Central Hypoventilation Is a Key Risk Factor for Mechanical Ventilation During the Acute Phase of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis.

Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis is an acute form of encephalitis of autoimmune etiology. We aimed to evaluate the risk factors that predicted the need for mechanical ventilation during the acute phase of anti-NMDAR encephalitis through an analysis of the clinical characteristics and biochemical test results of the patients with anti-NMDAR encephalitis. In this retrospective study, patients who primarily presented with anti-NMDAR encephalitis and exhibited anti-NMDAR antibody positivity in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) between November 2015 and February 2020 were included.

Clinical features, treatments, and outcomes of patients with anti--methyl-D-aspartate encephalitis-a single-center, retrospective analysis in China.

: To describe the clinical features, laboratory data, treatment, and outcomes of anti--methyl-D-aspartate (NMDAR) encephalitis in Chinese patients. : This retrospective study included hospitalized patients definitively diagnosed with anti-NMDAR encephalitis and positive for anti-NMDAR antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in Shenzhen People's hospital, between November 2015 and February 2020. The clinical manifestation, laboratory data, treatments and outcomes were collected retrospectively.

The functions of fluoxetine and identification of fluoxetine-mediated circular RNAs and messenger RNAs in cerebral ischemic stroke.

Fluoxetine is used to improve cognition, exercise ability, depression, and neurological functions in patients with cerebral ischemic stroke. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play important regulatory roles in multiple diseases. However, studies regarding the fluoxetine-mediated circRNA-microRNA-messenger RNA (mRNA) axis have not been conducted.

Effect of right-to-left shunt on youth benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: A prospective clinical study.

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between right to left shunt (RLS) and youth benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (YBPPV).

Patients And Methods: Patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and normal control cases younger than 45 years were enrolled at 1:1 ratio. Contrast-enhanced transcranial doppler ultrasound was performed to determine the existence and shunt grading of RLS.