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Epilepsia/história , Cristianismo/história , Epilepsia/etiologia , Europa (Continente) , História do Século XV , História do Século XVI , História do Século XVII , História do Século XVIII , História do Século XIX , História Antiga , História Medieval , Humanos , Magia/história , Convulsões/história , Estado Epiléptico/históriaRESUMO
The appropriate starting point for a history of neurocritical care is a matter of debate, and the organization of facts and conjectures about it must be somewhat arbitrary. Intensive care for neurosurgical patients dates back to the work of Walter Dandy at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1930s; many consider his creation of a special unit for their postoperative care to be the first real ICU. The genesis of neurocritical care begins in prehistory, however. This article gives a predominantly North American history, with some brief forays into the rest of the world community of neurointensivists.
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Cuidados Críticos/história , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/história , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/terapia , Neurologia/história , Reanimação Cardiopulmonar/história , Coma/história , Coma/terapia , Traumatismos Craniocerebrais/história , Traumatismos Craniocerebrais/fisiopatologia , Traumatismos Craniocerebrais/terapia , Cuidados Críticos/métodos , Egito , Europa (Continente) , História do Século XVI , História do Século XVIII , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , História Antiga , Humanos , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva/história , Pressão Intracraniana , Neurologia/métodos , Poliomielite/história , Poliomielite/terapia , Insuficiência Respiratória/história , Insuficiência Respiratória/terapia , Estado Epiléptico/história , Estado Epiléptico/terapia , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/história , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/terapia , Trepanação/história , Estados UnidosRESUMO
This article describes the diary of a man from 19th-century England (1829-1834) that documents the onset and course of his wife's epilepsy after a stroke. Her stroke produced aphasia and right hemiparesis, but her epilepsy was the diary's focus and caused the greatest concern. The diary documents the history of her epilepsy in detail. In addition to tonic-clonic seizures, she experienced frequent bouts of status epilepticus and complex partial seizures. The diary contains some of the earliest recorded descriptions of status epilepticus and its aftermath of delirium, mood disorder, and hysteria. It also offers some of the earliest and most detailed accounts of complex partial seizures. Bleeding by cupping was the only symptomatic or prophylactic treatment recorded. These aspects of the diary are presented, as are the historical perspectives on epilepsy, including early beliefs and stigmas, therapeutic remedies, and early European views of epilepsy.