Bronchoscopy in the NeuroICU
Case Print Section Listen A 53-year-old woman who smokes was admitted to the neurologic intensive care unit (NeuroICU) after warfarin-associated lobar intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Her Glasgow Coma Scale in the…
The Neurocritical Care Airway
Case Print Section Listen A 58-year-old man with a known history of poorly controlled hypertension is evaluated in the emergency department after being found down for an unknown period of…
Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Case Print Section Listen A 30-year-old man is admitted after an unhelmeted bicycling accident in which he suffers skull fracture, traumatic subarachnoid and subdural hemorrhages, bifrontal contusions, and diffuse axonal…
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Case Print Section Listen A 53-year-old hypertensive woman (actual body weight, 70 kg; height, 160 cm) was admitted to the hospital with coma (Glasgow Coma Scale E1+M3+V1t) after acute onset…
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Case Print Section Listen A 48-year-old man has a prior history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus and 2 weeks previously had a L3-L4 laminectomy and spinal fusion for severe radiculopathy….
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Case Print Section Listen An African American male infant born at 23 6/7 weeks gestation via vaginal delivery with APGAR scores of 7 and 7 at 1 and 5 minutes,…
Critical Care Ultrasound
Fluid Responsiveness Print Section Listen A 64-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with 2 days of worsening abdominal pain and intermittent fevers and underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. On postoperative…
Abdominal Emergencies
Case Print Section Listen A 72-year-old man suffers from a recent left middle cerebral artery stroke. His lungs are mechanically ventilated. He develops progressive hypotension and tachycardia. His hemoglobin level…
Thoracic Trauma and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Management
Case Print Section Listen A 38-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department after exposure to an explosion. The patient is confused but able to answer questions, is short of…
Abdominal Trauma
Case Print Section Listen Emergency medical services (EMS) calls into the community hospital where you are working to alert the staff that they are bringing in by ambulance a 34-year-old…
