Neuromuscular Monitoring, Muscle Relaxant Use, and Reversal at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital 2.5 Years after Introduction of Sugammadex: Changes in Opinions and Clinical Practice by Thomas Ledowski, Jing Shen Ong, Tom Flett

“…Furthermore, 53% of anesthetists identified with a practice of “deeper and longer” intraoperative paralysis of patients. All 71 patients observed during the 5-day in-theatre audit were reversed with Sugammadex. …”
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The Clinical Impact of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Receptor (VEGF/R) Inhibitors on Voice by Christina Hui Lee Ng, Edward J. Damrose

“…There were no signs of mucositis or paralysis. In three patients, treatment involved speech therapy, with or without vocal fold augmentation. …”
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Rabies in a Vaccinated 9-Month-Old German Shepherd Dog, Akure, 2010: A Case Report by A. M. Qasim, A. A. Obadua, P. A. Okewole, I. S. Tekki, O. S. Omoleye

“…The presenting clinical sign was jaw muscle paralysis with a hanging bronze color like tongue without salivation. …”
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Experimental Biomechanics of Neonatal Brachial Plexus Avulsion Injuries Using a Piglet Model by Anita Singh, Kalyani Ghuge, Yashvy Patni, Sriram Balasubramanian

“…Background: A brachial plexus avulsion occurs when the nerve root separates from the spinal cord during birthing trauma, such as shoulder dystocia or a difficult vaginal delivery. A complete paralysis of the affected levels occurs post-brachial plexus avulsion. …”
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A Case of Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus mitis Endocarditis by Aria Mahtabfar, Hamoon Eshraghi, Melroy D’Souza, William Berrigan, Kathleen Casey

“…In the ED, his vital signs were stable, and his examination was significant for a flaccid paralysis of the right lower extremity. Diagnosis of septic emboli secondary to IE was made after the echocardiogram showed the presence of vegetations on the aortic valve, blood cultures were positive for Streptococcus mitis, and thoracic spine MRI was indicative of an infarction at T10. …”
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System Design to control a wheelchair using brain electric signals by Fausto Freire Carrera, Olga Chadrina, Edison Maila Andrango, Vladimir Drozdov

“…<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: People with spinal cord injuries may have muscular paralysis and inability to perform movements of different parts of the body, depending on the injury level. …”
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A Case of Tuberculous Spondylitis in Child with Undernourish by Erli Meichory Viorika, Finny Fitry Yani, Roni Eka Sahputra

“…There was no paraesthesia nor paralysis. Defecation and micturition were normal. …”
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Subarachnoid Transplant of the Human Neuronal hNT2.19 Serotonergic Cell Line Attenuates Behavioral Hypersensitivity without Affecting Motor Dysfunction after Severe Contusive Spina... by Mary J. Eaton, Eva Widerström-Noga, Stacey Quintero Wolfe

“…Transplant of cells which make biologic agents that can modulate the sensory and motor responses after spinal cord injury (SCI) would be useful to treat pain and paralysis. To address this need for clinically useful human cells, a unique neuronal cell line that synthesizes and secretes/releases the neurotransmitter serotonin (5HT) was isolated. …”
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Induced Neurocysticercosis in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) Produces Clinical Signs and Lesions Similar to Natural Disease in Man by N. Chowdhury, A. Saleque, N. K. Sood, L. D. Singla

“…The monkeys given higher dose developed hyperexcitability, epileptic seizures, muscular tremors, digital cramps at 10 DPI, and finally paralysis of limbs, followed by death on 67 DPI, whereas the monkeys given lower dose showed delayed and milder clinical signs. …”
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Ortner's syndrome resulting from aortic pseudoaneurysm owing to intimal sarcoma of the aorta by Akio Shimoji, MD, Naoto Fukunaga, MD, PhD, Tatsuto Wakami, MD, Otohime Mori, MD, Kosuke Yoshizawa, MD, Nobushige Tamura, MD, PhD

“…A fiberoptic laryngoscopy revealed paralytic left vocal cord, indicating the left recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis. Computed tomography angiography revealed a 44-mm aortic pseudoaneurysm with thrombus originating at the left subclavian artery. …”
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Anterior mediastinal tracheostomy – a salvage procedure for tracheal necrosis after thyroidectomy for medullary thyroid cancer: a case-report by Hanan Hemead, Akshay J. Patel, Hannah Jesani, Sajith Kumar, Irfan Ahmed, Sat Parmar, Robert Warner, Neil Sharma, Maninder S. Kalkat

