Neurology
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To identify risk factors for fever among patients treated in a neurologic intensive care unit (NICU). ⋯ Fever occurs in nearly 25% of NICU patients, and is associated with increased length of stay and depressed level of consciousness. Endotracheal intubation is a risk factor for infectious fever, whereas intraventricular catheterization is a risk factor for unexplained fever, which suggests a role for ventricular hemorrhage in the pathogenesis of "central" fever. Subarachnoid hemorrhage increases the risk of developing fever of all types.
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To compare clinical characteristics of patients with sporadic hemiplegic migraine (SHM) with those of patients with migraine with typical aura (MA) and patients with familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM). ⋯ Patients with sporadic hemiplegic migraine had clinical symptoms identical to familial hemiplegic migraine and significantly different from migraine with typical aura. Sporadic hemiplegic migraine is a separate entity, and should be classified with familial hemiplegic migraine.
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Comment Letter Case Reports
Diffusion abnormalities and Wernicke encephalopathy.