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prompt recognition diagnosis and management to prevent death and residual neurologic deficits Improperly treated CNS infections are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality . Alan Lucerna, DO. Emergency Department. Kennedy University Hospitals - Stratford. Geriatric Neurologic Emergencies. This . Care of the Aging Medical Patient in the Emergency Room. . (CAMP. ER. ). presentation is offered by the Department of Emergency Medicine in coordination with the New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging.. Rachel Garvin, MD. Assistant Professor, . Neurocritical. Care. Department of Neurosurgery. Objectives. Describe critical care myopathy and neuropathy, causes, diagnosis and management. Describe CNS infections, diagnosis and management. Neurology Case Presentation Scott M. Shorten, MD PGY-3 37 y.o . Right-handed C aucasian man CC: right facial droop, right arm and leg tingling and weakness HPI recurrent drooping of the right face Prof. . Ivo Ivić. CNS. Restricted. . space for expansion of the inflammatory edema. I. ncrease. . of. . intracranial. . pressure. Tissue. . infarction. . Neurological. . sequelae. Death. . located within the bony armor. Gbadero D. A.. BUTH. Ogbomoso. Definition. Infections involving the meningeal coverings of CNS and the CNS parenchyma. Objectives. Learn. ing . about epidemiology of CNS infections. Understanding causes and basic pathology of CNS infections. Xiaowei Su, PGY-3 & Dr. Geoffrey Murdoch. Adapted from slides by . jen. . nichols. and . robyn. massa. Bacterial Meningitis. Meningitis is an inflammatory disease of the leptomeninges. Abnormal number of white blood cells in the CSF. Robyn Massa, MD and Clayton Wiley, MD, PhD. January 26, 2015. Case Report: History. HPI: 64 yo M initially presenting to OSH on 6/24/13 and transferred to PUH on 6/26/13 with new onset daily 10/10 headaches for 2 months. Headaches are diffuse and feel like pressure.. Areej. Al . Daur. . Aya. . Ferwana. . Bara’a. . Sheek. Al . Eed. TO:. Dr.Ayham. Abu . Laila. Let’s begin with . Bara’a. Bacterial . infection. Bacterial infection in . CNS. Faculty of Medicine. Al-Balqa Applied University. Email: ali.alkhader@bau.edu.jo. How can microbes enter the nervous system?. Hematogenous. …the most common. . …mostly arterial. . …can be from facial veins (through anastomoses with venous sinuses of the skull). SYSTEM. By: . Shifaa. ’ Al . Qa’qa. ’. Infectious agents may reach the nervous system through several routes of entry:. Hematogenous. spread---- mc. Direct implantation. Local extension. Peripheral . Viral Meningitis Disease Viral meningitis (aseptic meningitis, nonbacterial meningitis) is an infection of the thin lining covering the brain and spinal cord called the meninges. Viral meningitis ca . Important. Doctor’s notes . Extra explanation. Only F . or . only M. Editing File . ". لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العلي العظيم. By : Nader . Alaridah. MD , PhD . STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE. Pneumococci are gram-positive lancet-shaped cocci arranged in pairs (diplococci) or short chains (The term lancet-shaped means that the diplococci are oval with somewhat pointed ends rather than being round.. . Arafah. Diseases of Central Nervous System. Infections. of Central Nervous System. Infections of Central Nervous System. Meningitis. refers to an inflammatory process of the . leptomeninges. and CSF within the subarachnoid space. .