Acute Kidney Injury

Dec 31, 2018 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Acute Kidney Injury

Case Print Section Listen A 72-year-old-man, recently treated for resistant Escherichia coli urosepsis, is sent to the emergency department from his nursing home because of new left-sided hemiparesis. He has…

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Nutrition and Metabolic Support

Dec 31, 2018 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Nutrition and Metabolic Support

Case Print Section Listen A 71-year-old Caucasian man was brought to the emergency department (ED) for left-sided weakness and confusion. According to his wife, he was found on the floor…

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Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections

Dec 31, 2018 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections

Case Print Section Listen A 72-year-old man with a history of stroke, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and metastatic lung cancer with known metastases to the brain and bone presents with status epilepticus….

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Antimicrobial Therapies in the ICU

Dec 31, 2018 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Antimicrobial Therapies in the ICU

Case Print Section Listen A 53-year-old man suffered a severe traumatic brain injury after being struck in an automobile-pedestrian accident. He was intubated in the field and stabilized in the…

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Sepsis and Septic Shock

Dec 31, 2018 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Sepsis and Septic Shock

Case Print Section Listen A 45-year-old man is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for head trauma related to a fall on the stairs after acute alcohol intoxication. He…

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Endocrine Disorders in Critical Illness

Dec 31, 2018 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Endocrine Disorders in Critical Illness

Case Print Section Listen A 40-year-old woman presents with a sudden, severe, thunderclap headache. A CT scan and a CT angiogram are obtained which reveal diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage due to…

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Renal Replacement Therapies

Dec 31, 2018 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Renal Replacement Therapies

Case Print Section Listen A 26-year-old woman was admitted following a horse-riding accident. She had fractured her femur and suffered an intracranial hemorrhage. Postoperatively she required mechanical ventilation and then…

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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Dec 31, 2018 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Case Print Section Listen A 29-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) after a motorcycle accident. Upon arrival to the ED he was found to have suffered a crush…

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Mechanical Ventilation

Dec 31, 2018 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Mechanical Ventilation

Case Print Section Listen A 45-year-old man with no significant past medical history presents to the intensive care unit (ICU) after a motor vehicle collision. Upon presentation to the Emergency…

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