NEUROSCIENCE

Neurodiagnostics tests are carried out when a patient suffers from the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) related diseases. The two types of neurodiagnostic testing: imaging tests or scans (x-ray, CT scan, MRI scan, PET scan) and electrical impulse detection (EEG, EMG). Neurodiagnostics helps to record, monitor, and analyze nervous system function in order to promote the effective treatment of pathologic conditions. Neurological abnormalities are a major cause of morbidity in patients with renal failure. The pathophysiology of these neurological changes is unclear, and the effects on them of dialysis and return of renal function have not been well studied. Studies were done in 31 patients who had acute renal failure (ARF), all of whom were either treated with dialysis within 5 days or did not survive. Studies on these patients included the electroencephalogram (EEG), motor nerve conduction velocity, and plasma Ca++ and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. Studi