June 14, 2019: Prophylactic seizure medication and quality of life after intracerebral hemorrhage
In this installment of the NCS Podcast, Dr. Michael Brogan interviews Dr. Andrew Naidech on their paper evaluating quality of life measures in patients who receive prophylactic levetiracetam for seizu...
14 Juni 201915min
May 14, 2019: Serum neurofilament light chain for prognosis of outcome after cardiac arrest
In this month's installment of the NCS Podcast, Dr. Ramani Balu interviews Dr. Marion Moseby-Knappe on their recent investigation involving biomarkers for neurologic prognosis following cardiac arrest...
14 Maj 201919min
Apr 14, 2019: Seizure occurrence with treatment modality in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
This month on the NCS Podcast, Dr. Sara Stern-Nezer interviews Dr. Baxter Allen about his recently published investigation exploring the risk of seizures following clipping or endovascular coiling of ...
14 Apr 201917min
News Flash: Bicarb or acetylcysteine to PRESERVE kidney function following angiography
In our second News Flash, Dr. Stern-Nezer summarizes the results and the implications of the recently published PRESERVE trial, which tested the hypothesis that sodium bicarbonate or acetylcysteine co...
1 Apr 20193min
Mar 14, 2019: Continuous assessment of "optimal" cerebral perfusion pressure in traumatic brain injury
Current guidelines recommend that cerebral perfusion pressure be maintained between 60 and 70 mmHg in patients with severe TBI, but evidence is lacking. This month on the NCS podcast, Dr. Brogan inter...
14 Mars 201914min
Introducing News Flash, and the results of the ANNEXA-4 trial
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming of the NCS Podcast to give you concise, high-yield reviews of pivotal articles published in the field of neurocritical care. These 'News Flash' segmen...
1 Mars 20195min
Feb 14, 2019: Successful anesthetic wean following super-refractory status epilepticus despite emergence of ictal-interictal EEG patterns
Following refractory status epilepticus, the ictal-interictal EEG continuum can be as puzzling to intensivists as it can be to world-renowned epileptologists. Should you re-challenge with aggressive i...
14 Feb 201915min
Jan 14, 2019: Tenecteplase versus alteplase before thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke
The EXTEND-IA TNK trial showed that for acute ischemic stroke, intravenous tenecteplase was as effective as alteplase for achieving good functional outcomes in acute ischemic stroke due to large vesse...
14 Jan 201913min
