Artery of Percheron infarction as an unusual cause of coma: three cases and literature review.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little data exist regarding the practice of sodium management in acute neurologically injured patients. This study describes the practice variations, thresholds for treatment, and effectiveness of treatment in this population. METHODS:This retrospective, multicenter, observational study identified 400 ICU p...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Human T,Cook AM,Anger B,Bledsoe K,Castle A,Deen D,Gibbs H,Lesch C,Liang N,McAllen K,Morrison C,Parker D Jr,Rowe AS,Rhoney D,Sangha K,Santayana E,Taylor S,Tesoro E,Brophy G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improvements in technology play an important role in caring for critically ill patients. One example is the advance in ventilator design to facilitate triggering of mechanical breaths. Minimal changes in circuit flow unrelated to respiratory effort can trigger a ventilator breath and may mislead caregivers i...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： McGee WT,Mailloux P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemic stroke and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement are major causes of morbidity. The incidence and mortality associated with these events stratified by device type have not been systematically explored. METHODS:A systematic review of PubMed was condu...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Cho SM,Moazami N,Frontera JA

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphopenia is increasingly recognized as a consequence of acute illness and may predispose to infections. We investigated whether admission lymphopenia (AL) is associated with increased risk of infectious complications and poor outcome in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). METHODS:We...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Morotti A,Marini S,Jessel MJ,Schwab K,Kourkoulis C,Ayres AM,Gurol ME,Viswanathan A,Greenberg SM,Anderson CD,Goldstein JN,Rosand J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of clinical literature emphasizes the impact of cerebral edema in early brain injury following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Aneurysm rupture itself initiates global cerebral edema in up to two thirds of cases. Although cerebral edema is not a universal feature of aSAH, it portends a poor c...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Hayman EG,Wessell A,Gerzanich V,Sheth KN,Simard JM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:Infection is the most common complication of external ventricular drain (EVD) placement. National trends in the annual incidence of meningitis among patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who have undergone EVD placement have not been reported. METHODS:The Nationwide Inpatient Sample was used ...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Hoffman H,Jalal MS,Chin LS

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a devastating disease. Nimodipine is the only medical treatment shown to improve outcome of SAH patients. Human albumin (ALB) may exert neuroprotection in SAH. However, current usage of ALB in SAH is not known. We conducted an international survey of clinicians involved in th...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Suarez JI,Martin RH,Calvillo E,Zygun D,Flower O,Wong GK,Bershad EM,Venkatasubba Rao CP,Georgiadis A,Jichici D,Leroux PD

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is a frequent complication among spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) patients. This study was aimed at identifying in-hospital risk factors that predispose sICH patients to NP. METHODS:We identified 591 consecutive sICH subjects admitted to six tertiary care hospitals betwe...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Divani AA,Hevesi M,Pulivarthi S,Luo X,Souslian F,Suarez JI,Bershad EM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent and on going clinical research trials may indicate that the incidence of vasospasm is less in patients treated with lumbar drains following SAH than with patients treated with external ventricular drainage (EVD) alone. These studies have sparked interest in the more aggressive use of LDs in patients...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Hoekema D,Schmidt RH,Ross I

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are some intracranial insults which are associated with cardiac abnormalities. Studies of these abnormalities have never been carried out in elective intracranial neurosurgery for the removal of brain tumors. Our prospective study aims at quantifying serum cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and N-terminal pro-b...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Ruggieri F,Gemma M,Calvi MR,Nicelli E,Agarossi A,Beretta L

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been growing interest in the use of hypertonic sodium lactate (HSL) solution following traumatic brain injury (TBI) in humans. However, little is known about the effects of HSL on functional deficits with respect to the hyperosmotic nature of HSL. METHODS:We have compared the effects of HSL soluti...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Crespy T,Durost M,Fricault P,Lemasson B,Bouzat P,Barbier EL,Payen JF

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:An increasing number of patients receive antiplatelet therapy. Patients exposed to surgery while receiving platelet inhibitors hold an increased bleeding risk. Especially in neurosurgery and neurocritical care patients, bleeding and hematoma expansion are feared complications as even minor blee...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Andersen LK,Hvas AM,Hvas CL

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:In recent years, the noble gas argon (Ar) has been extensively studied for its organ protection properties. While mounting in vitro and in vivo evidence indicates that argon provides neuroprotection in ischemic brain injury, its neuroprotective potential in traumatic brain injury (TBI) has not been...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Creed J,Cantillana-Riquelme V,Yan BH,Ma S,Chu D,Wang H,Turner DA,Laskowitz DT,Hoffmann U

更新日期：2020-09-21 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：OBJECTIVE:To summarize trends in status epilepticus (SE) in the United States by age, race, sex, admission source, disposition, incidence rates, and mortality. METHODS:Data from US National Hospital Discharge Survey were used from 1979 to 2010 to identify discharges with SE and common etiologies and complications of S...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Dham BS,Hunter K,Rincon F

