Pressures, flow, and brain oxygenation during plateau waves of intracranial pressure.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A pretruncal subarachnoid hemorrhage has been accepted as a "benign" entity. Here we present two patients with delayed cerebral infarction following pretruncal subarachnoid hemorrhage. METHODS:Case report. RESULTS:Two patients with possible delayed cerebral infarction after pretruncal subarachnoid hemorrha...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Dupont SA,Rabinstein AA,Wijdicks EF,Lanzino G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The indications for bevacizumab (a vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor) have been expanded recently. Despite concerns for cerebrovascular events from bevacizumab treatment, detailed clinical and radiologic information are lacking. METHODS:Using the Mayo Clinic Rochester database (January 2006-Septe...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Seet RC,Rabinstein AA,Lindell PE,Uhm JH,Wijdicks EF

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review examines the available data on the use of osmotic agents in patients with head injury and ischemic stroke, summarizes the physiological effects of osmotic agents, and presents the leading hypotheses regarding the mechanism by which they reduce ICP. Finally, it addresses the validity of the following common...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Diringer MN,Zazulia AR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Acute bilateral acute carotid arteries occlusion is a very rare condition. We describe a patient with initial right middle cerebral artery syndrome who developed coma and quadriplegia 1 h after thrombolysis with intravenous tPA and was found to have bilateral cervical internal carotid artery occlusion. ...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Zubkov AY,Klassen BT,Burnett MS,Rabinstein AA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute liver failure (ALF), the abrupt loss of liver function in a patient without previous liver disease, remains a highly mortal condition. Patients with ALF often succumb to their liver injury after the development of cerebral edema, resulting in intracranial hypertension and brain herniation. While the management o...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Stravitz RT,Lee WM,Kramer AH,Kramer DJ,Hynan L,Blei AT

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Methylene blue (MB) infusion is frequently used to localize the parathyroid glands during parathyroidectomy and generally considered safe. Several recent reports suggest neurological toxicity and post-operative altered mental state typically after large dose infusions. The mechanism by which MB has neuroto...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Rowley M,Riutort K,Shapiro D,Casler J,Festic E,Freeman WD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of intensive care unit acquired weakness (ICUAW) is challenging. Pathogenesis of underlying critical illness polyneuromyopathy (CIPNM) remains incompletely understood. This exploratory study investigated whether longitudinal neuromuscular ultrasound examinations and cytokine analyses in correlation...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Fisse AL,May C,Motte J,Pedreiturria X,Breuer TGK,Schneider-Gold C,Marcus K,Gold R,Yoon MS,Pitarokoili K

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Direct invasive monitoring of brain tissue oxygenation (PbtO(2)) has been routinely utilized to predict cerebral ischemia and to prevent secondary injury in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and vasospasm secondary to subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The safety and utility of these devices in the pedi...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Allen BB,Hoffman CE,Traube CS,Weinstein SL,Greenfield JP

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Bacterial meningitis is associated with a high mortality and a high incidence of neurological sequelae. Parainfectious vasculitis leading to ischemic brain damage is a known complication of bacterial meningitis but its treatment is uncertain. METHODS AND RESULTS:We report the case of a 53-year-old man wit...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Pugin D,Copin JC,Goodyear MC,Landis T,Gasche Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Delayed ischemic deficit from vasospasm is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Although several treatment modalities have been used to reverse the deleterious effects of vasospasm, alternative therapies are needed, as conventional therapies are often ineffec...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Goodson K,Lapointe M,Monroe T,Chalela JA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dynamic testing of cerebral pressure autoregulation is more practical than static testing for critically ill patients. The process of cuff deflation is innocuous in the normal subject, but the systemic and cerebral effects of cuff deflation in severely head-injured patients have not been studied. The purpo...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Hlatky R,Valadka AB,Robertson CS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Takotsubo syndrome is a reversible neuromyocardial failure that has been thought to be related to an acute catecholamine toxicity of the myocardium brought upon by a stressful event. The neurocritical care unit population is particularly vulnerable for this condition given the acute presentation of neurologi...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Lemke DM,Hussain SI,Wolfe TJ,Torbey MA,Lynch JR,Carlin A,Fitzsimmons BF,Zaidat OO

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Identification of patients with posterior fossa infarction at risk for neurological deterioration remains a challenge. MRI-based assessments of MCA infarction can predict poor outcome. Similar quantitative imaging measures after cerebellar stroke have not been studied. We tested the hypothesis that MRI-based ...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Tchopev Z,Hiller M,Zhuo J,Betz J,Gullapalli R,Sheth KN

