Neurophysiologic Decision Support Systems
Introduction Print Section Listen The intensive care unit (ICU) of the future in which technology enables dramatic improvements to clinical care while reducing costs has been predicted since the 1970s,…
Management of Increased Intracranial Pressure
Case Print Section Listen A 38-year-old woman who is a tobacco smoker with no significant past medical history presents with sudden new-onset bifrontal headache. The patient describes sharp, constant frontal…
ICU Management of Brain Tumors
Case Print Section Listen A 52-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presents with a headache; she had a subsequent fall without loss of consciousness. Over the next few…
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Case Print Section Listen A 49-year-old man with history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presents with a sudden onset of severe bifrontal headache followed by nausea. The headache, the worst headache…
Status Epilepticus
Case Print Section Listen A previously healthy 19-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department (ED) for a witnessed “convulsion.” She had suddenly stopped talking and stared into space in…
Acute Ischemic Stroke
Case Print Section Listen A 62-year-old man with no known prior medical history presents to the emergency department (ED) after being found by emergency medical technicians (EMTs) for reportedly being…
Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Case Print Section Listen A 42-year-old man with no previous medical history presents with a 1-week history of sinus congestion. He was not getting adequate pain relief and had taken…
Inflammatory and Demyelinating CNS Diseases
Case Print Section Listen A 60-year-old man with a history of hypertension is admitted with several days of fever and generalized weakness. He complains of diplopia and anorexia and is…
Cardiac Arrest and Anoxic Brain Injury
Case Print Section Listen A 62-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension was in a heated argument with his son when he suddenly complained of dizziness and collapsed to…
Encephalopathy and Delirium
Case Print Section Listen A 46-year-old man with a history of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presented to the emergency department with “altered mental status.” His wife described the patient as having been…
