[Impacto en el desenlace funcional en pacientes con ictus: experiencia de una unidad de cuidados neurovasculares].

Background And Objective: Neurovascular care units (NCU) have a positive impact on the functional prognosis of stroke patients. The effectiveness of NCUs in Mexico has not been evaluated. Our objective was to determine the impact of an NCU in a third-level academic hospital in northeastern of Mexico.

Difference in Stroke Knowledge between Rural and Urban Communities in a Developing Country after Community-Based Stroke Educational Campaigns: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of disability and death in Mexico. Poor ability to identify signs and symptoms of ischemic stroke leads to longer hospital arrival times and precludes prompt treatment. The knowledge of stroke risk factors and warning signs in rural population is scarce.

Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES) associated with severe eclampsia: Clinical and biochemical features.

Objectives: Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) and eclampsia share clinical characteristics and patients may present with a combination of these two entities. Our aim was to study the proportion of patients with eclampsia having evidence of PRES in their brain imaging.

Methods: Retrospective study of pregnant patients diagnosed as having eclampsia that underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during their hospitalization.

Alterations in balance and mobility in people with epilepsy.

Purpose: People with epilepsy (PWE) are burdened by physical disability and side effects of antiepileptic drugs (AED) such as drowsiness and blurred vision. These factors place them at risk for reduced mobility and falls. The purpose of this study was to evaluate mobility and balance in PWE.

Pure lupus podocytopathy first presenting as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-like syndrome.

Lupus podocytopathy (LP) is an uncommon proteinuric disorder in the spectrum of lupus nephropathy. Its histological features are similar to those described in minimal change disease (MCD) with or without mesangial immune deposits. Although infrequent, a close relationship between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is well accepted.