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Belau MH, Misselwitz B, Meyding-Lamadé U, Bassa B. Trends in stroke severity at hospital admission and rehabilitation discharge before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hesse, Germany: a register-based study. Neurol Res Pract 2024; 6:18. [PMID: 38449050 PMCID: PMC10918907 DOI: 10.1186/s42466-024-00308-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has affected acute stroke care, resulting in a decrease in stroke admissions worldwide. We examined trends in stroke severity at hospital admission, including (1) probable need for rehabilitation (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score > 6 points) and (2) probable need for assistance (modified Rankin Scale score > 2 points), and discharge to rehabilitation after acute care among inpatients with acute ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage. METHODS We compared quality assurance data for acute ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage during the pandemic with the period before the pandemic in Hesse, Germany, using logistic regression analyses. RESULTS Fewer inpatients with a probable need for rehabilitation were present at the beginning of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in September 2020 (adjusted OR (aOR) 0.85, 95% CI [0.73, 0.99]), at the end of the second national lockdown in May 2021 (aOR 0.81, 95% CI [0.70, 0.94]), and at the approaching peak of COVID-19 wave 4 in November 2021 (aOR 0.79, 95% CI [0.68, 091]). Rates of probable need for assistance were significantly lower at the beginning of COVID-19 wave 2 in August 2020 (aOR 0.87, 95% CI [0.77, 0.99]) and at the beginning of COVID-19 wave 3 in March 2021 (aOR 0.80, 95% CI [0.71, 0.91]). Rates of discharge to rehabilitation were lower from the beginning in October 2020 to the peak of COVID-19 wave 2 in December 2020 (aOR 0.83, 95% CI [0.77, 0.90]), at the beginning and end of COVID-19 wave 3 in March 2021 and May 2021 (aOR 0.86, 95% CI [0.79, 0.92]), respectively, and at the beginning of COVID-19 wave 4 in October 2021 (aOR 0.86, 95% CI [0.76, 0.98]). CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on stroke management during the pandemic, but the absolute difference in stroke severity at hospital admission and discharge to rehabilitation was small.
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- Matthias Hans Belau
- Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Federal State Consortium of Quality Assurance Hesse, Eschborn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt (Main), Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt (Main), Germany
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Bassa B, Hahner F, Braun S, Meyding-Lamadé U. [Telemedicine and international projects: from Asia to Africa: chances for the future?]. Nervenarzt 2024; 95:236-241. [PMID: 38240820 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-023-01605-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Although the morbidity and mortality of neurological diseases in many Asian and African countries is high and are predicted to increase even further in the coming decades, in many areas there is a shortage of medical personnel and high-quality treatment options. This shortage, together with a frequently insufficient healthcare infrastructure, limits the access of many patients to medical treatment. The possibilities of telemedicine are multifarious. It provides new, so far unused possibilities in the diagnostics and treatment of neurological diseases, totally independent of geographical boundaries. In the future it could also be used for the education and training of physicians and medical personnel and to close the existing gaps in healthcare, especially in developing countries.
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- B Bassa
- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Sambia
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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Zwanzger P, Meyding-Lamadé U. [Digital developments in neurology and psychiatry: digital health apps, telemedicine, AI-Blessing or threat?]. Nervenarzt 2024; 95:203-205. [PMID: 38441652 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-024-01607-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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- Peter Zwanzger
- Kompetenzschwerpunkt Angst, Versorgungsforschung, kbo-Inn-Salzach-Klinikum Fachbereich Psychosomatische Medizin, Gabersee 7, 83512, Wasserburg am Inn, Deutschland.
- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Deutschland.
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- Neurologische Klinik, Krankenhaus Nordwest GmbH, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt a.M, Deutschland.
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Lamadé A, Beekmann D, Eickhoff S, Grefkes C, Tscherpel C, Meyding-Lamadé U, Bassa B. [Quality indicators artificial intelligence]. Nervenarzt 2024; 95:242-246. [PMID: 38085285 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-023-01573-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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The ability of some artificial intelligence (AI) systems to autonomously evolve and the sometimes very limited possibilities to comprehend their decision-making processes present new challenges to our legal system. At a European level this has led to reform efforts, of which the proposal for a European AI regulation promises to close regulatory gaps in existing product safety law through cross-sectoral AI-specific safety requirements. A prerequisite, however, would be that the EU legislator does not only avoid duplications and contradictions with existing safety requirements but also refrains from imposing exaggerated and unattainable demands. If this were to be taken into consideration, the new safety requirements could also be used to specify the undefined standard of care in liability law. Nevertheless, challenges in the context of provability continue to remain unresolved, posing a risk of rendering the legal protection efforts of the aggrieved party ineffective. It remains to be seen whether the EU legislator will address this need for reform with the recently proposed reform of product liability law by the Commission.
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- Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Deutschland
- Watson Farley & Williams LLP, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Medizin, Jülich Forschungszentrum, Jülich, Deutschland
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- Zentrum der Neurologie und Neurochirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Deutschland
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- Zentrum der Neurologie und Neurochirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Nordwestkrankenhaus in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Nordwestkrankenhaus in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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Meyding-Lamadé U. [So old and yet still highly topical: infections of the peripheral and central nervous system]. Nervenarzt 2023; 94:265-267. [PMID: 37058266 PMCID: PMC10103671 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-023-01465-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Uta Meyding-Lamadé
- Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt, Deutschland.
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Meyding-Lamadé U, Craemer EM. [Viral diseases of the nervous system-Selected new and old viruses]. Nervenarzt 2023; 94:268-277. [PMID: 36943464 PMCID: PMC10029798 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-023-01452-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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Viral diseases of the nervous system are ancient and poliomyelitis was described in Egypt as early as 2000 BC. They can cause a wide range of neurological symptoms, such as meningitis, encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, Guillain-Barré-like syndrome and stroke, often leaving mild to severe residuals. Depending on the pathogen, the symptoms appear quickly within hours, or lead to increasing chronic symptoms within 1 week or months. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was newly identified in January 2020 and occurs worldwide, illustrates the sequelae of a phenomenon that has been known for centuries, the possible rapid spread of pathogen-related infectious diseases. Due to vaccination programs some pathogens are becoming rarer or are considered to be eradicated. Nevertheless, vaccination programs, especially in the poorer regions, are repeatedly interrupted, for example by wars. The most recent example is the interruption of vaccination against poliomyelitis in Ukraine. As life expectancy continues to rise and years of life lost to infectious diseases decrease, the new infectious disease threat is likely to come from emerging and re-emerging infections; however, according to a recent analysis of population data from 29 countries, life expectancy during the corona pandemic has decreased, e.g., by 28 months in the USA and by 6 months in Germany. Climate change, rapid urbanization and changing land-use patterns could increase the risk in the coming decades. In particular, the climate change can alter the spectrum of global pathogens and especially vector-borne infections can spread to new areas. A sustained increase in travel, trade and mobility enables the pathogens to spread quickly.
