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…
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…
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…
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…
Fig. 31.1 Axial T2-weighted MR image showing a large cavernous hemangioma in the lateral region of the left orbit causing optic nerve compression The secondary tumors originate elsewhere and invade…
Fig. 41.1 Management protocol for posterior circulation aneurysms (Note that age is given in years) 41.3 Collateral Circulation and Parent Vessel Sacrifice The effect of occlusion of the posterior circulation…
Large/or giant saccular aneurysms ≥ 14 mm Calcified or atherosclerotic sac, heavily thrombosed Complex or absent neck Neck diameter >4 mm Neck encompasses > 90° of vessel circumference Dome/neck ratio < 1.5 Atherosclerosis, calcification Fusiform aneurysms…
Fig. 39.1 Video electroencephalogram (EEG): ictal EEG showing rhythmical theta activity in electrodes in the right mesial temporal lobe Over recent years, improvements in imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance…
Fig. 10.1 Effect of collagen shrinking by heat The evidence of the effectiveness and safety of this method in low back pain has been described in various reports. Saal and…
Fig. 44.1 (a, b) Anatomical facet replacement (ACADIA™) 44.2 Indication and Surgical Technique Indications for facet replacement are painful degenerated vertebral joints. Spinal stenosis, namely, lateral recess and foraminal stenosis…
