Author: andersfeyling

Basic Sciences & Physiology · Neurocritical Care · Neuroprotection · Neurotrauma · Traumatic Brain Injury

Rethinking Neuroprotection in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Toward Bedside Neuroprotection

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Summer is in its last month so it’s time to get back to the NeuroScand grind. And we do so with this article by Zoerle and colleagues (among whom we can count Dr. Nino Stocchetti), published in July in Frontiers in Neurology. “Rethinking Neuroprotection in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Toward Bedside Neuroprotection” starts off by… Continue reading Rethinking Neuroprotection in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Toward Bedside Neuroprotection

Cervical Spine Injury · Neurotrauma · Thoracolumbar Spine Injury

SJTREM – Mortality Due to Traumatic SCI in Europe

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This article, recently published by Majdan et al in the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, provides an important collection of mortality data for traumatic spinal cord injury from all over Europe. Very few earlier studies have managed to offer such a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology of tSCI. This underscores its importance and makes… Continue reading SJTREM – Mortality Due to Traumatic SCI in Europe

Acute Cerebrovascular Conditions · Anaesthetic Agents · Ischaemic Stroke · Neuroanaesthesia · Sedation

AnStroke Trial: Anaesthesia vs. Sedation for Endovascular Treatment of Ischemic Stroke

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Does choice of anaesthetic approach have an impact on neurological outcomes in stroke patients? This article, recently published in Stroke, examines outcomes in patients undergoing endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke, randomised to either conscious sedation or general anaesthesia. Retrospective material till now has suggested poorer outcomes in patients subjected to full anaesthesia when compared… Continue reading AnStroke Trial: Anaesthesia vs. Sedation for Endovascular Treatment of Ischemic Stroke

Conferences · NeuroScand Update · Neurotrauma

First Nordic Neurotrauma Conference in Lund – Be There!

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The Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee is arranging their very first Nordic neurotrauma event. It will take place November 13-15th in Lund, Sweden. This multidisciplinary conference features a range of relevant lectures relating to head and spinal injury, suited to clinicians and researchers alike. Expect to meet a nice mix neurosurgeons, anaesthetists and intensivists. We´re going to… Continue reading First Nordic Neurotrauma Conference in Lund – Be There!

Conferences · NeuroScand Update · Neurotrauma

NeuroScand at SAM 2017

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Neuroscand’s Anders is attending Skandinavisk Akuttmedisin (Scandinavian Emergency Medicine) 2017 at Thon Airport hotel in Oslo. We were lucky enough to be invited to present our FOAMed experiences alongside brilliant speakers, such as Lars Didrik Flingtorp from NAKOS (nakos.no) and Niklas Jonsson (traumarummet.se and hemodynamik.se) from Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm. The talks were followed… Continue reading NeuroScand at SAM 2017

Acute Cerebrovascular Conditions · Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

SJTREM – Prehospital CT for Diagnosing SAH

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Recently published in the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine by Hov et al. This article relays two case reports on successful diagnosis of SAH in a prehospital setting using a mobile CT unit. As the article reveals, this could entail significantly shortened time to meaningful intervention at a neurosurgical center, especially in… Continue reading SJTREM – Prehospital CT for Diagnosing SAH

Neurocritical Care · Traumatic Brain Injury

Critical Care Reviews 2017 – The Book

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The always relevant Critical Care Reviews guys have released a complete set of all their reviews published in the last year. The whole book can be downloaded for free at criticalcarereviews.com. Several key neuro-specific trials have been included and reviewed, such as RescueICP, HYBERNATUS, PATCH, ATACH II among others. As usual, CCR provide succinct and precise analyses of the… Continue reading Critical Care Reviews 2017 – The Book