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- Uta Meyding-Lamadé
- Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt, Deutschland.
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- Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt, Deutschland
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Bassa B, Battmann A, Craemer EM, Meyding-Lamadé U. Flank Pain as a First Symptom of a Diffuse Midline Glioma. Case Rep Neurol 2023; 15:1-5. [PMID: 36742445 PMCID: PMC9893990 DOI: 10.1159/000528311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Diffuse midline gliomas are a new entity in the WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System, corresponding to grade 4 gliomas. The diagnostic pathognomonic feature is the presence of a H3K27M mutation. Although mainly seen in children, cases in adults have also been reported. The symptoms are highly variable and usually dependent on the location and extent of spinal cord compression.
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- Burc Bassa
- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany
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Meyding-Lamadé U. Tick-borne encephalitis. J Neurol Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2021.118041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Wiendl H, Gold R, Berger T, Derfuss T, Linker R, Mäurer M, Aktas O, Baum K, Berghoff M, Bittner S, Chan A, Czaplinski A, Deisenhammer F, Di Pauli F, Du Pasquier R, Enzinger C, Fertl E, Gass A, Gehring K, Gobbi C, Goebels N, Guger M, Haghikia A, Hartung HP, Heidenreich F, Hoffmann O, Kallmann B, Kleinschnitz C, Klotz L, Leussink VI, Leutmezer F, Limmroth V, Lünemann JD, Lutterotti A, Meuth SG, Meyding-Lamadé U, Platten M, Rieckmann P, Schmidt S, Tumani H, Weber F, Weber MS, Zettl UK, Ziemssen T, Zipp F. Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Consensus Group (MSTCG): position statement on disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis (white paper). Ther Adv Neurol Disord 2021; 14:17562864211039648. [PMID: 34422112 PMCID: PMC8377320 DOI: 10.1177/17562864211039648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis is a complex, autoimmune-mediated disease of the central nervous system characterized by inflammatory demyelination and axonal/neuronal damage. The approval of various disease-modifying therapies and our increased understanding of disease mechanisms and evolution in recent years have significantly changed the prognosis and course of the disease. This update of the Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Consensus Group treatment recommendation focuses on the most important recommendations for disease-modifying therapies of multiple sclerosis in 2021. Our recommendations are based on current scientific evidence and apply to those medications approved in wide parts of Europe, particularly German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland).
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- Heinz Wiendl
- Klinik für Neurologie mit Institut für Translationale Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149 Münster
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- Neurologie, St. Josef-Hospital, Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Gudrunstraße 56, 44791 Bochum, Germany
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- Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Austria
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- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsspital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Neurologie und Neurologische Frührehabilitation, Klinikum Würzburg Mitte gGmbH, Standort Juliusspital, Würzburg, Germany
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- Neurologische Klinik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Neurologie, Klinik Hennigsdorf, Hennigsdorf, Germany
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Neurologie, Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Wiener Gesundheitsverbund, Neurologische Abteilung, Wien, Austria
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- Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim/Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Berufsverband Deutscher Nervenärzte (BVDN), Neurozentrum am Klosterforst, Itzehoe, Germany
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Klinik für Neurologie 2, Kepler Universitätsklinikum, Linz, Austria
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany; Klinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Austria
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- Diakovere Krankenhaus, Henriettenstift, Klinik für Neurologie und klinische Neurophysiologie, Hannover, Germany
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Alexianer St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany; NeuroCure, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany
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- Kallmann Neurologie, Multiple Sklerose Zentrum Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
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- Klinik für Neurologie mit Institut für Translationale Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Neurologie, Universitäts-Klinik für Neurologie Wien, Wien, Austria
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Köln-Merheim, Köln, Germany
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- Klinik für Neurologie mit Institut für Translationale Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Neurologische Klinik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim/Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Medical Park, Fachklinik für Neurologie, Zentrum für Klinische Neuroplastizität, Bischofswiesen, Germany
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- Neurologie, Gesundheitszentrum St. Johannes Hospital, Bonn, Germany
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- Fachklinik für Neurologie Dietenbronn, Akademisches Krankenhaus der Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Neurologie, Sana Kliniken, Cham, Switzerland
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- Institut für Neuropathologie, Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Zentrum für Nervenheilkunde, Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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Wiendl H, Gold R, Berger T, Derfuss T, Linker R, Mäurer M, Stangel M, Aktas O, Baum K, Berghoff M, Bittner S, Chan A, Czaplinski A, Deisenhammer F, Di Pauli F, Du Pasquier R, Enzinger C, Fertl E, Gass A, Gehring K, Gobbi C, Goebels N, Guger M, Haghikia A, Hartung HP, Heidenreich F, Hoffmann O, Hunter ZR, Kallmann B, Kleinschnitz C, Klotz L, Leussink V, Leutmezer F, Limmroth V, Lünemann JD, Lutterotti A, Meuth SG, Meyding-Lamadé U, Platten M, Rieckmann P, Schmidt S, Tumani H, Weber MS, Weber F, Zettl UK, Ziemssen T, Zipp F. [Multiple sclerosis treatment consensus group (MSTCG): position paper on disease-modifying treatment of multiple sclerosis 2021 (white paper)]. Nervenarzt 2021; 92:773-801. [PMID: 34297142 PMCID: PMC8300076 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-021-01157-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Die Multiple Sklerose ist eine komplexe, autoimmun vermittelte Erkrankung des zentralen Nervensystems, charakterisiert durch inflammatorische Demyelinisierung sowie axonalen/neuronalen Schaden. Die Zulassung verschiedener verlaufsmodifizierender Therapien und unser verbessertes Verständnis der Krankheitsmechanismen und -entwicklung in den letzten Jahren haben die Prognose und den Verlauf der Erkrankung deutlich verändert. Diese Aktualisierung der Behandlungsempfehlung der Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe konzentriert sich auf die wichtigsten Empfehlungen für verlaufsmodifizierende Therapien der Multiplen Sklerose im Jahr 2021. Unsere Empfehlungen basieren auf aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen und gelten für diejenigen Medikamente, die in weiten Teilen Europas, insbesondere in den deutschsprachigen Ländern (Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz), zugelassen sind.
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- Heinz Wiendl
- Klinik für Neurologie mit Institut für Translationale Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Deutschland. .,Steuerungsgruppe der MSTKG, Münster, Deutschland. .,Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland.
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- Steuerungsgruppe der MSTKG, Münster, Deutschland. .,Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland. .,Neurologie, St. Josef-Hospital, Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Gudrunstraße 56, 44791, Bochum, Deutschland.
