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Ram Kumar @ram16k

Consultant paediatric neurologist UK. #Paediatrics, #neurology, #CerebralPalsy, #brain injury, #spasticity, #epilepsy, #migraine, #sleep. Nerd.

Joined September 2012
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Ram Kumar@ram16k
15 Apr 2013
I've put some stuff on predicting outcomes of head injury in children, on my site: bit.ly/ReadingTeaLeaves , prognostication in general.
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Ram Kumar@ram16k
5 Apr 2013
bit.ly/SimplyNuts reduce stroke with extra virgin olive oil 1 litre per week and/or 30g mixed nuts a day. Surprisingly reduces BP.
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Ram Kumar@ram16k
4 Apr 2013
Holiday in Turkey = 4) being a nerd, reading up on recent research papers, writing stuff at 23 degrees, sunshine, sea and Mount Olympos.
Ram Kumar@ram16k
4 Apr 2013
On holiday in Turkey = 2) catching up with Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking Fast and Slow". "Thinking" = lazy, usually wrong "gut instinct".
Ram Kumar@ram16k
4 Apr 2013
On holiday in Turkey = 1) catching up with reading late outcomes of prefrontal brain injury in young children.bit.ly/EBIFrontalLobes
Ram Kumar@ram16k
30 Mar 2013
Persistent neonatal encephalopathy burst-suppression, not NKH. It's time for the pyridoxal biotin folinic acid thiamine combo again.
Ram Kumar@ram16k
29 Mar 2013
This one came up on my blind side: "Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing". How do eye movements reduce the memory of nasty events?
Ram Kumar@ram16k
28 Mar 2013
Done some reading on long-term outcomes of early brain injury involving the frontal lobes. A readable one is bit.ly/FrontalLobeKids
Ram Kumar@ram16k
27 Mar 2013
Settled on a stepped wedge, non-randomised design for pilot telemedicine project. Not sure how to analyse results of a stepped wedge method.
Ram Kumar@ram16k
26 Mar 2013
Seeing if I can get off my on-call to go on a jolly to Duesseldorf in May. Work-related honest guv, to do with deep brain stimulation.
Ram Kumar@ram16k
25 Mar 2013
Checking out the general behavioural phenotype of MC4R gene early obesity syndrome: is there general hyperactivity not just overeating?
Ram Kumar@ram16k
24 Mar 2013
Checking out impairments after infantile ependymoma, related to high dose radiotherapy vs those aspects related to "aggressive" surgery.
Ram Kumar@ram16k
23 Mar 2013
It's been a cerebellar fortnight. Did I tweet about Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome recently? Looked up if facial lymphoedema associated.
Ram Kumar@ram16k
22 Mar 2013
Interesting one: Sjoegren's serology, sensory neuropathy ( some motor), no keratoconjunctivitis sicca but has thrombocytopoenic purpura.
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Ram Kumar@ram16k
19 Mar 2013
bit.ly/NotBoringReally is our work on decision analysis tool in posterior fossa tumour surgery complications. It's not dull, honest.
Ram Kumar@ram16k
17 Mar 2013
Reversible encephalopathy syndrome with intractable seizures hypertension RASopathy. Renal artery stenosis?
Ram Kumar@ram16k
17 Mar 2013
Carney complex and idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Confusing literature on role of Cushing's disease and IIH - occurs after treatment?
Ram Kumar@ram16k
16 Mar 2013
Looked up Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase 2 deficiency in setting of pain after prolonged aerobic exercise. Why does it come on with age?
Ram Kumar@ram16k
14 Mar 2013
The theme this week has been mostly about ataxia in young children. Actually we've almost finished a 2 year study of ataxia - coming soon...
Ram Kumar@ram16k
13 Mar 2013
Rhomboencephalosynapsis or Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome. Another cerebellar vermian disorder. Checking out if epilepsy is a problem.
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