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Fresh off the Press: The Long Awaited 2nd Edition of Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

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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

Acute Cerebrovascular Conditions · European Guidelines · Intracerebral Haemorrhage · Ischaemic Stroke · Neurocritical Care · Neurotrauma · Traumatic Brain Injury · UK Guidelines

Joint AAGBI & NACCS Guidelines on Safe Transfer of the Brain Injured Patient

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In December 2019 the Association of Anaesthetists and the Neuro Anaesthesia and Critical Care Society and the Neuro Anaesthesia and Critical Care Society published their joint guidelines on how to safely transfer patients with acute brain injury to the appropriate level of care. Focusing on TBI and stroke-related brain injury, this consensus document outlines both… Continue reading Joint AAGBI & NACCS Guidelines on Safe Transfer of the Brain Injured Patient

Acute Cerebrovascular Conditions · European Guidelines · Fluid Management · Haemodynamics · Osmotherapy · Subarachnoid Haemorrhage · Traumatic Brain Injury

Fluid Therapy in Neurointensive Care patients – An ESICM Recommendation

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Just published: the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine´s consensus document on fluid administration in the NICU. It covers all manner of neurocritical conditions and sums up the available evidence for various fluid therapy approaches. As expected there are few recommendations that aren´t already well established and by now fairly uncontroversial (multimodal monitoring, avoiding colloids,… Continue reading Fluid Therapy in Neurointensive Care patients – An ESICM Recommendation

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Guideline for Reversal of Antithrombotics in Intracranial Hemorrhage

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This guideline, issued jointly by the Neurocritical Care Society and Society of Critical Care Medicine and published in Neurocrit Care December 2015, provides timely and evidence-based reversal strategies to assist practitioners in the care of patients with antithrombotic-associated intracranial hemorrhage. Read the statement here. Best regards, Riikka Takala.