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- Steuerungsgruppe der MSTKG, Münster, Deutschland.,Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland.,Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich
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- Steuerungsgruppe der MSTKG, Münster, Deutschland.,Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland.,Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsspital Basel, Basel, Schweiz
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- Steuerungsgruppe der MSTKG, Münster, Deutschland.,Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland.,Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Deutschland
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- Steuerungsgruppe der MSTKG, Münster, Deutschland.,Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland.,Neurologie und Neurologische Frührehabilitation, Klinikum Würzburg Mitte gGmbH, Standort Juliusspital, Würzburg, Deutschland
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- Steuerungsgruppe der MSTKG, Münster, Deutschland.,Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland.,Klinische Neuroimmunologie und Neurochemie, Klinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Neurologie mit Institut für Translationale Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland
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- Steuerungsgruppe der MSTKG, Münster, Deutschland.,Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe (MSTKG), Münster, Deutschland.,Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55131, Mainz, Deutschland
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Dootz F, von Stackelberg OM, Abaya J, Jacobi C, Mohs C, Craemer EM, Rangger C, Meyding-Lamadé U, Lamadé EK. Better be prepared: the spectrum of neuropsychiatric impairment among Libyan war victims transferred to Germany for trauma rehabilitation. Neurol Res Pract 2021; 3:36. [PMID: 34218812 PMCID: PMC8256548 DOI: 10.1186/s42466-021-00134-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background The current Libyan civil war has originated many casualties, imposing medical challenges. War injuries are complex, requiring specialized knowledge and interdisciplinary assessment for adequate patient and intercultural management. Methods This retrospective study analyzed records of 78 Libyan patients admitted from July 2016 to November 2017 to neurological and trauma surgical departments of Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany. Issues of system preparation of the hospital, demographics, injury patterns and therapies were analyzed. The chi-squared test was used to analyze differences in injury patterns in explosion and gunshot injuries. Results Seventy-seven of seventy-eight patients were male (mean age 30.6 years). The patients received primary and secondary treatment in Tunisia (n = 39), Libya (n = 36) and Turkey (n = 23). Forty-eight patients had gunshot injuries, 37 explosion injuries, 11 both. Preparation for management of injuries included hygienic and isolation protocols, organization of interpreters and intercultural training. Patients presented with a broad variety of neurological, psychiatric and trauma surgical injuries. Fifty-six patients had sensory, 47 motor deficits. Nine reported headache, 5 vertigo, 13 visual impairment, 28 psychiatric symptoms. Eighteen patients had central nervous damage, 50 peripheral nervous damage. Central nervous damage was significantly more common in gunshot than explosion injuries (p = 0.015). Peripheral nervous damage was more common in explosion than gunshot injuries (p < 0.1). Fifty-one patients had polytrauma and 49 suffered from fractures. Therapy included surgical interventions (n = 56) and physiotherapy. Structured rehabilitation programs were often indicated. Conclusion Specialized knowledge about war injuries and their management including hospital preparation and planning regarding infrastructure may be required anytime. Injuries include a broad variety of neurological, psychiatric and trauma surgical injuries. Therefore, an interdisciplinary approach is crucial.
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- Felix Dootz
- BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.,International Institute of Medicine and Telemedicine, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Optimum Orthopädie, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.,International Institute of Medicine and Telemedicine, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Meyding-Lamadé U, Craemer EM. Update Poliomyelitis: Eradikation oder ein wiederkehrendes Problem? NeuroTransmitter 2020. [PMCID: PMC7715628 DOI: 10.1007/s15016-020-7576-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Uta Meyding-Lamadé
- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2–26, 60488 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2–26, 60488 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Meyding-Lamadé U, Craemer EM. Meningitis/Meningoenzephalitis – ein Chamäleon in der Medizin. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2020; 145:e137. [DOI: 10.1055/a-1310-1719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Meyding-Lamadé U, Craemer EM. Meningitis/Meningoenzephalitis – ein Chamäleon in der Medizin. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2020; 145:1405-1419. [DOI: 10.1055/a-1117-6978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
AbstractA wide range of pathogens can cause meningitis or meningoencephalitis.Guiding symptoms of meningitis are headache, fever, nausea, vomiting and meningism.Guiding symptoms of meningoencephalitis are headache, fever, qualitative or quantitative disturbances of consciousness, signs of meningism are possible, optional focal neurological signs can occur.Crucial prognostic factor in treatment of acute meningitis and meningoencephalitis is rapid diagnosis and early initiation of therapy. An early start of therapy is crucial. In addition to rapid pathogen-specific treatment, specialized neurological intensive care medicine is life-saving.
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Meyding-Lamadé U, Jacobi C, Martinez-Torres F, Lenhard T, Kress B, Kieser M, Klose C, Einhäupl K, Bösel J, Mackert MB, Homberg V, Koennecke C, Weißheit G, Claus D, Kieseier B, Bardutzky J, Neumann-Haefelin T, Lorenz MW, Steinmetz H, Gerloff C, Schneider D, Grau A, Klein M, Dziewas R, Bogdahn U, Jakob W, Linker R, Fuchs K, Sander A, Luntz S, Hoppe-Tichy T, Hanley DF, von Kummer R, Craemer E. The German trial on Aciclovir and Corticosteroids in Herpes-simplex-virus-Encephalitis (GACHE): a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Neurol Res Pract 2019; 1:26. [PMID: 33324892 PMCID: PMC7650106 DOI: 10.1186/s42466-019-0031-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Introduction Comprehensive treatment of Herpes-simplex-virus-encephalitis (HSVE) remains a major clinical challenge. The current therapy gold standard is aciclovir, a drug that inhibits viral replication. Despite antiviral treatment, mortality remains around 20% and a majority of survivors suffer from severe disability. Experimental research and recent retrospective clinical observations suggest a favourable therapy response to adjuvant dexamethasone. Currently there is no randomized clinical trial evidence, however, to support the routine use of adjuvant corticosteroid treatment in HSVE. Methods The German trial of Aciclovir and Corticosteroids in Herpes-simplex-virus-Encephalitis (GACHE) studied the effect of adjuvant dexamethasone versus placebo on top of standard aciclovir treatment in adult patients aged 18 up to 85 years with proven HSVE in German academic centers of Neurology in a randomized and double blind fashion. The trial was open from November 2007 to December 2012. The initially planned sample size was 372 patients with the option to increase to up to 450 patients after the second interim analysis. The primary endpoint was a binary functional outcome after 6 months assessed using the modified Rankin scale (mRS 0-2 vs. 3-6). Secondary endpoints included mortality after 6 and 12 months, functional outcome after 6 months measured with the Glasgow outcome scale (GOS), functional outcome after 12 months measured with mRS and GOS, quality of life as measured with the EuroQol 5D instrument after 6 and 12 months, neuropsychological testing after 6 months, cranial magnetic resonance imaging findings after 6 months, seizures up to day of discharge or at the latest at day 30, and after 6 and 12 months. Results The trial was stopped prematurely for slow recruitment after 41 patients had been randomized, 21 of them treated with dexamethasone and 20 with placebo. No difference was observed in the primary endpoint. In the full analysis set (n = 19 in each group), 12 patients in each treatment arm achieved a mRS of 0-2. Similarly, we did not observe significant differences in the secondary endpoints (GOS, mRS, quality of life, neuropsychological testing). Conclusion GACHE being prematurely terminated demonstrated challenges encountered performing randomized, placebo-controlled trials in rare life threatening neurological diseases. Based upon our trial results the use of adjuvant steroids in addition to antiviral treatment remains experimental and is at the decision of the individual treating physician. Unfortunately, the small number of study participants does not allow firm conclusions. Trial registration EudraCT-Nr. 2005-003201-81.
