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Common causes of ataxia
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Toxin ingestion Basilar artery migraine Seizure disorder Metabolic Brain tumours Hydrocephalus … Anticholinergic agents or muscle relaxants Essential oils, pine oil Complementary medicines Tumours Brain tumours …* Toxins* Tumours* Immune (eg ADEM)* Metabolic Infections Vascular (eg Stroke) Trauma Conversion disorder …
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Headache patterns
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Depression Somatisation Chronic progressive Tumour Benign intracranial hypertension Brain abcess …
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Ataxia
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Brain tumours Hydrocephalus Metabolic Nutritional Congenital malformations Hereditary ataxia Trauma …) Chronic Recurrent Post-infectious* Toxins* Tumours* Trauma* Metabolic Infections Vascular, may require … to medications Altered GCS or toxidrome Tumours Oedema Obstructive hydrocephalus Haemorrhage Acute or acute …
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Oncological emergencies: Hyperleukocytosis
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and infarction tumour lysis syndrome coagulopathy: disseminated intravascular coagulation The frequency … are bleeding or thrombosis. Organs most frequently affected are the brain and lung History Visual disturbance …
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Lumbar puncture
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scan does not exclude raised intracranial pressure (ICP) and brain herniation may occur even … rare) Spinal epidermoid tumour (extremely rare, significantly reduced risk using needle with stylet …) Brain herniation (extremely rare in the absence of contraindications above) Procedure Staff …
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Hypoglycaemia
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in children is a blood glucose level (BGL) low enough to cause signs and/or symptoms of impaired brain …, tumour, adrenal insufficiency * Accelerated starvation is a diagnosis of exclusion. It requires a history … causes of increased glucose demand eg sepsis, cardiac failure, tumour, trauma History Symptoms …
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Acquired torticollis
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tumours Dystonic syndromes (idiopathic spasmodic torticollis, drug reactions) Ocular dysfunction Benign …, Larsen syndrome, Marfan syndrome). See Cervical spine assessment CT neck and/or the brain if: associated …
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Death of a child
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tumour donation The families of some children with rare brain tumours may elect to have the child’s … is to confirm that there has been irreversible cessation of circulation or brain function It can be beneficial … tumour donated for research purposes after the child has died The child’s treating oncologist should …
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Blood product prescription
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Solid organ tumours 10 x 10 9 /L Tumour location (eg brain/bladder), risk of bleeding or risk of local … tumour invasion Individualised decision making (10-30 x 10 9 /L) Immune-mediated thrombocytopaenia (eg …
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Antifungal prophylaxis for children with cancer or undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplant
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Other brain tumours Hodgkin's lymphoma Management Investigations If a patient has a suspected IFI … autologous HSCT) Solid tumours (excluding autologous HSCT) Sporadic occurrence - Paediatric solid tumours …