Infectious Disease

Neurohospitalist

Questions discussed in this category

Do you recommend immunomodulating treatments such as steroids or IVIG for West Nile Virus neuroinvasive disease?

2 Answers available

When do you consider repeating CSF studies in a patient with suspected viral encephalitis but overall initially unrevealing CSF?

1 Answer available

When do you consider using a paramedian approach for a lumbar puncture?

1 Answer available

How do you balance the risk of unnecessary treatment with acyclovir against the risk of delaying treatment in encephalitis cases where CSF pleocytosis is absent?

Habis et al., PMID 39096271

1 Answer available

What are the current treatment options for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in patients without HIV/AIDS?

Are there any clinical trials underway to study additional therapies?

1 Answer available

Do you repeat a lumbar puncture in a patient living with HIV diagnosed with and treated for neurosyphilis and if so, when?

1 Answer available

Does management of NMDA receptor encephalitis change in a patient with HIV/AIDS?

1 Answer available

Do you treat HIV/AIDS-associated CNS vasculitis with antiretrovirals alone or in combination with steroids?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Blood, 2020 Jun 18

Tocilizumab in patients with symptomatic Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus-associated multicentric Castleman disease.

European journal of anaesthesiology, 2019 Oct

Ultrasound-assisted vs. landmark-guided paramedian spinal anaesthesia in the elderly: A randomised controlled trial.

Journal of clinical anesthesia, 2022 Apr 11

Ultrasound-assisted spinal anesthesia: A randomized comparison between midline and paramedian approaches.

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