BACKGROUND
Changes in cerebral blood flow velocity to hypercapnia are associated with changes in systemic blood pressure (BP). These confounding BP-dependent changes in cerebral blood flow velocity… (More)
Harlequin syndrome, Harlequin sign, Holmes-Adie syndrome, and Ross syndrome lie on a spectrum of partial dysautonomias affecting facial sudomotor, vasomotor, and pupillary responses. These syndromes… (More)
Patients of end stage renal disease (ESRD) have an increased risk of cardiovascular events. Arterial stiffness is an established independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in… (More)
The cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is a known complication of long standing diabetes. In the present study, the prevalence of sympathetic and parasympathetic abnormalities in diabetic… (More)
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have high cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. The presence of traditional and CKD related risk factors results in exaggerated vascular calcification in these… (More)
PURPOSE
Autonomic symptoms frequently occur during seizures. There are reports that the adult group of intractable epilepsy patients have different autonomic profile than the well controlled… (More)
Backpack or school bag weight carried by children has raised concerns in worldwide countries over recent decades. School going children face a major problem because of the heavy weight they carry to… (More)
PURPOSE
Severe rigid curves present a big challenge to the treating spine surgeon. We evaluated the outcome of staged anterior release and posterior instrumentation for rigid scoliosis.
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Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is common in Parkinson disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy of parkinsonian type (MSA-P), but the pathophysiology of OH is different in the two. We hypothesised that… (More)