Updates in Traumatic Brain Injury, 2015. Joseph R. Shiber MD. Dr. Shiber is an Associate Professor of the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Surgical Critical Care; is the Co-Director of the Neuroscience ICU; and acts as a regular Intensivist in the SICU/TICU at the University of Florida College of Medicine. In this podcast, several clinical… Continue reading Nice lecture on TBI by Prof. Shiber
Be quiet and listen here. Visit neurotrauma.org.uk for more ! Podcasts/ videos from the october 15 Neurotrauma symposium in London. Several talks. 6 months. Nice.
Nice review article. Meng et al, USA. Journal og Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, 2015 Oct. Abstract available here.
“Scalp block with a mixture of lidocaine and ropivacaine seems to provide effective and safe anesthetic management in patients undergoing awake craniotomy.” Comment: Be aware of the doses of local anesthetics that you are using. Efficacy and Safety of a Lidocaine and Ropivacaine Mixture for Scalp Nerve Block and Local Infiltration Anesthesia in Patients Undergoing… Continue reading Local anesthetics and awake craniotomy.
“.. infusion of 2 ml kg(-1) during 20 min has a predictable and clinically significant beneficial effect on ICP and CPP.” Predictable reduction of intracranial hypertension with hypertonic saline hydroxyethyl starch: a prospective clinical trial in critically ill patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Bentsen et al, Norway. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 2004 Oct. Read the abstract here. Hypertonic… Continue reading SAH-patients: HyperHaes and reduction in ICP (2004)
Hemphill et al. Updated feb. 2015/ Literature review current through dec. 2015. Read this UpToDate here.
Vanilla et al. Updated sept. 2014/ Literature review current through dec. 2015. Read this UpToDate article here.
Hansebout et al. Updated Oct. 2014/ Literature review current through Dec. 2015. Read this UpToDate article here.
“Ideal intubation conditions should be obtained through the use of airway manipulation techniques and appropriate medication choice for rapid sequence intubation in patients who are neurologically injured.” Bucher et al, USA. Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015 Dec. Read the abstract here.
Read the full text article from D´Souza here. Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, 2015 Jul.
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