The Moldovan Medical Journal: Recent submissions

  • Nonconvulsive status epilepticus – a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge 
    Munteanu, Cristina (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is certainly an underdiagnosed pathology with chameleonic presentation. NCSE represents a persistent change in the level of consciousness, behavior, autonomic function, ...
  • Comorbidities and cognitive decline: relations and interactions in stroke patients 
    Melnic, Adrian; Pascal, Oleg (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: Cognitive decline in stroke patients represents a common issue that can result in poor rehabilitation outcomes and require bigger resources from healthcare systems. Although cognitive conditions can be regarded ...
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of refractory and superrefractory status epilepticus 
    Racila, Renata; Ciolac, Dumitru; Leahu, Pavel; Groppa, Stanislav (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background. Pharmacological treatment of Refractory status epilepticus (RSE) and Super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) remains a challenge, while transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is one of non-pharmacological ...
  • Neuroimaging in patients with epilepsy 
    Dragan, Diana; Groppa, Stanislav (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: Recent advances in neuroimaging have significantly changed the clinical approach to patients with epilepsy. Structural neuroimaging may be able to identify prognostic features in patients more likely to respond ...
  • Stroke or not? Stroke mimics and chameleons: uncommon presentations of a common disorder 
    Gasnas, Alexandru; Groppa, Stanislav (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: Up to 30% of suspected stroke presentations will subsequently have a different diagnosis. Two scenarios must be considered: a false positive “mimic”, and a false negative “chameleon”. Also, contemporary brain ...
  • Correlation between neurological impairment and liver status in Wilson’s disease 
    Țurcanu, Adela; Sacară, Victoria; Cumpătă, Veronica; Tcaciuc, Eugen; Lisnic, Vitalie (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: The most widely recognized aspect of the neuro-hepatic relation is hepatic encephalopathy, in which neurotransmission in the brain is altered. Of course, there are many conditions that affect both the liver ...
  • Neurogenetic aspects in men with Klinefelter’s syndrome 
    Racovita, Stela; Hadjiu, Svetlana; Revenco, Ninel; Calcii, Cornelia; Cuznet, Ludmila; Griu, Corina; Feghiu, Ludmila; Lupușor, Nadejda; Sprincean, Mariana (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: Klinefelter’s syndrome (KS) is the presence of one or more supernumerary X chromosomes. The aim was the investigation of the cytogenetic variant in men with KS, for the assessment of neurological phenotypes. Material ...
  • Clinical features of cerebral venous thrombosis based on a series of 50 cases 
    Cojocaru, Lidia; Oloeri, Mihai; Manole, Elena; Odainic, Olesea (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is responsible for approximately 1% of all strokes. Diagnosis is often delayed due to nonspecific clinical features and the subacute course of the disease. We aimed to analyze ...
  • Cerebral venous thrombosis after COVID-9 infection: case report 
    Cazacu, Cristina; Caliga, Ioana; Moldovanu, Ion; Odobescu, Stela; Rotaru, Lilia; Corcea, Galina; Manole, Elena; Grosu, Oxana (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: Cerebral venous thrombosis is a stroke that affects the veins and sinuses of the brain and could be promoted by para-meningeal and systemic infections, like COVID-19. Material and methods: case report ...
  • The evolution peculiarities of neural axis congenital malformations: clinical case 
    Timirgaz, Valeriu; Litovcenco, Anatol; Scutaru, Vadim; Scutaru, Rodica (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: The development of malformation of the Central Nervous System and Spinal Neural Axis are some of the most common congenital malformations of the nervous system, usually with a progressive evolution and require ...
  • 3D segmentation for neurosurgical preoperative planning: case series report 
    Andrușca, Alexandru; Andronachi, Victor; Galearschi, Vasile; Zapuhlîh, Grigore (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: In Neurosurgery, 3D technology has emerged as a technique with the potential to provide detailed information on the threedimensional orientation of objects within the surgical site before surgery. These models ...
  • Epileptic encephalopathy with CSWS: clinical case 
    Mirzac, Daniela; Chiosa, Vitalie; Groppa, Stanislav (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: Continuous spike-wave of sleep syndrome (CSWS), according to the ILAE, is characterized by epileptic seizures, neurocognitive deterioration, and specific EEG changes, mainly affects girls (40/60 ratio) between ...
  • Efficacy of transcranial motor-evoked potentials in avoiding the postoperative neurologic deficit for brain tumors with allocation in eloquent regions 
    Antoci, Igor; Galearschi, Vasile (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: Motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) are the well proven method to assess the descending motor pathways and detect neurological impairment. Muscle action potentials of the upper or lower limbs are the responses to ...
  • Prevalence of polyneuropathy in patients with Parkinson`s disease in Germany 
    Sajin, Valeria; Kolbe, Martin; Jahnke, Uwe (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: The prevalence of the peripheral neuropathy (PN) is of 4.2 – 8% in those over 65 y.o. In patients with the Parkinson’s disease (PD) a PN – prevalence of 34.2 – 55% was reported. Low vitamin B12-blood level was ...
  • Percutaneous discectomy in lumbar disc herniation treatment 
    Mindrigan, Eugeniu; Moraru, Vladimir; Galearschi, Vasile; Zapuhlih, Grigore (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: Multiple surgical treatment methods of a disc herniation are known our days but some controversies may occur in the individual selection of the operation type. In spite of the registered successes in degenerative ...
  • Overlap mechanisms of transient global amnesia and COVID-19 infection: review 
    Vasilieva, Maria; Gasnas, Alexandru; Bejenari, Irina; Vasilieva, Irina; Manea, Diana; Groppa, Stanislav (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: An increasing number of patients with Transient Global Amnesia (TGA) was reported during the COVID-19 pandemics. However, there are limited data on the mechanisms of TGA linked with this infection. The aim of ...
  • Autonomic evoked potential indices in children with cerebellar tumors 
    Litovcenco, Anatolii; Lacusta, Victor; Hadjiu, Svetlana; Griu, Corina; Bordeniuc, Gheorghe (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: The cerebellum is an important cerebral structure in autonomic homeostasis maintenance. In patients with cerebellar tumors following the dislocation of brain structures, various autonomic disorders occur, ...
  • Paroxismal disorders in children with cerebellar tumors 
    Lacusta, Victor; Litovcenco, Anatolii; Griu, Corina (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: The cerebellum is involved in the pathogenesis of epileptic and non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders. Cerebellar lesions or the removal of cerebellar structures leads to a decreased effectiveness of antiparoxysmal ...
  • Malnutrition impact on stroke outcome: an analysis of a patient cohort 3 months after recanalization treatment 
    Concescu, Diana; Bruandet, Marie; Beaussier, Hélène; Zuber, Mathieu (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: Malnutrition is thought to affect 30% to 70% of hospitalized patients. Little is known about consequences of undernutrition during the acute phase of stroke. We would like to assess the impact of pre-infarction ...
  • Institute of Emergency Medicine experience in the endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke 
    Groppa, Stanislav; Bodiu, Adrian; Peciul, Adrian; Glavan, Danu; Tcaci, Vlad; Barat, Sorin; Smolnitchii, Roman; Cerevan, Eugen; Manica, Stefan; Starostin, Dumitru; Ropot, Doina (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2021)
    Background: Mechanical thrombectomy is the method of choice and can be the only useful method in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke caused by large vessel occlusions. Mechanical thrombectomy has been used in the ...

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