The Prevalence of Hospitalized Parkinson's Disease Patients in All Case Hospitalization among Different Race/Ethnic Subgroups in Hawaii.

Background: Little is known about the epidemiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients in Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander (NHPI) and Asian American (AA) subgroups.

Objective: To determine if the prevalence of hospitalized PD patients is different across age groups and racial/ethnic subgroups in Hawaii.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of Hawaii statewide registry (2016-2020) hospitalization data for patients who were 50 years or older.

Racial disparities in hospitalization characteristics among Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and Asian American subgroups with Parkinson's disease.

Background: Differences among Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NHPI) and Asian American (AA) subgroups have not been adequately studied in Parkinson's disease (PD).

Objective: To determine differences in demographics, comorbidities, and healthcare utilization among NHPI, AA subgroups, and White hospitalized PD patients.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of Hawai'is statewide registry (2016-2020).

Differences Among Native Hawaiian, Asian, and White Patients with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.

Background: Most studies of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) have been conducted in White populations.

Objective: The objective of this study was to identify whether differences exist for patients with PSP among Whites, East Asians (EAs), and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) in Hawaii.

Methods: We conducted a single-center, retrospective study of patients meeting Movement Disorder Society probable PSP criteria (2006-2021).

Utilization and gender disparities of Deep Brain Stimulation surgery amongst Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders with Parkinson's disease in Hawai`i.

Introduction: Despite its efficacy in Parkinson's disease (PD) management, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is underutilized in sociodemographic minorities. Previous investigations of racial disparities in PD aggregated Asian American (AA) and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (NHPI) populations into a single category; however, these groups have significant health differences. We sought to characterize the PD population in Hawai`i and the use of DBS among AA subgroups and NHPI patients to elucidate potential sociodemographic and clinical disparities.

Leptomeningeal metastases from solid tumors (meningeal carcinomatosis).

Leptomeningeal metastases (LM) are increasingly recognized as a devastating complication of solid tumors. Improved treatment of primary malignancy and advances in diagnostic imaging have led to an apparent increase in the number of patients diagnosed with LM. Unfortunately, therapeutic options remain limited.

The pathogenesis and treatment of optic disc swelling in neurosarcoidosis: a unique therapeutic response to infliximab.

Objective: To review the pathogenesis and treatment of optic disc swelling in neurosarcoidosis, including a novel therapeutic response to infliximab.

Design And Setting: Case reports from an inpatient neurology service.

Patients: A 35-year-old woman presented with headache, chronic visual loss, papilledema, and optic atrophy, characteristic of chronic intracranial hypertension.

Epilepsy in Pregnant Women.

For women of childbearing potential with epilepsy, seizures should be controlled with the smallest dosage of anti-epileptic drug (AED). Treatment with monotherapy should be achieved, if possible. The possibility of AED withdrawal should be considered in appropriate clinical setting prior to conception, and the AED treatment should be optimized prior to conception.