Figure 14.1. Bilateral hyperintensity in the striatum, with FLAIR sequence, in a patient with chronic hyponatremia which worsened after 3 weeks, not promptly corrected, corresponding to extrapontine myelinolysis. Figure 14.2….
24 Coagulation Disorders in the Neurocritical Patient Pablo Schoon 1, Lilian Benito Mori 2 1 Director of Intensive Care Unit. Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “Prof. Dr. Luis Güemes”. Haedo,…
21 Acute Renal Injury in the Neurocritical Patient Daniel Agustín Godoy 1, José Luis do Pico 2 1 Neurointensive Care Unit. Sanatorio Pasteur, Catamarca, Argentina 2 Head Intensive Care Unit….
Figure 20.1. Schematic representation of the reactions to injury. 20.3 Assessment of Nutritional Status The use of artificial nutrition has generated the need for an effective method to assess nutritional…
Figure 18.1. Schematic representation of cricothyroidotomy [8]. Commercial cricothyroidotomy kits are readily available and generally involve a small vertical incision followed by placing a needle through the cricothyroid membrane, passing…
13 Fluid Therapy in Acute Brain Injury Gustavo Piñero 1 1 Neurological Intensive Care Coordinator. Intensive Therapy Service for Acute Municipal Hospital “Dr.Leonidas Lucero”, Bahía Blanca, Argentina 13.1 Introduction The…
Vegetative state longer than 1 month is classified as a persistent vegetative state Minimally conscious state (MCS) Occurs in the setting of catastrophic hemispheric brain injury, with intact brainstem function…
Figure 1.1. Acute interdisciplinary ICU program. As the neuroscience ICU becomes established and clinical activity increases, the staffing model becomes key to continued growth and success. Comprehensive care, the goal…
5 Evaluation Scales in Neurocritically Ill Patients Jose M Dominguez-Roldan 1, Walter Videtta 2, Claudio Garcia Alfaro 1, Juana Maria Barrera Chacon 1, Modesto Romero Lopez 2 1 Hospital Universitario…
