SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Multiple Sclerosis: Results of the Spanish Neurology Society Registry.

Objective: To understand COVID-19 characteristics in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and identify high-risk individuals due to their immunocompromised state resulting from the use of disease-modifying treatments.

Methods: Retrospective and multicenter registry in patients with MS with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis and available disease course (mild = ambulatory; severe = hospitalization; and critical = intensive care unit/death). Cases were analyzed for associations between MS characteristics and COVID-19 course and for identifying risk factors for a fatal outcome.

Quality assurance in specialized headache units in Spain: an observational prospective study.

Objective: To assess the quality of the therapeutic approach in Specialized Headache Units in Spain.

Methods: An observational (prospective) study was conducted. Anonymized data of 313 consecutive patients during a defined period of time were analyzed and a comparison of performance in 13 consensual quality indicators between Specialized Headache Units and neurology consultations was calculated.

Executive function and memory in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system very heterogeneous in its characteristics. In contrast to the well known sensitive/motor deficits, the cognitive dysfunction has only been analyzed in the last few decades. Attention, executive function, and memory were assessed in 28 patients with recurrent-remittent MS (RRMS) (duration, median 7 years; EDSS median 2) by means of a specific neuropsychological battery.

[Paediatric neurology health care activity in a tertiary hospital. A study comparing it with adult neurology and non-neurological paediatrics].

Introduction: Paediatric neurology (PN) remains 'hidden' somewhere between paediatrics and neurology in almost all health care centres and this makes it difficult to allocate resources in a proper manner.

Aims: Our objective in this study was to analyse PN health care activity and compare it with adult neurology (AN) and with non-neurological paediatrics (NNP).

Material And Methods: PN health care activity registry for the year 2002.

Spinal cord injury after electrical trauma treated in a burn unit.

Objective: To analyse the incidence, diagnosis and outcome of spinal cord injury in patients with electrical injuries.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients with electrical injuries admitted to our Intensive Care Burn Unit over a 5 year period. Among 435 admissions, 57 (13.

A new clinical tool for gait evaluation in Parkinson's disease.

This study was devised to check the feasibility and validity of a rating scale specifically designed to evaluate gait impairment in Parkinson's disease (RSGE). Demographic data, a brief questionnaire on general aspects influencing gait and mobility, a battery of scales (Barthel Index; Hoehn and Yahr staging; and Northwestern University Disability, Schwab and England, and Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale [UPDRS]), and timed tests ("Up and Go" and "Steps x Seconds" tests) were recorded under protocol, as was the RSGE-Version 1.0 (23 items in four subscales).

Intermediate scale for assessment of Parkinson's disease. Characteristics and structure.

The present study is devoted to the verification of the basic metrical characteristics of the ISAPD. One hundred and sixty-seven Parkinson's disease (PD) patients were included. Group A (n = 40) was simultaneously assessed by five raters who applied the ISAPD and other PD rating scales (PDRS).

[Etiology of epileptic crises in the geriatric patient. Results of a retrospective study].

We studied the etiology of seizures in 46 patients who developed seizures after age 65 years. The most frequent cause was cerebrovascular disease, accounting for 41.3% of all cases.