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- U Meyding-Lamadé
- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany.,Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany.,Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum Kassel, Kassel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Vivantes Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Bad Berka, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.,Praxis Dr. Meyer & Prof. Claus, Bensheim, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany.,Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Lugwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität München, Großhadern, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy Heidelberg, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Koordinierungszentrum für Klinische Studien (KKS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy Heidelberg, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany
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Meyding-Lamadé U, Craemer EM. [Winners of globalization: dengue viruses and Japanese encephalitis virus-Diseases in neurology]. Nervenarzt 2019; 89:1338-1343. [PMID: 30251003 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-018-0616-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Arboviruses are transmitted by arthropods, more than 100 of them are human pathogens and many of the arboviruses have neurotropic characteristics such as dengue viruses (DENV) and Japanese encephalitis virus (JE-V). Both DENV and JE-V belong to the genus Flavivirus. Climatic changes, food imports from the tropics and travel behavior have also increased the number of cases of diseases caused by tropical or subtropical viruses in Europe. Due to the close degree of relationship of the flaviviruses, coinfections with several arboviruses can occur. The DENV and JE-V are mosquito-borne infections caused by the genus Aedes spp. In cases of involvement of the central nervous system, the virus often reaches the brain via the blood-brain barrier. The DENV is a single-stranded RNA-positive virus with four known serotypes, DENV-1 to DENV-4. The DENV infections are usually asymptomatic and are known as classical dengue fever, the more severe courses are dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS), usually with fatal outcome. Both DHF and DSS are classical second infections. A vaccination is not approved in Germany but has been approved for endemic regions since 2015. The course of an infection with JE-V initially runs characteristically and it is only characterized by encephalitis a few days later. For the JE-V a vaccine is approved even in Germany.
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- U Meyding-Lamadé
- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest GmbH, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt/M, Deutschland.
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest GmbH, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt/M, Deutschland
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Emerging and re-emerging viruses may cause meningitis, encephalitis, meningoencephalomyelitis, encephalitis, Guillian-Barré-like-syndromes as well as strokes. Most important viruses belong to the family of Adenoviridae, Arbovirus, Arenaviridae, Herpesviridae, Picornaviridae, Paramyxoviridae as well as Togaviridae. Clinical presentation usually consists of a biphasic presentation. Non-specific febrile illnesses may be accompanied by rash, headache, arthralgia and myalgia. Thereafter focal neurological signs may evolve. Diagnostic strategies for the detection of emerging and re-emerging viruses may be difficult due to the short viraemic period. Pitfalls in serology may be due to antibody crossreactivity. Arboviruses are transmitted by arthropods. Aedes mosquitos are one of the vectors for arboviruses like Chikungunya-virus, Dengue-virus, Japanese-Encephalitis-B-virus and West-Nile-virus. Since the last centuries Aedes mosquitos have spread from their naturally habitat in Africa to America as well as Europe. The arboviruses risk profile depend essentially on the occurrence, the activity of the respective vector, this may be the key to fight the disease and its spread. Due to global shifts in the ecological balance but also as a result of more or less successful control measures, some diseases have become rarer, others are more common. The viruses persist in the respective vector months to years; in ticks they may persist for years and in mosquitoes 1 to 4 months. In order to survive bad climatic conditions unscathed, the viruses partially overwinter in arthropods.
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- Uta Meyding-Lamadé
- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest GmbH, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest GmbH, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Zentrum für Infektiologie, Virologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- U Meyding-Lamadé
- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest GmbH, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
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Lenhard T, Ott D, Jakob NJ, Martinez-Torres F, Grond-Ginsbach C, Meyding-Lamadé U. Clinical outcome and cerebrospinal fluid profiles in patients with tick-borne encephalitis and prior vaccination history. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2018; 9:882-888. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Marziniak M, Brichetto G, Feys P, Meyding-Lamadé U, Vernon K, Meuth SG. The Use of Digital and Remote Communication Technologies as a Tool for Multiple Sclerosis Management: Narrative Review. JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol 2018; 5:e5. [PMID: 29691208 PMCID: PMC5941090 DOI: 10.2196/rehab.7805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite recent advances in multiple sclerosis (MS) care, many patients only infrequently access health care services, or are unable to access them easily, for reasons such as mobility restrictions, travel costs, consultation and treatment time constraints, and a lack of locally available MS expert services. Advances in mobile communications have led to the introduction of electronic health (eHealth) technologies, which are helping to improve both access to and the quality of health care services. As the Internet is now readily accessible through smart mobile devices, most people can take advantage of eHealth apps. The development of digital applications and remote communication technologies for patients with MS has increased rapidly in recent years. These apps are intended to complement traditional in-clinic approaches and can bring significant benefits to both patients with MS and health care providers (HCPs). For patients, such eHealth apps have been shown to improve outcomes and increase access to care, disease information, and support. These apps also help patients to participate actively in self-management, for example, by tracking adherence to treatment, changes in bladder and bowel habits, and activity and mood. For HCPs, MS eHealth solutions can simplify the multidisciplinary approaches needed to tailor MS management strategies to individual patients; facilitate remote monitoring of patient symptoms, adverse events, and outcomes; enable the efficient use of limited resources and clinic time; and potentially allow more timely intervention than is possible with scheduled face-to-face visits. These benefits are important because MS is a long-term, multifaceted chronic condition that requires ongoing monitoring, assessment, and management. We identified in the literature 28 eHealth solutions for patients with MS that fall within the four categories of screening and assessment, disease monitoring and self-management, treatment and rehabilitation, and advice and education. We review each solution, focusing on any clinical evidence supporting their use from prospective trials (including ASSESS MS, Deprexis, MSdialog, and the Multiple Sclerosis Performance Test) and consider the opportunities, barriers to adoption, and potential pitfalls of eHealth technologies in routine health care.
