Publications by authors named "Mohammed Maarouf"
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- Pediatric upper GI endoscopy often requires deep sedation, which can cause respiratory issues; this study compared the effectiveness of bilateral modified nasopharyngeal airways (NPAs) versus low-flow nasal cannulas (LFNC) for respiratory support.
- Involving 50 patients, the study evaluated hypoxic incidents, airway interventions, and other factors like nasopharyngeal injuries and gastroenterologist satisfaction after using either NPAs or LFNCs during the procedures.
- Results indicated that while both methods showed similar rates of hypoxemia and airway interventions, NPAs resulted in higher satisfaction among gastroenterologists, suggesting a potential advantage despite no significant difference in complications.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A patient controller (PC) is an optional device for patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) to have limited control of their stimulator system.
Objectives: We investigated the impact of a PC on DBS safety, most notably the handling/prevention of unexpected DBS failure in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).
Methods: PD patients with subthalamic DBS were educated in the use of a PC.
The effect of stereotactic thalamotomy was assessed with pre- and postoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) under motor stimulation. A patient with unilateral essential tremor (ET) of the left arm underwent stereotactically guided thalamotomy of the right ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus (VIM). FMRI was done directly before and after surgery on a 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecently, a pathological oscillatory network at 10 Hz including several motor areas was described in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). In 7 PD patients, we tested the clinical effect of subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation at varying frequencies 1 to 3 years after implantation of electrodes. STN stimulation at 10 Hz induced significant worsening of motor symptoms, especially akinesia, compared with no stimulation and therapeutic stimulation (> or =130 Hz).
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