What's the difference between apoplectiform and apoplectoid?
Apoplectiform
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Apoplectoid
Example Sentences:
(1) Apart from the classical clinical pictures (PP and T. d.) meningovascular courses of disease with apoplectiform onset have been dominant since 1980.
(2) angiomas, primary and secondary "apoplectiform" brain tumors).
(3) The Authors report a case of acute, apoplectiform, multiple sclerosis, with right hemiparesis and severe motor dysphasia.
(4) Our observations indicate that attention should be paid primarily to the following, in the sequence given, when applying intensive therapy to patients suffering from apoplectiform phenomena of cerebro-vascular insufficiency: keep the respiratory passages open, prevent inflammatory processes, especially bronchopneumonia, give an optimum supply of calories, water and electrolyte to patients in the comatose state, compensate for disturbances in the central regulation of respiration and circulation, combat disturbances of the acid-base balance and prevent cerebral oedema and hyperthermia from central causes.
(5) On the basis of ultrasound signs of adrenal haemorrhages the authors distinguish three groups, namely, cortical, medullar and apoplectiform haemorrhages.
(6) Apoplectiform incidents, particularly in young patients, can be an exceptional problem for neurologists and internists, even when every technical aid for diagnosis is available.
(7) 8% of the cranial meningiomas show an apoplectiform course (mostly steal effects).
(8) In the remaining 19 patients the course appeared to be less threatening and generally of an apoplectiform type.