Spinal meningitis is a potentially life-threatening condition. It occurs when an infection causes inflammation of the membranes (meninges) that surround your brain and spinal cord. Spinal ...

Intracranial pressure (ICP) is a measurement of the pressure of brain tissue and the cerebrospinal fluid that cushions and surrounds the brain and spinal cord. It is used to monitor the health of the ...

Mollaret’s meningitis is a rare type of meningitis ... Other potential triggers include intracranial cystic anomalies. These fluid-filled sacs develop within the brain or skull due to congenital ...

Common sites and sources of intracerebral hemorrhage. Intracerebral hemorrhages most commonly involve (A) cerebral lobes, originating from penetrating cortical branches of the anterior ...

Meningitis can be life threatening. If someone is pregnant with meningitis, they must seek immediate medical attention. Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and ...

Any significant change in the patient's neurological exam (e.g., decline, worsening deficit in mental status) requires an emergent CT scan to reassess size of the hemorrhage. In patients with ...

The number of cases of meningitis and blood poisoning is decreasing, and this is clearly due to the inclusion, since 2006, of pneumococcal disease into the child immunization program. "Before it ...

Meningococcal bacteria is a serious and potentially deadly infection that can cause meningitis (PA) The UK is close to eradicating a potentially fatal bacterial disease that can cause meningitis ...

ed.ac.uk. Background and aim There is uncertainty about the long-term prognosis after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). Therefore, we systematically reviewed the literature for studies ...