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hypothermic brain protection has been linked to how rapidly cooling is initiated and how quickly and uniformly the therapeutic hypothermic zone (THZ) is reached. The nasopharyngeal (NP) approach is uniquely suited for preferential brain cooling due to anatomic proximity to the cerebral circulation, caverno...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Wolfson MR,Malone DJ,Wu J,Hoffman J,Rozenberg A,Shaffer TH,Barbut D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no uniform definition for cerebral microdialysis (CMD) probe location with respect to focal brain lesions, and the impact of CMD-probe location on measured molecule concentrations is unclear. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed data of 51 consecutive subarachnoid hemorrhage patients with CMD-monito...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Kofler M,Gaasch M,Rass V,Schiefecker AJ,Ianosi B,Lindner A,Beer R,Stover JF,Rhomberg P,Pfausler B,Thomé C,Schmutzhard E,Helbok R

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocritical care relies on the continuous, real-time measurement of numerous physiologic parameters. While our capability to obtain such measurements from patients has grown markedly with multimodal monitoring in many neurologic or neurosurgical intensive care units (ICUs), our ability to transform the raw data into...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Sivaganesan A,Manley GT,Huang MC

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:This prospective consecutive double-blinded randomized study investigated the effect of prostacyclin on pressure reactivity (PR) in severe traumatic brain injured patients. Other aims were to describe PR over time and its relation to outcome. METHODS:Blunt head trauma patients, Glasgow coma scale ≤8, age 15...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Koskinen LO,Eklund A,Sundström N,Olivecrona M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumocephalus is commonly encountered after neurosurgical procedures but can also be caused by craniofacial trauma and tumors of the skull base and rarely, can occur spontaneously. Contributing factors for the development of pneumocephalus include head position, duration of surgery, nitrous oxide (N(2)O) an...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Schirmer CM,Heilman CB,Bhardwaj A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Altered mental status and more subtle cognitive and personality changes after traumatic brain injury (TBI) are pervasive problems in patients who survive initial injury. MRI is not necessarily part of the diagnostic evaluation of these patients. METHODS:Case report with relevant image and review of the li...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Hirsch KG,Hoesch RE

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Neuromuscular disorders increasingly are recognized as a complication in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and represent a common cause of prolonged ventilator dependency. The distinct syndromes of critical illness myopathy, prolonged neuromuscular blockade, and critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP) may arise ...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Gorson KC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Stress-induced hyperglycemia (SIH) is the relative transient increase in glucose during a critical illness such as intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and is likely to play an important role in the pathogenesis of remote diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) lesion (R-DWIL) in primary ICH. We sought to det...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Ye XH,Cai XL,Nie DL,Chen YJ,Li JW,Xu XH,Cai JS,Liu ZR,Yin XZ,Song SJ,Tong LS,Gao F

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sedation and therapeutic hypothermia (TH) delay neurological responses and might reduce the accuracy of clinical examination to predict outcome after cardiac arrest (CA). We examined the accuracy of quantitative pupillary light reactivity (PLR), using an automated infrared pupillometry, to predict outcome of...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Suys T,Bouzat P,Marques-Vidal P,Sala N,Payen JF,Rossetti AO,Oddo M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE:The pathophysiological mechanisms of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) and related seizures remain poorly understood. The prevalence and clinical significance of nonconvulsive seizures (NCSz) and related epileptiform patterns during continuous electroencephalography monitoring (CEEG) in PRE...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Bastide L,Legros B,Rampal N,Gilmore EJ,Hirsch LJ,Gaspard N

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several methods have been proposed to measure cerebrovascular autoregulation (CA) in traumatic brain injury (TBI), but the lack of a gold standard and the absence of prospective clinical data on risks, impact on care and outcomes of implementation of CA-guided management lead to uncertainty. AIM:To formulat...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Depreitere B,Citerio G,Smith M,Adelson PD,Aries MJ,Bleck TP,Bouzat P,Chesnut R,De Sloovere V,Diringer M,Dureanteau J,Ercole A,Hawryluk G,Hawthorne C,Helbok R,Klein SP,Neumann JO,Robba C,Steiner L,Stocchetti N,Tacc

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), pre-hospital markers of disease severity might be useful to potentially triage patients to undergo early interventions. OBJECTIVE:Here, we tested whether loss of consciousness (LOC) at the onset of ICH is associated with intraventricular hemorrhag...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Witsch J,Falcone GJ,Leasure AC,Matouk C,Endres M,Sansing L,Woo D,Sheth KN

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:To propose a novel definition for hydrocephalus growth and to further describe the association between hydrocephalus growth and poor outcome among patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). METHODS:We analyzed consecutive patients who presented within 6 h after ICH ictus between July 2011 and ...

journal_title：Neurocritical care

authors： Yang WS,Shen YQ,Zhang XD,Zhao LB,Wei X,Xiong X,Xie XF,Li R,Deng L,Li XH,Lv XN,Lv FJ,Li Q,Xie P

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00