Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with acute headache

JA Edlow, PD Panagos, SA Godwin, TL Thomas… - Journal of Emergency …, 2009 - Elsevier
This clinical policy from the American College of Emergency Physicians is an update of a
2002 clinical policy on the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting to the …

The pseudotumor cerebri syndrome

DI Friedman - Neurologic clinics, 2014 - neurologic.theclinics.com
The pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) is a perplexing syndrome of increased
intracranial pressure without a space-occupying lesion. The terminology for the disorder has …

An updated definition of stroke for the 21st century: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

RL Sacco, SE Kasner, JP Broderick, LR Caplan… - Stroke, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Despite the global impact and advances in understanding the pathophysiology of
cerebrovascular diseases, the term “stroke” is not consistently defined in clinical practice, in …

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: the prevalence and morphology of sinovenous stenosis

RI Farb, I Vanek, JN Scott, DJ Mikulis, RA Willinsky… - Neurology, 2003 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To determine the prevalence and nature of sinovenous obstruction in idiopathic
intracranial hypertension (IIH) using auto-triggered elliptic-centric-ordered three …

MR venography in idiopathic intracranial hypertension: unappreciated and misunderstood

JNP Higgins, JH Gillard, BK Owler… - Journal of Neurology …, 2004 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background: Venous sinus disease must be excluded before diagnosing idiopathic
intracranial hypertension but is found only rarely in typical cases. Magnetic resonance …

Transverse sinus stenoses persist after normalization of the CSF pressure in IIH

F Bono, C Giliberto, C Mastrandrea, D Cristiano… - Neurology, 2005 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Bilateral transverse sinus (TS) stenosis has been found in more than 90% of
patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). Objective: To evaluate whether TS …

Cerebrospinal fluid glutamate levels in chronic migraine

MFP Peres, E Zukerman, CAS Soares… - …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Both preclinical and clinical data link glutamate to the migraine pathophisiology. Altered
plasma, platelets and cerebrospinal (CSF) glutamate levels have been reported in migraine …

Integrated care improves risk-factor modification after stroke: initial results of the Integrated Care for the Reduction of Secondary Stroke model

J Joubert, C Reid, D Barton, T Cumming… - Journal of Neurology …, 2009 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective: Despite evidence demonstrating that risk-factor management is effective in
reducing recurrent cerebrovascular disease, there are very few structured care programmes …

Occurrence of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in patients with presumed idiopathic intracranial hypertension

A Lin, R Foroozan, HV Danesh-Meyer, G De Salvo… - Ophthalmology, 2006 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To report the rate of occurrence of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) in
patients with presumed idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). DESIGN: Retrospective …

Pseudotumor cerebri

DI Friedman - Neurologic clinics, 2004 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is a perplexing syndrome of increased intracranial pressure
(ICP) without a space-occupying lesion. The terminology for the disorder has changed over …