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Total Intravenous Anesthesia in Spine/Neurosurgery La Donna Brown University of New England Total Intravenous Anesthesia in Neurosurgery Trends in anesthesia practice have evolved over the past 20 years. In 2007, the most frequent types of neurosurgical procedures were spinal fusion, endovascular spinal procedures, craniotomies for tumor pathology; craniotomies not associated with tumor pathology, and intracranial endovascular procedures (Alacon, Larios, & Bergese, 2015). Like other

Introduction Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the Central nervous system that progresses over a period time (“NINDS,” 2015). The central nervous system (CNS) includes the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. Damage to the central nervous system may interfere with sensory, motor, and cognitive functions. Myelin is an insulating layer around neuron processes that serves as a protective barrier (“MedlinePlus,”2016). In the case of Multiple Sclerosis, this protective layer is permanently

cortical areas. Sensory information of different modalities is either processed independently before being integrated to provide an overall picture of our surroundings, or cross-modal interaction occurs before integration. We compared visual evoked potentials (VEPs) evoked when attention is directed toward either visual or auditory stimuli and found no difference in mean P100 when attention was directed toward visual stimuli (2.41x10-5 ± 6.43x10-5 V, n=10) or auditory stimuli (1.68x10-5 ± 1.93x10-5 V, n=10)

An Electrophysiological Study on Brainstem in Type-2 DM Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a generalized, chronic metabolic disorder manifesting itself, in its fully developed form, by hyperglycemia, glycosuria, increased protein breakdown, ketosis and acidosis. If the disease is prolonged, it is usually complicated by degenerative disease of the blood vessels, the retina, the kidneys and the nervous system1. T2DM is the predominant form of diabetes worldwide, accounting for 90% cases globally

My decision to pursue a degree in optometry started from an unlikely source within the field of healthcare. I originally aspired to become a pharmacist and had extensive experience as a pharmacy technician throughout high school and the start of college. As I progressed I became more unsure of the profession, and did not feel as though as if I was making a difference. Patient interaction was minimal and I felt that having a more personable connection would make for a better healthcare professional

Football is one of the most watched sports in the United States, but it is believed to have descended from the ancient Greek game of harpaston. Harpaston was played by a player crossing a goal line by either kicking the ball, running with it across the goal line or throwing it across the line to another player to earn points. Harpaston had very few rules: there was no specific field length, no sideline boundaries, and no specified number of players per team. Most modern forms of football are believed

Key Points 1. Approach to the paediatric neurosurgical patient is different because of age-related changes in neurophysiology and cranial development. 2. The signs and symptoms of raised intracranial pressure in paediatric neurosurgical cases are age specific. 3. Blood loss due to surgery or tumor bleed into the cavity constitutes a major fraction of total blood volume in the paediatric population. 4. Capnography is the most feasible and safer method to monitor venous air embolism in children

Discussion Group 2 Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common diseases of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). (3) MS is an inflammatory demyelinating condition. This means it is caused by damage to myelin – a fatty material that insulates nerves, acting much like the covering of an electric wire. Myelin allows a nerve to transmit its impulses rapidly. It is the speed and efficiency with which these impulses are conducted that permits smooth, rapid and coordinated

Participants 20 [right-handed] healthy adults (7 females; mean age of 23.6 years; 19-34 years range) participated in the study after giving written informed consent as approved by [University, Program]. Each participant had normal or corrected to normal vision and normal hearing. None of the subjects had current or prior neurological or psychiatric illnesses. Task and Procedure Essential idea in this study is to pin down the role of the secondary modality (auditory) in a particular percept (of timing)

Introduction Language is important for survival. Everyone needs it to communicate with one another and understand them. Without language, one can survive but it would be a lonely one. Language can be broken up into two parts: literal and non-literal. Literal language means the original meaning behind the words for example: ‘I am happy’. Whereas non-literal language means the figurative meaning behind the words for example: ‘It’s raining cats and dogs’ which means it’s raining very heavily. A long-lasting