Letters to the Editor
Frontiers in Detecting Consciousness: The Growing Use of EEG Analysis
Dear Editors: There is growing scientific interest regarding the use of electroencephalogram (EEG) and multivariate analysis as a means to classify states of consciousness. A recent work assessed the validity of 28 potential EEG markers of consciousness, using the Disorders of Consciousness (DoC)-Forest (the name of the algorithm) tool, to establish states of awareness in […]
Role of Norepinephrine in Schizophrenia: An Old-fashioned but New Story from Emergency Medicine
Dear Editor: A number of hypotheses have been put forth regarding the etiology of schizophrenia, including dopamine hypothesis and glutamate hypothesis.1 However, a lesser known theory is that elevated norepinephrinergic signaling plays a causative role in schizophrenia.2 We treated a patient with septic shock schizophrenia who developed delusions and hallucinations following continuous norepinephrine infusion. This […]
