CVT guideline
Thanks to neuro-icu.com for highlighting this one: The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association have produced guidelines for the […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, Resus
neurology
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
TIA workup renders ABCD2 unhelpful
ABCD2 is recommended to stratify the risk of stroke in patients presenting to the ED with TIA symptoms. In some […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
GCS in intubated patients
We use the Glasgow Coma Score to describe conscious level, derived from eye opening, verbal response, and motor response. One […]
All Updates, ICU, Ultrasound
Hole in the head? Don't waste the window!
Zampieri and colleagues from Brazil report the use of brain ultrasound in two ICU patients who had had hemicraniectomies. One […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Isoflurane in refractory status epilepticus
One infrequently used option for refractory status epilepticus is isoflurane anaesthesia. A report of two cases demonstrates progressive MRI changes […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Trauma
RCT of 7.5% saline in head injury
Over a thousand patients in North America with blunt traumatic head injury and coma who did not have hypovolaemic shock […]
All Updates, Guidelines, Kids
Brain tumours in kids
When might you suspect a brain tumour in a child who presents with, say, nausea and vomiting, or behavioural disturbance? […]