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- Martin Marziniak
- Department of Neurology, Isar-Amper-Klinikum Munich-East, Haar, Germany
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- Scientific Research Area, Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, Genova, Italy
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- Rehabilitation Research Center, Biomedical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Salford Royal National Health Service Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Bohmann FO, Tahtali D, Kurka N, Wagner M, You SJ, du Mesnil de Rochemont R, Berkefeld J, Hartmetz AK, Kuhlmann A, Lorenz MW, Schütz A, Kress B, Henke C, Tritt S, Meyding-Lamadé U, Steinmetz H, Pfeilschifter W. A Network-Wide Stroke Team Program Reduces Time to Treatment for Endovascular Stroke Therapy in a Regional Stroke-Network. Cerebrovasc Dis 2018; 45:141-148. [PMID: 29587257 DOI: 10.1159/000487965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Driven by the positive results of randomized, controlled trials of endovascular stroke therapies (EVT) in stroke patients with large vessel occlusion, different approaches to speed up the workflow for EVT candidates are currently being implemented worldwide. We aimed to assess the effect of a simple stroke network-wide workflow improvement project, primarily focusing on i.v. thrombolysis, on process times for patients undergoing EVT. METHODS In 2015, we conducted a network-wide, peer-to-peer acute stroke workflow improvement program for i.v. thrombolysis with the main components of implementing a binding team-based algorithm at every stroke unit of the regional network, educating all stroke teams about non-technical skills and providing a stroke-specific simulation training. Before and after the intervention we recorded periprocedural process times, including patients undergoing EVT at the 3 EVT-capable centers (January - June 2015, n = 80 vs. July 2015 - June 2016, n = 184). RESULTS In this multi-centric evaluation of 268 patients receiving EVT, we observed a relevant shortening of the median time from symptom onset to EVT specifically in patients requiring secondary transfer by almost an hour (300 min, 25-75% interquartile range [IQR] 231-381 min to 254 min, IQR 215.25-341 min; p = 0.117), including a reduction of the median door-to-groin time at the EVT-capable center in this patient group by 15.5 min (59 min, IQR 35-102 min to 43.5 min, IQR 27.75-81.25 min; p = 0.063). In patients directly admitted to an EVT-capable center, the median door-to-groin interval was reduced by 10.5 min (125 min, IQR 83.5-170.5 min to 114.5 min, IQR 66.5-151 min; p = 0.167), but a considerable heterogeneity between the centers was observed (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS We show that a simple network-wide workflow improvement program primarily directed at fast i.v. thrombolysis also accelerates process times for EVT candidates and is a promising measure to improve the performance of an entire stroke network.
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- Ferdinand O Bohmann
- Department of Neurology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroradiology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroradiology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroradiology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, HELIOS HSK Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroradiology, HELIOS HSK Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Tahtali D, Bohmann F, Kurka N, Rostek P, Todorova-Rudolph A, Buchkremer M, Abruscato M, Hartmetz AK, Kuhlmann A, Henke C, Stegemann A, Menon S, Misselwitz B, Reihs A, Weidauer S, Thonke S, Meyding-Lamadé U, Singer O, Steinmetz H, Pfeilschifter W. Implementation of stroke teams and simulation training shortened process times in a regional stroke network-A network-wide prospective trial. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188231. [PMID: 29206838 PMCID: PMC5716597 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Background To meet the requirements imposed by the time-dependency of acute stroke therapies, it is necessary 1) to initiate structural and cultural changes in the breadth of stroke-ready hospitals and 2) to find new ways to train the personnel treating patients with acute stroke. We aimed to implement and validate a composite intervention of a stroke team algorithm and simulation-based stroke team training as an effective quality initiative in our regional interdisciplinary neurovascular network consisting of 7 stroke units. Methods We recorded door-to-needle times of all consecutive stroke patients receiving thrombolysis at seven stroke units for 3 months before and after a 2 month intervention which included setting up a team-based stroke workflow at each stroke unit, a train-the-trainer seminar for stroke team simulation training and a stroke team simulation training session at each hospital as well as a recommendation to take up regular stroke team trainings. Results The intervention reduced the network-wide median door-to-needle time by 12 minutes from 43,0 (IQR 29,8–60,0, n = 122) to 31,0 (IQR 24,0–42,0, n = 112) minutes (p < 0.001) and substantially increased the share of patients receiving thrombolysis within 30 minutes of hospital arrival from 41.5% to 59.6% (p < 0.001). Stroke team training participants stated a significant increase in knowledge on the topic of acute stroke care and in the perception of patient safety. The overall course concept was regarded as highly useful by most participants from different professional backgrounds. Conclusions The composite intervention of a binding team-based algorithm and stroke team simulation training showed to be well-transferable in our regional stroke network. We provide suggestions and materials for similar campaigns in other stroke networks.
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- Damla Tahtali
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- NICU Nursing Staff, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Helios HSK Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Sankt Katharinen-Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum Aschaffenburg-Alzenau, Aschaffenburg, Germany
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- Geschäftsstelle Qualitätssicherung Hessen (GQH), Eschborn, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Geschäftsstelle Qualitätssicherung Hessen (GQH), Eschborn, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Sankt Katharinen-Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum Hanau, Hanau, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Craemer EM, Bassa B, Jacobi C, Becher H, Meyding-Lamadé U. [Telescience : Feasibility studies, definition and a fair answer to the scientific brain drain]. Nervenarzt 2017; 88:148-155. [PMID: 28083686 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-016-0269-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND What is telescience? Is it feasible to transfer academic information with the help of telematics to educate and teach young scientists over large distances? The term telescience has so far not been defined but covers a variety of possibilities, which could be successfully implemented worldwide. This article gives examples and highlights the feasibility analysis of telescience. METHODS We have carried out feasibility analyses for neurological functional diagnostics, an epidemiological cross-sectional study as well as a laboratory study for detection of thrombocyte function during dengue fever with the help of telemedicine. The basis for all these projects was a telemedical transcontinental cooperation over a distance of 12,000 km. RESULTS All performed studies demonstrated the feasibility. With the help of telematics the laboratory techniques, planning, conduction and interpretation of results as well as publication skills can be transferred. DISCUSSION Telescience is feasible. Our studies showed that telescience is a very promising option to transfer knowledge, which will help to enable professional expertise to be transferred directly to the region/country without a brain drain. All too often young motivated scientists are enticed to move to well-known institutions, which involves the danger of a brain drain. Brain drain can be avoided in favor of local implementation of scientific projects. Our results illustrate that it is feasible to educate and guide scientists with the help of telematics infrastructures.
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- E M Craemer
- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland. .,Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre, Jerudong, Brunei.