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Several studies have been performed to assess the prognostic value of early neurological and neurophysiological findings in patients with postanoxic coma, but they have not led to precise, generally accepted, prognostic rules. This study was performed to assess whether it is possible to create a prognostic...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Roest A,van Bets B,Jorens PG,Baar I,Weyler J,Mercelis R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A 38-year-old man with severe head trauma complicated by paroxysmal severe intracranial pressure elevation associated with tachypnea, tachycardia, diaphoresis, and extensor posturing was diagnosed as suffering from paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia (PAID). These events were unresponsive to sta...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Goddeau RP Jr,Silverman SB,Sims JR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stroke due to occlusion of the artery of Percheron (AOP), an uncommon anatomic variant supplying the bilateral medial thalami, may raise diagnostic challenges and cause life-threatening symptoms. Our objective here was to detail the features and outcomes in three patients who required intensive care unit (ICU...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Zappella N,Merceron S,Nifle C,Hilly-Ginoux J,Bruneel F,Troché G,Cordoliani YS,Bedos JP,Pico F,Legriel S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The incidence of spinal epidural abscesses (SEAs) is rising. Although increased awareness has led to decreased mortality, morbidity remains unacceptably high, with rapid deterioration of neurological status when there is a delay in initiation of treatment. Therefore, we need to build a better understanding...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Kumar K,Hunter G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, continuous electroencephalographic monitoring (cEEG) is the only available diagnostic tool for continuous monitoring of brain function in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Yet, the exact relevance of routinely applied ICU cEEG remains unclear, and information on the implementation of cEEG, espec...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Hilkman DMW,van Mook WNKA,Mess WH,van Kranen-Mastenbroek VHJM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Animal studies suggested that cerebral mitochondrial cardiolipin phospholipids were released after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), contributing to the pathogenesis of thromboembolism. OBJECTIVES:To determine the incidence of anti-cardiolipin antibodies after severe TBI and whether this was related to t...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Kalgudi S,Ho KM

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The primary objectives of this study were to identify patient and community benefits of mandatory intensivist management in a neurocritical care (NCC) unit. Our hospital recently mandated intensivist management for patients admitted to the NCC unit. As one of the only comprehensive stroke centers in Orlando,...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Rodricks MB,Hawkins SE,Anderson GA,Basignani C,Tuppeny M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Malignant cerebral edema develops in a small subset of patients with hemispheric strokes, precipitating deterioration and death if decompressive hemicraniectomy (DHC) is not performed in a timely manner. Predicting which stroke patients will develop malignant edema is imprecise based on clinical data alone...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Foroushani HM,Hamzehloo A,Kumar A,Chen Y,Heitsch L,Slowik A,Strbian D,Lee JM,Marcus DS,Dhar R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Point-of-care ultrasound of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) to diagnose increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is of great interest in various clinical scenarios. Yet, the lack of examination standardization has made clinical utility difficult. We compare three ultrasound ocular plane views (inferior...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Raval R,Shen J,Lau D,Ferguson N,Kelly T,Daniels J,Dorotta I,Ramsingh D

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hematoma expansion after acute intracerebral hemorrhage occurs most frequently in patients presenting within 3 h of symptom onset. However, the majority of patients present outside this window or with an unknown onset time. We investigated the prevalence of hematoma expansion in these patients and assessed t...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Brouwers HB,Falcone GJ,McNamara KA,Ayres AM,Oleinik A,Schwab K,Romero JM,Viswanathan A,Greenberg SM,Rosand J,Goldstein JN

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To describe a case of auto-immune encephalitis in an adolescent with favorable outcome despite prolonged status epilepticus. METHODS:A 17 year old Asian man without previous medical history developed alteration of consciousness and partial seizures. The diagnosis of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor enceph...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Finné Lenoir X,Sindic C,van Pesch V,El Sankari S,de Tourtchaninoff M,Denays R,Hantson P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke is common after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) monitoring is often employed to identify vasospasm and allow intervention to avoid infarction. The required duration of monitoring has not been established. We aim to determine if 10 days of TCD monitoring...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Miller CM,Palestrant D,Schievink WI,Alexander MJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Target blood pressure (BP) in stable (non-hypotensive) patients with acute isolated blunt traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (TICH) is unknown. To address this issue, our study correlated BP with radiological volumetric progression (RP) and neurological deterioration (ND) in these patients. METHODS:A retrosp...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Bugaev N,Al-Hazmi M,Allcorn M,Arabian SS,Riesenburger R,Safain M,Burke S,Colangelo A,Rabinovici R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports an unusual case of a syphilitic gumma with a clinical and radiographical presentation initially suggestive of glioblastoma multiforme. Pathological evaluation was essential in establishing the diagnosis of neurosyphilis and in excluding neoplastic involvement. Cerebral gumma should be considered a...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Ances BM,Danish SF,Kolson DL,Judy KD,Liebeskind DS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced hemodynamic monitoring is necessary for many patients with acute brain and/or spinal cord injury. Optimizing cerebral and systemic physiology requires multi-organ system function monitoring. Hemodynamic manipulations are cardinal among interventions to regulate cerebral perfusion pressure and cerebral blood f...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Lazaridis C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Levetiracetam (LEV) is used in the setting of acute brain injury for seizure treatment or prophylaxis but its safety and efficacy in this setting is unknown. METHOD:We retrospectively analyzed the patterns of use and safety/efficacy of LEV in 379 patients treated in the neuroscience intensive care unit (N...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Szaflarski JP,Meckler JM,Szaflarski M,Shutter LA,Privitera MD,Yates SL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Relative adrenal insufficiency has been shown to occur in the settings of critical illness and septic shock, impairing the body's ability to respond to stress. Studies have demonstrated that the treatment of adrenal insufficiency (AI) results in shock reversal, hemodynamic stability, and a subsequent decre...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Weant KA,Sasaki-Adams D,Kilpatrick M,Hadar EJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00