Neurocritical Care of Patients With Arteriovenous Malformations
Figure 52.1. Example of MAV 1. 52.9 Conclusions and Key Points Intracranial hemorrhage is the most common form of presentation of AVMs. The presence of aneurysms in the feeding…
Acute Management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
49 Acute Management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis José M Ferro 1, Patrícia Canhão 1 1 Department of Neurosciences, Serviço de Neurologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal…
Intensive Care Management in Space-Occupying Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke
Figure 48.1. Diffusion-weighted MRI (A) and corresponding ADC map (B) of a 53-year-old patient with aphasia and right-sided hemiparesis (NIHSS 19) show signs of cytotoxic edema indicating acute left-sided MCA…
Regional Stroke Systems of Care and the Role of Telemedicine in Supporting Acute Stroke Care: Case Study of the US system
Figure 41.1. Stroke death rates in relation to availability of neurologists in Alabama. From CDC Heart Disease and Stroke Maps. A. Stroke death rates, total population aged 35+, 1991-1998. B….
Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Pathophysiology and Intensive Care Management
39 Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Pathophysiology and Intensive Care Management David W. Cadotte 1, Doron Rabin 1, Michael G. Fehlings 1 1 Krembil Neuroscience Centre Spinal Program, Toronto Western Hospital;…
Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury
Figure 33.1. Algorithm for the management of moderate TBI patients recommended by the Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee. DAI = diffuse axonal injury; SAH = subarachnoid hemorrhage. 33.6 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is…
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
32 Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Gustavo G. Domeniconi 1, Cesar M. Costilla 2, Walter Videtta 2 1 Sanatorio de la Trinidad, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2 Hospital Nacional Prof….
A Critical Point of View in the Management of Intracranial Hypertension: Are All Therapeutic Tools Evidence Based?
31 A Critical Point of View in the Management of Intracranial Hypertension: Are All Therapeutic Tools Evidence Based? Thomas Lescot 1, Lamine Abdennour 1, Louis Puybasset 1 1 Neurosurgical Unit,…
Non-conventional Therapeutics for the Treatment of Elevated Intracranial Pressure: Indomethacin and THAM
29 Non-conventional Therapeutics for the Treatment of Elevated Intracranial Pressure: Indomethacin and THAM Madds Rasmussen 1, Alberto Biestro 2 1 Department of Neuroanesthesia, Århus University Hospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8000 Århus…
The Metabolism of Sodium and Its Effect on the Brain
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….
