
The Neurology Lounge – A blog for everything neurological
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Welcome to my blog. I am a UK Neurologist with an interest in everything neurological. I have also dipped my toes in the world of patient safety. This blog is an avenue to share my thoughts about neurology, but I hope it becomes a place for Neurologists to discuss and explore everything Neurology.
The Neurology Lounge – A blog for everything neurological
3d ago
This is just a short message to highlight some neuropharmacology and neurotoxicology checklists that you may wish to explore.
IVIg complications
Anti TNF-α neurological syndromes
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors classification
Botulinum toxin indications
Plasma exchange indications
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Steroid therapy precautions
Azathioprine precautions
Warfarin bleeding risk factors
Immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity
CAR-T cell therapy cytokine release syndrome (CRS)
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Methotrexate
Rituximab
Ciguatera poisoning
Tick paralysis
Spider bite toxicity ..read more
The Neurology Lounge – A blog for everything neurological
1w ago
This is just a short message to highlight some cardiorespiratory neurology checklists that you may wish to explore.
5 causes of neuropathic cough
5 things to know about PFO closure and stroke
5 things to know about high altitude cerebral edema
6 things to know about tilt table testing for syncope
7 things to know about pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
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8 practical things on the use anaesthesia for neuromuscular disorders
10 neurological manifestations of aortic dissection
10 things to know about hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)
10 things to know about conge ..read more
The Neurology Lounge – A blog for everything neurological
3w ago
This is just a short post to highlight some neurological complications of surgery checklists that you may wish to explore
5 neurological complications of cardiac surgery
6 neurological complications of hip surgery
7 neurological complications of chest surgery
13 neurological complications of cardiac transplantation
13 neurological complications of lung transplantation
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16 neurological complications of bone marrow transplantation
16 neurological complications of renal transplantation
17 neurological complications of liver transplantation
17 neurological complica ..read more
The Neurology Lounge – A blog for everything neurological
3w ago
This is just a short message to highlight some functional neurology checklists that you may wish to explore.
Functional hemiparesis
Functional amnesia
Functional gait disorders
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Functional movement disorders
Functional parkinsonism
Functional tremor
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Functional seizures – management
Functional seizures – patterns
Functional seizures – distinguishing from organic seizures
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Mass psychogenic illness
Culture bound syndromes
Cultural startle syndromes
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Communicating the diagnosis of functional neurological disorders
Managing functional movement disorders
The management ..read more
The Neurology Lounge – A blog for everything neurological
1M ago
This is just a short post to highlight some practical neuroradiology checklists that you may wish to explore
A-Z of neuroradiological signs
5 classical toxic metabolic disorders
8 disease-specific patterns of brain white matter changes on MRI
8 region-specific patterns of brain white matter lesions on MRI
9 causes of corticospinal tract hyperintensity on brain MRI
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9 genetic syndromes that cause cerebral calcifications
15 MRI features of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)
17 classical neuroradiological pareidolias
17 neuroradiological signs of stroke
18 indications for urgent C ..read more
The Neurology Lounge – A blog for everything neurological
1M ago
This is just a short post to highlight some practical neuro-ophthalmology checklists that you may wish to explore.
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Anisocoria
Palinopsia
Papilloedema
Peduncular hallucinosis
Photopsias
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Adie’s pupil
Anton’s syndrome
Argyll Robertson pupil
Charles Bonnet syndrome
Horner’s syndrome (bilateral)
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Cortical blindness
Harlequin syndrome
Pourfour du petit syndrome
Retinitis pigmentosa syndromes
Visual snow syndrome ..read more
The Neurology Lounge – A blog for everything neurological
1M ago
Obstetric neurology is stepping out of the shadows
Expertise is expanding, and so is the knowledge
Guidelines are sprouting, and care is getting specialised
It is however challenging to keep up with the rapid pace of developments
But neurochecklists can help.
For a taster, here are 21 handy and practical checklists
Indispensable, we may add
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Preeclampsia: management
Epilepsy: management in pregnancy
Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) in pregnancy
Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs ..read more
The Neurology Lounge – A blog for everything neurological
1M ago
This is just a short post to highlight some practical developmental disorders checklists that you may wish to explore.
Agenesis of the corpus callosum
Aphantasia
Arachnoid cysts
Autism spectrum disorders
Cerebral hemiatrophy
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Cerebral palsy
Chiari malformation
Ciliopathies
CLOVES syndrome
Corpus callosum disconnection syndrome
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Curranino syndrome
Dandy Walker syndrome
DiGeorge syndrome
Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome
Joubert syndrome
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Klippel-Feil syndrome
Neurocristopathies
Noonan syndrome
Oral-facial-digital syndrome (OFDS)
Proteus syndrome
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RASopathies
Soto’s syndrome
Spina ..read more
The Neurology Lounge – A blog for everything neurological
2M ago
This is just a short post to highlight some practical metabolic disorders checklists that you may wish to explore.
Gaucher’s disease
Tay-Sachs disease
Neimann Pick C disease (NPC)
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD)
Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX)
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Krabbe disease
Fabry disease
Alexander disease
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
Refsum’s disease
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OTC deficiency
Porphyria
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Mucopolysaccharidoses
Sialidosis
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Adult polyglucosan body disease
GM1 gangliosidosis
Canavan disease
Tangier disease
Vanishing white matter disease (VWM)
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Ovarioleukodystrophy
Sialic a ..read more
The Neurology Lounge – A blog for everything neurological
2M ago
This is just a short post to highlight some practical mitochondrial disorders checklists that you may wish to explore.
Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO)
Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS)
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON)
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MELAS
MERRF
MNGIE
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POLG mitochondrial disorders
Dominant optic atrophy (DOA)
Costeff optic atrophy syndrome
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Leigh syndrome
Alpers syndrome
AARS2 leukoencephalopathy ..read more