This content is machine translated Narcolepsy Wide awake and yet sleepy Narcolepsy, like many other diseases, is not visible to those affected, but the sudden onset of symptoms is very distressing and significantly reduces the quality of life. In addition, individuals…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. Efficacy and tolerability of Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 in dementia. The efficacy of Ginkgobiloba extract EGb 761 in cognitive disorders such as dementia is always doubted. A meta-analysis recently evaluated seven clinical trials with a high qualitative level and again…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Brain death What is the basis for brain death diagnostics in Switzerland? According to Article 9 of the Transplantation Law, a person is dead when the function of the brain, including the brain stem, has irreversibly failed. In principle, brain death can…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Interdisciplinary Symposium Neuro Emergencies Seizure events and confusional states – how to proceed? An afternoon event on “Neuro Emergencies” at the Inselspital in Bern focused, among other things, on the clinical distinction between psychogenic and epileptic seizures. The two types of seizures have…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pulse synchronous ear noise Experimental endovascular therapy for pulsatile tinnitus of venous origin. Introduction: In vascular anomalies near the inner ear, some patients perceive pathological blood flow in the form of rhythmic ear noise. This so-called “pulsatile tinnitus” is pulse-synchronous, i.e. it correlates…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Treatment of brain metastases Surgery, radiosurgery, or conventional radiotherapy? Brain metastases are a local problem that can often be addressed well with local therapy. Because of the risk of intraoperative tumor seeding, surgical resection must be supplemented with conventional…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Challenges in the care of patients with ADHD ADHD in adults and preschool children At the congress of the German Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy in Munich, ADHD was also a topic. To what extent are the guidelines accepted by…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Normal and pathological findings CSF diagnostics in infectious diseases of the central nervous system Central nervous system (CNS) infections often lead to changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF examination allows not only the detection of inflammation in the CNS and thus the localization of…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, RLS and Parkinson's disease News and controversies in clinical neurology. On March 5, 2015, the 8th “Neurology Update” already took place in St. Gallen. Physicians from the Neurology Department of the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen provided information on news and…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Congress of the American Academy of Neurology Current developments in dementia research After years of unsuccessful trials with monoclonal antibodies directed against specific forms of beta-amyloid, a promising candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer’s dementia now appears to be available for the…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Hydrocephalus occlusus in proximal aqueductal stenosis Neuroradiological signs and neurosurgical treatment. Case description: We report a 43-year-old patient who had suffered a first-ever seizure last summer. Comprehensive epilepsy workup revealed no epileptic potentials. However, in the course of further workup, MRI…
