José Jorge Facure

TL;DR: In this paper, a CSF tap-test was used to predict improvement after shunting in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) following ventriculo-peritoneal shunt surgery.

TL;DR: A 19-year-old Brazilian woman had transverse myelitis that ended fatally one month and a half thereafter, and autopsy disclosed a total myelonecrosis below T-4, and ova at Schistosoma mansoni were demonstrated in the necrotic cord tissue and leptomeniges.

TL;DR: A neurocisticercose pode provocar hipertensao intracraniana por bloqueio inflamatorio das cisternas basais ou pela formacao de lesoes expansivas no parenquima cerebral e nas cavidades ventriculares wedi uma massa compacta de cisticercos pequenos e duros.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of factors over the outcome of severe head injury was analyzed. But, the presence of multiple traumas (at least two sites of lesion over head injury), as well as age did not influence the final results.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the influence of factors over the outcome of severe head injury in 206 severe head injuried patients and found that the initial severity by Glasgow coma scale, the presence of intracranial hypertension (over 20 mmHg), the type of intra-cranial lesion, and presence of hypoxia, systemic hypotension or both significantly influenced the outcome.