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.
Systematic review, Cochrane march 2016. Li et al. Intraoperative mild hypothermia for postoperative neurological deficits in people with intracranial aneurysm. The authors did not identify any reliable evidence to support the routine use of intraoperative mild hypothermia. Read more here.
Immediate apnea after acute head trauma is a concept that has received renewed focus lately. BIA/IBA (Brain Impact Apnea or as some call it, Impact Brain Apnea) was described in animal models as far back as 1874 by Koch and Filehne (1). A number of subsequent studies (2-5) have established a clear link between severity of impact and duration of… Continue reading Brain Impact Apnea
I´m at Sundvolden presenting Neuroscand and a TBI-lecture for the Neuroclinic, Oslo university hospital. Thank you for inviting me.
Now more than three years old, but still an absolute landmark study and mandatory reading for anyone who cares for neurotrauma patients. Smallish trial but very well carried out and yielding some remarkable findings. A commonly cited article by Randy Chesnut and his group showing equipoise between an ICP-driven protocol and management determined by CT… Continue reading BEST TRIP – ICP vs. CT/clinical exam for TBI
Read the neuroanaesthesiology program here. I will participate and hope to see you there 🙂 But first, EuroNeuro/ Barcelona…
“… findings support current guidelines against routine use, but strong recommendations are not warranted because confidence in the effect estimates is limited.” Methylprednisolone for the Treatment of Patients with Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Evaniew et al. Journal of Neurotrauma, Feb. 2016. Link to the abstract here.
We will be there. The Scandinavian Networkgroup is planning to meet over dinner on Friday evening 15. april. You are very welcome:) Please let us know by Thursday 17th March. Link to the congress homepage.
Survival improvement in Critical neurotrauma and the Triss model. Link to the abstract here. Sudden survival improvement in critical neurotrauma: An exploratory analysis using a stratified statistical process control technique. Søvik et al, Norway. Injury, 2014 Nov.
Dr. Mark Wilson is a neurosurgeon and doctor for the Air Ambulance in the UK. Podcast from Smacc Chicago 2015.
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