The Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee (SNC) is proud to present and initiate this multidisciplinary meeting place for clinicians and researchers interested in the exciting field of neurotrauma. NCC is to be held in Lund, Sweden in 2017. Date is to be announced. Read more here. We`ll be there !
A colleague wants to hear if anyone has experience with dexmedetomidine in neurocritcal care: adults and children ? We want to open a discussion on the subject and would like your input. Please add you comments below.
Freshly published by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Spinal injury: assessment and initial management 2016. Go via the link to NICE.org.uk or view the whole document here.
Life in The Fast Lane´s take on the use of ketamine in traumatic brain injury. Nice summary of available literature. Sums it up succinctly for those who are still reluctant to use ketamine in this patient group. For more on the same subject, see this article on ketamine and ICP.
“Dry them out”; use glycopyrrolate (no central effects). How to use local anesthetics and more… emcrit.org Listen to the podcast here. EMcrit recommend: Airway Regional Anesthesia for Awake Fiberoptic Intubation, Simmons et al, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2002. Read the review article here. Fibreoptic vs videolaryngoscopic (C-MAC(®) D-BLADE) nasal awake intubation under local anesthesia. Kramer et al. Anaesthesia. 2015… Continue reading Awake Intubation Lecture from SMACC
The excellent reviewers at The Bottom Line are taking a thorough look at the STITCH (Trauma) trial of 2015. The STITCH (Trauma) trial (Early Surgery versus Initial Conservative Treatment in Patients with Traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage) recruited 170 patients into a multicenter RCT to determine whether early surgery (within 12 hours) for traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage would confer a mortality benefit… Continue reading The Bottom Line – The STITCH Trial
Listen to the podcast here. More about TBI and end tidal carbon dioxide/ PaCO2. Normocapnia and hyperventilation. Adjust the ventilation until end tidal CO2 is 4,7, then take an ABG… Use mannitol and “the patients will pee like race horses…”
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
A very worthwhile and insightful overview of SAH management in the acute phase. Courtesy of Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain. Read it here.
A quick run-through on acute care of subarachnoid haemorrhage patiefnts by the always-relevant Life In The Fast Lane guys.
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