Neurocritical Care, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

1st Edition, Volume 39-1 - November 6, 2022
Editors: Lori Shutter, Deepa Malaiyandi
Language: English
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In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editors Drs. Lori Shutter and Deepa Malaiyandi bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Neurocritical Care, a rapidly growing specialty of complex care. Top experts in the field provide up-to-date articles on important clinical trials and evidence-based care of the critically ill patient with neurological injury.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Preface
The History of Neurocritical Care as a Subspecialty
Key points
Introduction
Historical review
Summary
Clinics care points
Quality Improvement in Neurocritical Care
Key points
Introduction
Definitions
Discussion
Future developments
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Neurocritical Care Education in the United States
Key points
Introduction
History of education in neurocritical care
Current state of neurocritical care education
Future directions
Summary
Clinics care points
Neurocritical Care Research: Collaborations for Curing Coma
Key points
What are coma and disorders of consciousness?
The current conceptions of disorders of consciousness
Gaps in our knowledge that are amenable to further research
Neurocritical Care Aspects of Ischemic Stroke Management
Key points
Introduction
General supportive care
Management of specific complications
Surgical methods
Summary paragraph
Clinics care points
Advances in Intracranial Hemorrhage: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Key points
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Status Epilepticus: A Neurologic Emergency
Key points
Introduction
Pathophysiology and criteria
Epidemiology
Initial treatment
Second-line intermittent antiseizure drugs
Refractory status epilepticus
Diagnostic evaluation
Specific populations
Status epilepticus complicating acquired brain injury
Summary
Clinics care points
Neurotrauma and Intracranial Pressure Management
Key points
Introduction
Basic physiological concepts
Intracranial pressure threshold
Neuroprotection: Keeping the Brain Happy
Limitations of intracranial pressure management, cerebral oxygenation monitoring and multimodality monitoring: expanding our understanding of brain physiology
Osmotherapy
Summary
Clinics care points
Supplementary data
Neuromuscular Weakness in Intensive Care
Key points
Introduction
Evaluation/approach
Complications and concerns
Future directions
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Neuroprognostication
Key points
Introduction
Current approaches to prognostication
Bias, heuristics, and the self-fulfilling prophecy
What surrogates need
Uncertainty
Statistical prediction models for prognostication
Barriers to communication
Shared decision-making and prognostication
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Neurocritical Care in the General Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Neuropharmacology in the Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Analgesia
Sedatives
Hyperosmolar therapy
Anticoagulant/antiplatelet reversal and hemostatic agents
Antiseizure medications
Antishivering agents
Vasoactive agents
Immunosuppressant therapies
Summary
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Brain Death/Death by Neurological Criteria: International Standardization and the World Brain Death Project
Key points
Introduction
Development of the World Brain Death Project
Possible ambiguities and complications in brain death determination
Summary
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Physiological Monitoring in Patients with Acute Brain Injury: A Multimodal Approach
Key points
Introduction
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Science in Neurocritical Care
Key points
Introduction
Big data science for early diagnosis/detection of pathologic condition
Big data and artificial intelligence for prediction of events and outcomes
Big data and artificial intelligence for neuroprognostication
Big data and artificial intelligence for precision in individual patient or disease trajectory
Limitations and challenges
Clinics care points

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