BACKGROUND Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis(TPP)is an endocrine emergency caused by thyrotoxicosis,manifesting mainly as periodic myasthenia and hypokalemia,and posing a serious threat to the patient's health.Fatigue,str...
Supported by Science and Technology Project of Education Department of Jilin Province during the“13th Five-Year Plan”,No.JJKH20180217KJ;Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province,No.20200201530JC.
BACKGROUND An unusual case of acute acquired concomitant esotropia(AACE)with congenital paralytic strabismus in the right eye is reported.CASE SUMMARY A 23-year-old woman presented with complaints of binocular diplopi...
BACKGROUND Infarction of the conus medullaris is a rare form of spinal cord infarction.The first symptom is usually acute non-characteristic lumbar pain,followed by lower limb pain,saddle numbness,fecal incontinence,a...
BACKGROUND Acute flaccid paralysis(AFP)and neurogenic respiratory failure rarely occur in children.At the end of 2018,some children with such symptoms were admitted to our hospital.In this study,we aimed to assess two...
This article reports the various methods used to assess diaphragmatic function by ultrasonography.The excursions of the two hemidiaphragms can be measured using two-dimensional or M-mode ultrasonography,during respira...
Acute neuromuscular paralysis(ANMP) is a clinical syndrome characterized by rapid onset muscle weakness progressing to maximum severity within several days to weeks(less than 4 wk).Bulbar and respiratory muscle weakne...
Rhabdomyolysis continues to appear with increasing frequency and represents a medical emergency requiring rapid appropriate treatment. One of the unusual causes of nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis is hypokalemic periodic p...
Facial nerve palsy is a condition with several implications, particularly when occurring in childhood. It represents a serious clinical problem as it causes significant concerns in doctors because of its etiology, its...
AIM: To systematically review the literature to assess the efficacy of corticosteroids in treating postparotidectomy facial nerve palsy(FNP). METHODS: We searched the Cochrane library, EMBASE and MEDLINE(from inceptio...