Dysautonomia and small fiber neuropathy in post-COVID condition and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Background: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and post-COVID condition can present similarities such as fatigue, brain fog, autonomic and neuropathic symptoms.

Methods: The study included 87 patients with post-COVID condition, 50 patients with ME/CFS, and 50 healthy controls (HC). The hemodynamic autonomic function was evaluated using the deep breathing technique, Valsalva maneuver, and Tilt test.

Usefulness of thermography in the diagnosis and classification of complex regional pain syndrome.

Introduction: We propose a protocol for study of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) based on a battery of quantitative measures (skin thermography, electrochemical skin conductance and sensory thresholds) and apply such protocol to 5 representative cases of CRPS.

Patients And Methods: 5 CPRS cases (2 women/3 men) that met the Budapest criteria for the diagnosis of CRPS.

Results: All patients showed spontaneous pain and allodynia.

Brain fog of post-COVID-19 condition and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, same medical disorder?

Background: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is characterized by persistent physical and mental fatigue. The post-COVID-19 condition patients refer physical fatigue and cognitive impairment sequelae. Given the similarity between both conditions, could it be the same pathology with a different precipitating factor?

Objective: To describe the cognitive impairment, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and general symptomatology in both groups, to find out if it is the same pathology.

Usefulness of thermography in the diagnosis and classification of complex regional pain syndrome.

Introduction: We propose a protocol for study of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) based on a battery of quantitative measures (skin thermography, electrochemical skin conductance and sensory thresholds) and apply such protocol to 5 representative cases of CRPS.

Patients And Methods: 5 CPRS cases (2 women/3 men) that met the Budapest criteria for the diagnosis of CRPS.

Results: All patients showed spontaneous pain and allodynia.

Symptomatic intracranial embolic foreign-body reactions after endovascular neurointerventional procedures: A retrospective study in a tertiary hospital.

Introduction: Polymer-coats may peel-off the surface of catheters and devices during endovascular procedures and might lead to brain inflammatory foreign-body reactions.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective, descriptive, single-centre study including all patients with symptomatic intracranial oedematous and contrast-enhancing lesions after any neurointerventional procedure performed in our hospital between 2013 and 2019.

Results: From a total of 7446 neurointerventional procedures, 11 cases were identified (9 female, 2 male, median age 47 year-old), with an incidence of 0.