional MRI
Severe neurological symptoms in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection associated hemolytic–uremic syndrome (STEC–HUS) are often accompanied by none or only mild alterations of cerebral magnetic resonan...
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Hepatic encephalopathy after treatment with temozolomide
Temozolomide in combination with radiation has been in use for more than 5 years for the therapy of glioblastoma. Known adverse effects concerning the gastrointestinal system are elevation of liver enzymes. We...
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Intra-arterial thrombolysis using rt-PA in patients with acute stroke due to vessel occlusion of anterior and/or posterior cerebral circulation
The aim of our study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intra-arterial (IA) thrombolysis using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in patients with acute stroke due to occlusion in the ant...
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Hepatic Coma
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) arises as a complication in fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) as well as in chronic liver failure. Initially it is characterized by minor mental and personality changes and discrete c...
