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…
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….
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;…
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…
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….
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,…
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…
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….