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland.,Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre, Jerudong, Brunei
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland.,Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre, Jerudong, Brunei
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- Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland.,Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre, Jerudong, Brunei.,Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Negara, Brunei
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Meyding-Lamadé U. [Telemedicine]. Nervenarzt 2017; 88:111-112. [PMID: 28091695 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-016-0268-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- U Meyding-Lamadé
- Neurologische Klinik, Krankenhaus Nordwest GmbH, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
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Meyding-Lamadé U, Craemer EM, Lamadé EK, Bassa B, Enk K, Ilsen H, Jacobi C, Jost V, Lorenz MW, Mohs C, Schwark C, Zimmerlein B, Gottschalk T, Hacke W, Kress B. „Mission (im)possible“. Nervenarzt 2017; 88:141-147. [DOI: 10.1007/s00115-016-0267-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Meyding-Lamadé U, Bassa B, Craemer E, Jacobi C, Chan C, Hacke W, Kress B. Setting up a Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre in Brunei Darussalam by a transcontinental on-site and telemedical cooperation. Int J Stroke 2016; 12:132-136. [DOI: 10.1177/1747493016672086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Due to the world-wide aging population, there is a need for specialist neurological knowledge, treatment and care. Stroke treatment is effective in reducing mortality and disability, but it is still not available in many areas of the world. We describe the set-up process of a specialized Neuroscience, Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre in Brunei Darussalam (BNSRC) in cooperation with a German hospital. This study details the setup of a stroke-, neurological intensive care- and neurorehabilitation unit, laboratories and a telemedical network to perform all evidence-based stroke treatments. All neurological on-site services and the telemedical network were successfully established within a short time. After setup, 1386 inpatients and 1803 outpatients with stroke and stroke mimics were treated. All evidence-based stroke treatments including thrombolysis and hemicraniectomy could be performed. It is possible to establish evidence-based modern stroke treatment within a short time period by a transcontinental on-site and telemedical cooperation.
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- U Meyding-Lamadé
- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany
- The Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre, Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam
- Department of Neuroradiology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany
- The Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre, Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany
- The Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre, Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany
- The Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre, Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam
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- The Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre, Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam
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- Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- The Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre, Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam
- Department of Neuroradiology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany
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Herweh C, Hess K, Meyding-Lamadé U, Bartsch AJ, Stippich C, Jost J, Friedmann-Bette B, Heiland S, Bendszus M, Hähnel S. Reduced white matter integrity in amateur boxers. Neuroradiology 2016; 58:911-20. [PMID: 27230917 DOI: 10.1007/s00234-016-1705-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Professional boxing can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a variant of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Its occurrence in amateur boxers is a matter of debate since amateur boxing is considered to be less harmful due to more strict regulations. However, several studies using different methodological approaches have revealed subtle signs of TBI even in amateurs. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is sensitive to microscopic white matter changes and has been proven useful in TBI when routine MR imaging often is unrevealing. METHODS DTI, with tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) together with neuropsychological examination of executive functions and memory, was used to investigate a collective of 31 male amateur boxers and 31 age-matched controls as well as a subgroup of 19 individuals, respectively, who were additionally matched for intellectual performance (IQ). RESULTS All participants had normal findings in neurological examination and conventional MR. Amateur boxers did not show deficits in neuropsychological tests when their IQ was taken into account. Fractional anisotropy was significantly reduced, while diffusivity measures were increased along central white matter tracts in the boxers group. These changes were in part associated with the number of fights. CONCLUSIONS TBSS revealed widespread white matter disturbance partially related to the individual fighting history in amateur boxers. These findings closely resemble those in patients with accidental TBI and indicate similar histological changes in amateur boxers.
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- Christian Herweh
- Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- National Training Center for Boxing, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Sports Medicine, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Lamadé W, Béchu M, Lauzana E, Köhler P, Klein S, Tuncer T, Rashid NIH, Kahle E, Erdmann B, Meyding-Lamadé U. The weepy nerve-different sensitivity of left and right recurrent laryngeal nerves under tensile stress in a porcine model. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2016; 401:983-990. [PMID: 27209314 DOI: 10.1007/s00423-016-1439-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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PURPOSE Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy in thyroid surgery is still a threatening complication. Our aim was to analyze the impact of prolonged tensile stress on the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) in an animal model using continuous intraoperative neuromonitoring (C-IONM). METHODS Constant tensile stress was applied to left and right RLNs in 20 pigs (40 RLN). In a pilot study, five animals were subjected to a tensile force of 0.34 ± 0.07 N for 10 min and changes in amplitude were documented using C-IONM. In the main study, a force of 1.2 N was applied until the signal amplitude was reduced by 85 %, in 15 pigs. Nerve conductivity was analyzed by threshold current measurements. RESULTS Good correlation was found between stress and amplitude decrease in the pilot study as well as between signal decrease and duration of trauma in the main study. Great variations were found inter- and intra-individually. These variations were most prominent at 85 % signal reduction (median 36 min, range 0.3-171 min). There was no side specificity (left 0.3-171 min, right 0.3-168 min, respectively, p = 0.19). However, in each individual animal, there was a sensitive (0.3-98.9 min) and less sensitive nerve (26.8-171 min). These differences became highly significant at 85 % of signal reduction (p = 0.008), where the vulnerability is 1.4 to 146.4 times higher on one side (mean 4.3). CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrates the presence of a sensitive RLN that was 4.3 times more vulnerable than the contralateral nerve (range 1.4-146.4 times, p = 0.008). Thus, the right and the left nerves cannot be assumed to be of equal sensitivity to trauma. In our data, the more sensitive nerve does not occur predominantly on one side and was named the "weepy nerve."
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- Wolfram Lamadé
- Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, HELIOS Spital Überlingen, Härlenweg 1, Überlingen, Germany.
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- Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, HELIOS Spital Überlingen, Härlenweg 1, Überlingen, Germany.,Klinik für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, HELIOS Spital Überlingen, Härlenweg 1, Überlingen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Neustadt, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Neustadt, Germany
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- Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, HELIOS Spital Überlingen, Härlenweg 1, Überlingen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Neustadt, Germany
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Lenhard T, Ott D, Jakob NJ, Pham M, Bäumer P, Martinez-Torres F, Meyding-Lamadé U. Predictors, Neuroimaging Characteristics and Long-Term Outcome of Severe European Tick-Borne Encephalitis: A Prospective Cohort Study. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0154143. [PMID: 27111657 PMCID: PMC4844156 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background and Objectives Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) still represents a considerable medical and health economic problem in Europe and entails a potential threat to travellers. The aim of this study was to characterise the conditions of severe TBE by precisely recording its clinical variants, the related neuroimaging features, and the variant-specific long-term outcome and by identifying predictors for severe courses. Methods A cohort of 111 TBE patients (median age 51, range 17–75 years; 42% females) was analysed prospectively. Data were acquired from the department of neurology, University Hospital Heidelberg, and the infectious diseases registry of the Robert-Koch institute Berlin. Neurological status was ascertained by protocol at admission and discharge and the degree of disability was scored using the modified RANKIN Scale (mRS; clinical score addressing neurological disability, range from 0, healthy to 6, dead) at admission and at follow-up. Follow-up examination was conducted by means of a telephone interview. To identify independent predictors for severe TBE and functional outcome, modelled logistic regression was performed. MRI changes were correlated with infection variants. To assess alpha-motor neuron injury patterns, we used high-resolution magnetic resonance neurography (hrMRN). Analyses were performed at the Department of Neurology, University Hospital, University of Heidelberg from April 2004 through September 2014 Results Acute course: 3.6% of patients died during the acute infection. All patients with a lethal course suffered from meningoencephaloradiculitis (MER, 14.4% of the cohort), which is associated with a significantly higher risk of requiring intensive care (p = 0.004) and mechanical ventilation (p<0.001) than menigoencephalitis (ME, 27.9% of the cohort). At admission, both MER and ME groups were severely affected, with the MER group having a statistically higher mRS score (median of 5 in the MER groups versus 4 in the ME group; p<0.001). Long-term outcome: outcome for MER was considerably worse (median mRS = 4) than for ME (mRS = 1, p<0.0001) and meningitis (mRS = 0, 57.7% of the cohort). Risk factors: advanced age (p<0.001) and male gender (p = 0.043) are independent risk factors for a severe infection course. Furthermore, we identified pre-existing diabetes mellitus (p = 0.024) as an independent risk factor for MER. In MER, alpha-motor neuron injury accounts for the poor prognosis confirmed by hrMRN. Conclusion and Relevance These data provide critical information for neurologists and other health professionals to use in evaluating TBEV patients who live in or travel to endemic areas. This information can be used to classify clinical presentation and estimate infection-associated complications and individual prognosis. Furthermore, the risk for severe, disabling infections in older patients should prompt general practitioners to recommend and encourage vaccination to those patients living in or travelling to endemic areas.
