Background: As a common complication of sepsis, sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) is characterized by diffuse brain dysfunction and neurological damage and closely associated with long-term cognitive dysfunction. The dysregulated host response triggered by neurotoxicity of microglia is an important cause of diffuse brain dysfunction in SAE. Resveratrol glycoside has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpinal World Health Organization (WHO) II and III meningiomas are relatively rare, and often associated with great clinical aggressiveness and poor overall survival. There are controversies over factors affecting the prognosis of this disease. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate factors that may affect the therapeutic outcome and prognosis of adult high-grade spinal meningiomas by reviewing the medical records of 25 patients who were surgically treated in our hospital between 2001 and 2014.
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