“…He required post operative intubation due to bilateral vocal cord paralysis. He developed ischaemic necrosis of the upper two thirds of the trachea presenting with marked surgical emphysema and an infective wound. …”
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Effectiveness of Repetitive Facilitative Exercise Combined with Electrical Stimulation Therapy to Improve Very Severe Paretic Upper Limbs in with Stroke Patients: A Randomized Cont... by Hitoshi Ohnishi, Hiroyuki Miyasaka, Naoki Shindo, Kazuki Ito, Shiori Tsuji, Shigeru Sonoda

“…The difference in the effects of combined therapy with repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE) and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on stroke upper limb paralysis was only reported by a pilot study; it has not been investigated in many patients. …”
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Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome in Double-Hit Lymphoma by Prakash Peddi, Kevin M. Gallagher, Chandrikha Chandrasekharan, Qi Wang, Eduardo Gonzalez-Toledo, Binu S. Nair, Reinhold Munker, Glenn M. Mills, Nebu V. Koshy

“…Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS) is a painful condition characterized by hemicranial pain, retroorbital pain, loss of vision, oculomotor nerve paralysis, and sensory loss in distribution of ophthalmic and maxillary division of trigeminal nerve. …”
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Human Oral Keratinocytes Challenged by Streptococcus sanguinis and Porphyromonas gingivalis Differentially Affect the Chemotactic Activity of THP-1 Monocytes by Huajing Li, Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Lijian Jin

“…The current findings on P. gingivalis-HOKs interactions with resultant paralysis of THP-1 cell chemotaxis provide further evidence that the keystone periodontopathogen P. gingivalis can evade innate defense and contribute to periodontal pathogenesis.…”
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Characterization of environmental and clinical surveillance inputs to support prospective integrated modeling of the polio endgame. by Kamran Badizadegan, Kimberly M Thompson

“…Clinical surveillance of patients that present with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) became an essential tool, and the need for standardized laboratory methods to detect polioviruses isolated from stool samples of AFP patients led to the development of the Global Poliovirus Laboratory Network (GPLN) in 1990. …”
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Respiratory Arrest in an Obese Pregnant Woman with Hyperemesis Gravidarum by Ayumi Iwashita, Yosuke Baba, Rie Usui, Akihide Ohkuchi, Shigeaki Muto, Shigeki Matsubara

“…Hypopotassemia (2.3 mEq/L), pulseless electrical activity, and muscle weakness suggested the presence of severe potassium deficiency, which may have caused respiratory muscle paralysis, leading to the respiratory arrest. Hypercapnea was severer than expected for compensatory hypoventilation, indicating the presence of concomitant severe hypoventilation, which may also have contributed to respiratory arrest. …”
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Thyroid Cancer: Behavior in Cienfuegos by José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Lidia Torres Aja, Eslinda Cabanes Rojas

“…Transitory recurrent paralysis was the most frequent complication and Aguada de Pasajeros the most affected municipality. …”
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Waldenström Macroglobulinemia in Hepatitis C: Case Report and Review of the Current Literature by Ryan Nipp, Aaron Mitchell, Allyson Pishko, Ara Metjian

“…This case report describes a 57-year-old African-American male with chronic hepatitis C infection and cryoglobulinemia who presented with several episodes of transient confusion and paralysis and was found to have symptomatic hyperviscosity. …”
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Nursing management of facial neuritis in a patient with multiple myeloma during the interval between chemotherapy (1例多发性骨髓瘤患者化疗间歇期合并面神经炎的护理)... by ZHAO Jing (赵晶), LI Hui (李辉)

“…In addition to facial care, rehabilitation training and emotion care, Traditional Chinese Medicine characteristic nursing techniques such as acupoint application and acupuncture were carried out to relieve the symptoms of facial paralysis and anxiety of the patient, and ensure the following chemotherapy. …”
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THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTING ON SYRIA IN THE CONTEXT OF EMERGING MULTIPOLARITY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS by M. S. Khodynskaya-Golenischeva

“…At the same time, the thesis of the “paralysis” of the UN Security Council with reference to the conflict in Syria was actively used because of Russia’s position. …”
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