Apr 14, 2018: Early prediction of coma recovery after cardiac arrest with blinded pupillometry
Multi-modal evaluations in post-cardiac arrest patients are commonly used in neurologic prognostication. Less invasive and less costly methods for prognostication, such as quantitative pupillometry, m...
14 Apr 201818min
Mar 5, 2018: Clevidipine versus nicardipine for acute blood pressure reduction in a neuroscience intensive care population
Dr. Brogan interviews Dr. Kurczewski in this month's program on her recent study comparing the efficacy of clevidipine versus nicardipine in a neurointensive care population. NCS offers free CE credit...
5 Mar 201814min
Feb 14, 2018: Revisiting grade 3 diffuse axonal injury
Prognostic biomarkers following traumatic brain injury can be limited, but much can be gleaned from certain neuroimaging features. This week, Dr. Ramani Balu interviews Dr. Saef Izzy on what can be in...
14 Feb 201817min
Jan 8, 2018: Prognosticating intracerebral hemorrhage outcomes
A number of risk factors and clinical tools have been described in the literature that can accurately prognosticate outcome following intracerebral hemorrhage. But what do physicians and nurses rely o...
8 Jan 201817min
Dec 14, 2017: Preventing Early Bouncebacks to the Neurointensive Care Unit
Dr. Jim Siegler interviews Dr. David Coughlin about his successful quality improvement pilot study aimed at preventing early NICU readmissions ("bouncebacks") when patients are transferred to lower le...
14 Des 201716min
Nov 15, 2017: Acute resective surgery for refractory status epilepticus
Dr. Starane Shepherd explores new therapeutic strategies for refractory status epilepticus with Dr. Maysa Basha, and in particular, her center's experience with acute resective surgery. NCS offers fre...
15 Nov 201714min
Oct 18, 2017: Acute brain diseases as triggers for stress cardiomyopathy
Dr. Joshua Levine speaks with Dr. Deena Nasr, of the Mayo Clinic, on her retrospective cohort and literature review on the clinical features of patients with neurogenic stress cardiomyopathy. NCS offe...
18 Okt 201718min
July 14, 2017: Lymphopenia and risk of pneumonia after ICH
Dr. Ramani Balu is joined by Dr. Andrea Morotti for the inaugural episode of the Neurocritical Care Society Podcast to discuss Dr. Morotti's recently published paper, "Lymphopenia, Infectious Complica...
14 Jul 201712min
