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I apologize that I have not posted any new information on my blog for the past few months. Have no good excuse apart from the fact that work has kept me really busy. Thank you for all your questions. I have caught up with my answers and hopefully you shall find them informative.
It is time [...]
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Tags: Multiple sclerosis
I still continue to get many questions from the readers of my blog regarding multiple sclerosis (MS). A significant majority of them write to me because they are concerned they may have MS either because of white matter lesions found on a MRI scan of the brain or because they are plagued by various non-specific [...]
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Tags: clinical history, examination, MRI, MS, Multiple sclerosis, spinal tap, SSEP, tests, VEP
Post Traumatic Epilepsy
Nitin K Sethi, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY 10065
In this post I shall discuss the entity called post traumatic epilepsy/ post traumatic seizure disorder. Epilepsy is a condition characterized by two or more seizures in a person’s lifetime. Broadly speaking epilepsy can be of two kinds:
1. Primary Epilepsy
2. [...]
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Tags: epilepsy, neuro trauma, seizure, trauma
Braindisease Weblog
I wanted to thank all my readers for their comments and suggestions. I shall try to improve this blog further. Bear with me though, it is a solo endeavor. Most of the posts are written on the run and so if my grammer or spelling is off, please excuse me.
Personal Regards,
Nitin Sethi, MD
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Disclaimer
Please do read my disclaimer. The purpose of my blog is purely educational and to disseminate information about neurological and neurosurgical diseases and condition. It is not meant to diagnose yourself over the Internet.
The information provided in this blog should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any [...]
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Tags: blog, diseases, neurology, neurosurgery, website
Incidentally discovered aneurysms in the brain-what to do about them?
Nitin K Sethi, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY 10065
Recently I saw a patient in my office. She had undergone a MRI scan for headache. The MRI scan revealed a 4 mm aneurysm in the left middle cerebral artery with a [...]
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Tags: aneurysm, clipping, coiling, craniotomy, endovascular surgery, incidental aneurysm, intracranial hemorrhage
I recently did an interview on the doctor patient relationship. Here I reproduce just a small part of it.
You can read the whole interview on Multiple Sclerosis Central.com by clicking on the following link.
http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/73302/70302/patient
I have asked Doctor Nitin Sethi to contribute to this discussion through an interview about this very topic of the doctor-patient relationship. [...]
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Tags: doctor, health, Multiple sclerosis, patient
Hypothermia and Brain Arrest Protocol
Nitin K Sethi, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY 10065
Recently I attended the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual meeting held in Seattle. One of the topics of interest was the use of hypothermia to improve the outcome of patients after cardiac arrest or traumatic brain [...]
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Tags: brain arrest, brain damage, cardiac arrest, hypothermia, MCS, minimally conscious state, persistent vegetative state, PVS
Is it a seizure or is it syncope? the story continues….
So our story ended with John in the ER. As many of you rightly guessed the first case scenario represents a typical syncopal episode while in the second case John had a generalized convulsion (seizure).
So what are the points in the history which favor syncope and [...]
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Tags: convulsion, epilepsy, post ictal state, seizure, syncope, vasovagal syncope
Is it a seizure or is it syncope: going over the basics again
Nitin K. Sethi, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY 10065
I have written about this before but thought this would be a good time to go over the basics again. So let us begin with an example. Our main [...]
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Tags: fainting, loss of consciousness, passing out, seizure, syncope, tongue bite
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