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- Thorsten Lenhard
- Neuroinfectious Diseases Group, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Neuroinfectious Diseases Group, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Neuroinfectious Diseases Group, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Neuroinfectious Diseases Group, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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Schmidt-Hieber M, Silling G, Schalk E, Heinz W, Panse J, Penack O, Christopeit M, Buchheidt D, Meyding-Lamadé U, Hähnel S, Wolf HH, Ruhnke M, Schwartz S, Maschmeyer G. CNS infections in patients with hematological disorders (including allogeneic stem-cell transplantation)-Guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO). Ann Oncol 2016; 27:1207-25. [PMID: 27052648 PMCID: PMC4922317 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Diagnosis of CNS infections remains a great challenge in patients with hematological disorders since symptoms might both be masked and be mimicked by other conditions such as metabolic disturbances or consequences from antineoplastic treatment. Thus, awareness of this complication is crucial and any suspicion of a CNS infection should lead to timely and adequate diagnostics and treatment to improve the outcome in this population. Infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are infrequently diagnosed in immunocompetent patients, but they do occur in a significant proportion of patients with hematological disorders. In particular, patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation carry a high risk for CNS infections of up to 15%. Fungi and Toxoplasma gondii are the predominant causative agents. The diagnosis of CNS infections is based on neuroimaging, cerebrospinal fluid examination and biopsy of suspicious lesions in selected patients. However, identification of CNS infections in immunocompromised patients could represent a major challenge since metabolic disturbances, side-effects of antineoplastic or immunosuppressive drugs and CNS involvement of the underlying hematological disorder may mimic symptoms of a CNS infection. The prognosis of CNS infections is generally poor in these patients, albeit the introduction of novel substances (e.g. voriconazole) has improved the outcome in distinct patient subgroups. This guideline has been developed by the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO) with the contribution of a panel of 14 experts certified in internal medicine, hematology/oncology, infectious diseases, intensive care, neurology and neuroradiology. Grades of recommendation and levels of evidence were categorized by using novel criteria, as recently published by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
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- M Schmidt-Hieber
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, HELIOS Clinic Berlin-Buch, Berlin
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital, Aachen, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, Aachen
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Otto-von-Guericke University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Center of Internal Medicine, Würzburg
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital, Aachen, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, Aachen
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Charité University Medicine, Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim University Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Nordwest Frankfurt, Frankfurt/M., Germany Brunei Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre, Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam Department of Neuroinfectiology, Otto-Meyerhof-Centre, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Halle, Halle
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- Paracelsus Clinic Osnabrück, Osnabrück
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Charité University Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Ernst von Bergmann Clinic, Potsdam, Germany
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Meyding-Lamadé U, Craemer E, Lim J, Khalsum U, Abdul H, Idris F, Rahman N, Diah S, Muharram H. Investigation of coagulation behavior using Rotational Thromboelastometry (Rotem®) in patients with neuroinfectious diseases. J Neurol Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Béchu M, Lauzana E, Köhler P, Klein S, Rashid N, Kahle E, Meyding-Lamadé U, Lamadé W. Inter- and intraindividual differences of vulnarability of recurrent laryngeal nerves under tensile stress in a porcine model. J Neurol Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Menon S, Jun T, Meyding-Lamadé U, Grabowski A. PIAST — Platelet inhibition assessment in stroke trial multiplate analyzer based assessment of the efficacy of antithrombotic medication in stroke patients. J Neurol Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Meyding-Lamadé U, Craemer E, Lupat A, Luissin M, Bassa B, Hengelbrock J, Becher H. The Brunei epidemiological study in stroke and multiple scelrosis (best) - a door-to-door survey. J Neurol Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tscherpel C, Gottschalk A, Meyding-Lamadé U, Fink GR, Burghaus L. [Neurocysticercosis]. Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 2015; 83:451-455. [PMID: 26327477 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1553472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Neurocysticercosis is a leading cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide and endemic in underdeveloped and developing regions. As a result of increased migration and traveling, cases of neurocysticercosis reach Europe more frequently. Neurological symptoms are multifarious and often nonspecific, so that neurocysticercosis poses a diagnostic challenge. We report a case of a patient in whom the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis was achieved quickly via the patient's history, neuroimaging and serology.
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- C Tscherpel
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Uniklinik Köln
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- Neuroradiologie, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Uniklinik Köln
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- Neurologie, Heilig Geist-Krankenhaus Köln
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Meyding-Lamadé U, Craemer E, Jacobi C, Mohs C, Schwark C, Enk K, Jafaar I, Masri A, Chan C, Kress B. Setting up a neuroscience stroke and rehabilitation centre 12,000km away with the help of telemedicine. J Neurol Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.07.927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Craemer E, Idris F, Ahmad N, Durani D, Bassa B, Jacobi C, Jafaar I, Kress B, Meyding-Lamadé U. Telemedicine—/INS;Is tele-EEG, tele-electrophysiology and telecytology possible—/INS;A feasibility study. J Neurol Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.07.2301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Masri A, Mohs C, Craemer E, Jafaar I, Kress B, Meyding-Lamadé U. Systemic juvenile lupus erythematosus long lasting remission of severe neurological symptoms after treatment with rituximab. J Neurol Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.07.2315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lenhard T, Hülsermann U, Martinez-Torres F, Fricker G, Meyding-Lamadé U. A simple method to quickly and simultaneously purify and enrich intact rat brain microcapillaries and endothelial and glial cells for ex vivo studies and cell culture. Brain Res 2013; 1519:9-18. [PMID: 23665392 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Revised: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The blood-brain barrier is morphologically composed of cerebral microcapillary endothelium through its tight junctions. It serves as a mechanical, metabolic and cellular barrier and can also protect the brain from pathogen invasion. Many brain diseases involve a disturbance of blood-brain barrier function either as a consequence of a noxa or as primary failure. In vitro models of the blood-brain barrier are suitable tools to study drug transport, pathogen transmigration and leukocyte diapedesis across the cerebral endothelium. Such models have previously been derived mainly from porcine or bovine brain tissues. We describe here a simple method by which rat cerebral microcapillaries and cells of glial origin can be quickly and simultaneously purified. By using a capillary fragment size restriction method based on glass bead columns different fractions can be separated: vital, long capillary fragments for ex vivo uptake studies and smaller capillary fragments for endothelial culture. Furthermore, fractions can be obtained for astroglial and oligodendroglial cell cultures. With this method both microcapillary enrichment and glial cell purification are quickly achieved, which reduces expenditure, number of required animals and laboratory working time.
