Showing papers by "Alexander Brawanski published in 1989"
TL;DR: A 72 year old female with cerebral abscess due to Nocardia farcinica is reported, this is the oldest patient to survive cerebral nocardiosis reported in the literature.
Abstract: A 72 year old female with cerebral abscess due to Nocardia farcinica is reported. Needle aspiration, antimicrobial therapy using a new combination of imipenem and amikacin, and, finally, surgical excision led to prompt and complete recovery. This is the oldest patient to survive cerebral nocardiosis reported in the literature. This infection, is usually regarded as opportunistic and is encountered with increasing frequency in immunocompromised conditions (organ transplantation, chemotherapy, underlying disabling disorder, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, etc.). The literature is extensively reviewed for various aspects of this disease including prognostic factors, recent developments in antibiotic therapy (imipenem, amikacin, minocycline etc.) and the essential role of surgery in the treatment strategy.
37 citations
01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: This study investigates whether the PA/PM relationship remains stable in a single patient during a prolonged period of time.
Abstract: Many remarkable results have been published which show a correlation of the pulse amplitude (PA)–mean ICP (PM) relationship to the intracranial reserve capacity. However, many of the results were accomplished by animal experiments and the clinical studies were performed during relatively short time intervals. Our study investigates whether the PA/PM relationship remains stable in a single patient during a prolonged period of time.
2 citations
01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: The mean CBF as well as the frontal flows in patients with suspected NPH are studied in order to find additional criteria which could help to predict the success of a shunt operation.
Abstract: Since the description of the NPH by Hakim and Adams (1965), many CBF-studies and ICP-measurements have been performed in order to evaluate the possible benefit of a shunt-operation to these patients (Mamo et al. 1987). However, the results are equivocal. Therefore, we studied the mean CBF as well as the frontal flows in patients with suspected NPH in order to find additional criteria which could help to predict the success of a shunt operation.