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Electroclinical characteristics and neuroimaging findings in 31 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
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Placenta praevia: Preach and perception
Placenta praevia is a known obstetric condition that causes complications to mother and
fetus. This study was done to evaluate the knowledge of placenta praevia amongst the
obstetric patients. A cross sectional study was carried out in Hospital Ipoh, Perak among
323 antenatal and postnatal patients. Socio-demographic parameters (ie age, race, parity,
occupation, educational level) and history of placenta praevia were studied in relation to
level of knowledge and attitude towards placenta praevia. Twenty (6.2%) from 323 women
had current or past history of placenta praevia. Three had history of placenta praevia while
17 had current placenta praevia with prevalence of 5.3%. The mean score of knowledge
achieved by patients was 11.8 which indicated overall poor knowledge. Occupation, level of education and history of placenta praevia were found to have a relationship with level of
knowledge regarding placenta praevia in all obstetric patients. There was a significant
relationship between attitude of patients with current and history of placenta praevia to
level of knowledge regarding placenta praevia. (p=0.037, <0.05). In conclusion, the
knowledge and attitude towards placenta praevia among obstetric patients in Hospital Ipoh
was better in those who had higher education status, white-collar occupation and currently
pregnant with placenta praevi
A prevalence study of epilepsy in Hong Kong
Objectives. To examine epidemiological data on epilepsy for the Hong Kong west region. Design. Descriptive study. Setting. Epilepsy clinic, university teaching hospital, Hong Kong. Patients and methods. The epilepsy clinic of Queen Mary Hospital manages the majority of adult patients (aged 15 years or older) with chronic seizure disorders resident in the Hong Kong west area with an adult population of 475 900. All patients underwent electroencephalography examination and each subject was independently assessed by two epileptologists for diagnosis and classified according to the International League Against Leaoue Epilepsy recommendations. Results. Seven hundred and thirty-six patients (female, 42.9%; male, 57.1%; mean age, 40.8 years; standard deviation, 13.6 years) with epilepsy were enrolled in the study. The prevalence rate of active epilepsy in the population 15 years or older was estimated at 1.54 per 1000 on 1 January 2002. Two hundred and eighty-five (38.7%) patients had idiopathic epilepsy syndromes, 100 (13.6%) had cryptogenic epilepsy, and 285 (38.7%) had a remote symptomatic aetiology. Seizure type was partial in 408 (55.4%) patients and generalised in 285 (38.7%). Thirty-one (4.2%) patients had a positive family history. Idiopathic generalised epilepsy syndromes described as common in the literature, such as juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and childhood absence epilepsy, were infrequently seen at 0.68% and 0.95% of cases, respectively. Conclusions. This study provides baseline data for epilepsy service development and research in Hong Kong. The prevalence rate of active epilepsy in this Chinese, adult population was low compared with that reported in other developed countries. Further population-based epidemiological research is indicated to confirm the prevalence of seizure disorders in this locality.published_or_final_versio
Pediatric spinal cord lipoma - operative experience
The Abstracts in pdf format are available for download at the HKNS website: http://www.ns.org.hk/asmSession - Free Paper 5Meeting Theme: Degenerative Lumbar SpineBACKGROUND: Spinal cord lipoma causes tethered cord syndrome. The tethering produces neurological, urological and orthopaedic problems which cause significant morbidity in both children and adult. Prophylactic surgery was shown to have a trend in minimizing tethered cord syndrome in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patient.1,2 Long term results are …published_or_final_versio
Acupuncture for frozen shoulder
This randomised controlled trial was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment for frozen shoulder. Thirty-five patients with a diagnosis of frozen shoulder were randomly allocated to an exercise group or an exercise plus acupuncture group and treated for a period of 6 weeks. Functional mobility, power, and pain were assessed by a blinded assessor using the Constant Shoulder Assessment, at baseline, 6 weeks and 20 weeks. Analysis was based on the intention-to-treat principle. Compared with the exercise group, the exercise plus acupuncture group experienced significantly greater improvement with treatment. Improvements in scores by 39.8% (standard deviation, 27.1) and 76.4% (55.0) were seen for the exercise and the exercise plus acupuncture groups, respectively at 6 weeks (P=0.048), and were sustained at the 20-week re-assessment (40.3% [26.7] and 77.2% [54.0], respectively; P=0.025). We conclude that the combination of acupuncture with shoulder exercise may offer effective treatment for frozen shoulder.published_or_final_versio
Ictal cerebral Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT) scan is a sensitive and safe investigation for seizure localization
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Sensory conduction parameters in assessing the severity of carpal tunnel syndrome
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