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- Thorsten Lenhard
- Neuroinfectious Diseases Group, Otto-Meyerhof-Center for Clinical Research, INF350, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Human herpesviruses may cause infections of the central nervous system during primary infection or following reactivation from a latent state. Especially in immunosuppressed patients the infection can take a life-threatening course, and therefore early diagnosis of herpesvirus-associated neurological diseases should have high priority. Clinical presentation in these patients is usually without typical features, making diagnosis even more challenging. Therefore general broad testing for different herpesviruses in cerebrospinal fluid samples is highly recommended. In addition, determination of the virus DNA level in the cerebrospinal fluid by quantitative assays seems to be of high importance to determine prognosis. Moreover, it might help to differentiate between specific virus-associated disease and unspecific presence of virus in the cerebrospinal fluid, especially in immunocompromised patients. Polymerase chain reaction analysis of cerebrospinal fluid has revolutionized the diagnosis of nervous system viral infections, particularly those caused by human herpesviruses. This review summarizes the role human herpesviruses play in central nervous system infections in immunocompromised patients, with a focus on the clinical manifestation of encephalitis.
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- Uta Meyding-Lamadé
- Head, Department of Neurology Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt/M. Germany
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- W Hacke
- Neurologische Klinik, Abt. Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Menon S, Lenhard T, Meyding-Lamadé U. [Acute viral and emerging viral CNS infections]. Nervenarzt 2010; 81:138-49. [PMID: 20108085 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-009-2855-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The morbidity and mortality of viral CNS infections can be reduced through early initiation of therapy, which could be specific or in most cases symptomatic. This in turn requires the physician to consider meningoencephalitis as a differential diagnosis.Increasing climate changes, global air travel and changing immune responses contribute to the emergence of rather rare viral pathogens on our continent. Thus, neurologists in Europe are facing an enormous challenge due to lacking knowledge and experience of these new germs, which needs to be taken care of.Novel therapeutic approaches with e.g. monoclonal antibodies awaken the hope of mitigating the partially lethal courses of these diseases.
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- S Menon
- Neurologische Klinik, Krankenhaus Nordwest GmbH, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Vasculitis and vasculopathies of the central and peripheral nervous system can be caused by infectious diseases. Vasculitis can lead to stenosis, occlusion and aneurysm formation of blood vessels which may result in stroke or cerebral haemorrhage. In cases of peripheral nervous system involvement mononeuritis multiplex and symmetric peripheral neuropathy are possible. The diagnosis is based on clinical presentation, serology, cerebrospinal fluid analysis and neuroradiologic examinations. In cases of peripheral neuropathy neurophysiologic examinations and biopsy of the sural nerve can lead to the diagnosis. A fast and efficient antimicrobial therapy is the most important treatment option. In cases of peripheral neuropathies short-term treatment with corticosteroids and plasma exchange may be helpful.
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- C Jacobi
- Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Meyding-Lamadé U. IN02-MO-03 Herpes simplex encephalitis. J Neurol Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(09)70034-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Koutsona C, Enk K, Ilsen HW, Kress B, Meyding-Lamadé U. 90-Grad Torsion des thorakalen Myelons bei einer jungen Patientin mit Syringomyelie: kernspintomographische und elektrophysiologische Befunde. Akt Neurol 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1238479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Meyding-Lamadé U, Kiel M, Pritsch M, Martinez-Torres F, Ern K, Hacke W, Menon S. GACHE: German Trial of Acyclovir and Corticosteroids in Herpes simplex Encephalitis – aktueller Stand. Akt Neurol 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1238630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Asgarov A, Grabowski A, Meyding-Lamadé U, Kress B, Schwark C. Kopfschmerzen nach Sturz auf den Steiß– Bouillon-Syndrom. Akt Neurol 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1238829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Grabowski A, Ilsen H, Meyding-Lamadé U. Myatrophische Paresen und Faszikulationen – ein Fallbericht zur Differenzialdiagnose ALS/CIDP. Akt Neurol 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1238809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Menon S, Grabowski A, Ludwig AM, Kress B, Meyding-Lamadé U, Jost V. MRT Veränderungen bei Status epilepticus nonkonvulsivus. Akt Neurol 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1238612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ulmer C, Koch KP, Seimer A, Molnar V, Meyding-Lamadé U, Thon KP, Lamadé W. Real-time monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve: an observational clinical trial. Surgery 2007; 143:359-65. [PMID: 18291257 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2006] [Revised: 10/10/2007] [Accepted: 10/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND A variety of tools has been developed to identify nerve structures and to lower the risk of nerval injury during thyroid surgery. These tools are usually based on intermittent electrophysiological tracing of the nerves, but its use is still associated with permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury. We are now presenting the results of the implementation of a novel real-time nerve monitoring system, based on a new vagal nerve cuff electrode. METHODS Nineteen consecutive patients scheduled for thyroid surgery (17 with benign, 2 with malignant disease), were enrolled in this observational trial. The flexible cuff electrode was implanted during each operation and atraumatically surrounded the vagal nerve. The evoked potentials were sensed by standard thyroid electrodes. Electrical stimulation and recording were achieved through a multichannel electromyography (EMG) system. The signal analysis was performed in real-time by specially designed software. RESULTS The cuff electrode did not cause any complications during or after the surgery. In all patients, stable and reproducible signals were easily evoked. The mean time required to place the electrode was 6.5 min. The mean overall vagal nerve stimulation time was 65 min. No permanent RLN lesions were detected in any patient. One patient with a postoperative bleeding from a strap muscle vein required a wound revision, which was performed without nerve monitoring. This patient experienced a temporary partial impairment of the left vocal cord. No hypoparathyroidism was observed in any patient postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS The presented technique of real-time continuous RLN monitoring by stimulation of the vagal nerve is feasible, safe, reproducible, and easy to perform. In addition, this new system is compatible with existing equipment and can be used as an add-on with conventional nerve monitoring devices during thyroid surgery.
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- Christoph Ulmer
- Department of General, Visceral, and Trauma Surgery, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany.
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