Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn more about the use of EEG for anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. The Safe Brain Initiative invites nurses and doctors to a one-day basic training course with lectures and workshops, held at Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål 11 April 2024. Enrol here.
It’s been a while since I posted on NeuroScand, and I promise to get back to regular updates on what’s been going on in the world of all things neuro. In the meantime, I thought I would encourage you to take advantage of the gradual reopening we have all been waiting for. And what better… Continue reading Upcoming Events 2022 – Don’t Miss Out
The much anticipated results of the Hypothermia versus Normothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (TTM 2) trial were finally published in the New England Journal of Medicine on June 17th, to the fanfare that tends to surround trials of this magnitude and importance. Let’s dive right into the nuts and bolts of it: TTM 2 follows… Continue reading TTM 2 – No Longer Cool to Cool?
In this post, my first one for 2021, I was lucky enough to be able to choose between a number of great recent publications. Unable to decide, I ended up including them all in one go. As they all centre around a common theme of ICP and haemodynamics, lumping them together didn’t seem entirely illogical.… Continue reading January Roundup: Selected Articles on ICP, Haemodynamic Targets in Acute Brain Injury
Following the recent publication of a systematic review and meta-analysis by Al Lawati et al. on TXA in traumatic brain injury (showing no discernible benefit from TXA, yet suggesting no harm), the debate surrounding the findings of the CRASH-3 trial has been treated to another revival. In this editorial in Intensive Care Medicine Dr Andrew… Continue reading CRASH 3 Debate Continues – TXA in TBI: systematic review and meta-analysis trumps a large RCT? A Sobering Editorial by Maas et al.
This recently published open-access article by Robba et al delves into the retrospective monitoring data on 70 TBI patients. The patients in the cohort were all monitored comprehensively, providing the investigators with continuous data on PbtO2, ICP and CPP, as well as on relevant respiratory indices. They found a statistically significant link between lung function… Continue reading Lung Injury Is a Predictor of Cerebral Hypoxia and Mortality in Traumatic Brain Injury – Retrospective Study
The first edition of this comprehensive guide to the treatment of severe TBI was originally published in 2012, based entirely on editorial contributions from Nordic researchers and clinicians. It has proven to be a very useful and popular reference tool for professionals working with TBI. After an extensive review of all the relevant topics, the… Continue reading Fresh off the Press: The Long Awaited 2nd Edition of Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
There has been a recent important update to the Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines regarding decompressive craniectomy for intractable intracranial hypertension, published in Neurosurgery. The latest iteration of the BTF guidelines from 2016 was released prior to the publication of the RESCUEicp study, as well as the 12 month outcome data from the DECRA trial. With… Continue reading BTF guidelines – Decompressive Craniectomy Update
Do you work in a centre that manages head injuries in paediatric patients? The SHIPP trial is a pragmatic, prospective, multicentre study for the validation of the Scandinavian guidelines for minor and moderate head trauma in children. Currently the trial group is actively recruiting participant centres in Scandinavia. Any centre in Norway, Finland, Sweden or… Continue reading The SHIPP Study: Scandinavian Head Injury Trial in Paediatric Patients
The Seattle International Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Consensus Conference (SIBICC) recently released a superb article detailing the recommended treatment approach in TBI-patients with both cerebral tissue oximetry and ICP-monitoring. It provides an easy-to-follow and logical multi-tier algorithm for addressing various combinations of ICP/PbtO2 abnormalities. As such it offers a guidance document for clinical care that… Continue reading SIBICC: Management Algorithm for TBI-patients with both PbtO2 and ICP-monitoring
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