Locked-in syndrome is predominant outcome when children survive drowning, larger study confirms
Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) were the first to report in peer-reviewed medical literature that, after non-fatal drownings, children would be "locked in," unable to move or speak but awake and fully aware of their... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: SVY Source Type: news
AHA News: A Stroke at 33 Left Her With Locked-In Syndrome and a Grim Prognosis. She Defied Both.
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Kate Adamson liked exercising so much, her goal was to become a fitness trainer. She grew up in New Zealand playing golf and later, living in California, she worked out often while raising... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 18, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
‘Fauda’ Outfit Yes Studios Behind Doc About Man Who Spent 44 Hours Locked Inside His Own Body
Fauda outfit Yes Studios is pushing into the premium docs space with a feature about a man who spent 44 hours suffering from locked-in syndrome. Scroll down for the trailer. In 44 Hours, which has so far been picked up by France’s ARTE and Germany’s SWR, the moving story of Gil Avni will be told…#studios #arte #gilavni #einatemma #rotemgross #sharonlevi #shtisel #bloodymurray #miptv (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Event-related brain potential markers of visual and auditory perception: a useful tool for brain computer interface systems - Proverbio AM, Tacchini M, Jiang K.
OBJECTIVE: A majority of BCI systems, enabling communication with patients with locked-in syndrome, are based on electroencephalogram (EEG) frequency analysis (e.g., linked to motor imagery) or P300 detection. Only recently, the use of event-related brain ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Locked-In Syndrome Malpractice Case Ends With $75M Verdict Locked-In Syndrome Malpractice Case Ends With $75M Verdict
After a chiropractic neck adjustment led to a stroke, the patient ' s attorney alleged that hospital physicians failed to act swiftly, resulting in locked-in syndrome.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - October 31, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Snakebite mimicking brain death: bedside clues - Senthilkumaran S, Balamurugan N, Karthikeyan N, Thirumalaikolundusubramanian P.
Agarwal et al.(1) have successfully managed three cases of snakebites who manifested features similar to brain death but were not true brain dead. Most likely these cases might have gone on to a status of locked-in syndrome (LIS). LIS is a status in which ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Woman, 51, is left PARALYSED from head-to-toe after taking cocaine
The unidentified patient, from Maryland, suffered a rare but devastating brain-stem stroke which paralysed her from head-to-toe. She was diagnosed with locked-in syndrome. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Jogger is left paralysed for a month with terrifying 'locked-in syndrome'
New Zealand pharmacist Anstey Campbell decided to start the morning of January 17 with a light jog before heading off to work, noticing that the prickling sensation hadn't subsided by lunchtime. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Former soldier, 42, asked his mother to help kill him after become completely paralysed from a stoke
Peter Coghlan, of Manchester, was diagnosed with locked-in syndrome in 2011. At his lowest point, he didn't want to live, but he turned his recovery around. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Diffusion tensor imaging reveals diffuse white matter injuries in locked-in syndrome patients - Leonard M, Renard F, Harsan L, Pottecher J, Braun M, Schneider F, Froehlig P, Blanc F, Roquet D, Achard S, Meyer N, Kremer S.
Locked-in syndrome (LIS) is a state of quadriplegia and anarthria with preserved consciousness, which is generally triggered by a disruption of specific white matter fiber tracts, following a lesion in the ventral part of the pons. However, the impact of f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Transient incomplete locked-in syndrome secondary to supratentorial gunshot wound - Horan J, Tromp S, Mankahla N.
BACKGROUND: Locked-in syndrome (LIS) is a rare neurological disorder characterised as quadriplegia with anarthria. The diagnosis of LIS is challenging and requires a high index of suspicion. The syndrome is typically due to an infratentorial lesion to the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
'Locked-in' girl is triumphing over brain hell
A TEENAGE girl hopes to be home for Christmas after making a rare recovery from "locked-in syndrome" caused by a brain haemorrhage. Miranda Meldrum, was left imprisoned in a paralysed body when she had a stroke in April last year. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 4, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Martin Pistorius: 'My mind was trapped in a useless body for a decade'
Martin Pistorius had locked-in syndrome and was trapped inside his mind for more than a decade. Now he's about to become a father. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'I was trapped in my mind for a decade, now I'm going to be a dad'
Martin Pistorius had locked-in syndrome for more than a decade. Now he's about to become a father. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard on surviving locked-in syndrome
Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard's heart stopped for 40 seconds - and then she developed locked-in syndrome. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - June 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
