Feb 14, 2018: Revisiting grade 3 diffuse axonal injury

02/14/18 • 17 min

Prognostic biomarkers following traumatic brain injury can be limited, but much can be gleaned from certain neuroimaging features. This week, Dr. Ramani Balu interviews Dr. Saef Izzy on what can be inferred from the burden and location of traumatic microhemorrhages in patients after TBI.

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The NCS Podcast is the official podcast of the Neurocritical Care Society. Our senior producer is Jim Siegler. Our production staff includes Joshua Levine, Becca Stickney, Michael Brogan, Starane Shepherd, Benjamin Miller, and Ramani Balu. Music by Lee Rosevere.

Izzy S, Mazwi NL, Martinez S, Spencer CA, Klein JP, Parikh G, Glenn MB, Greenberg SM, Greer DM, Wu O and Edlow BL. Revisiting Grade 3 Diffuse Axonal Injury: Not All Brainstem Microbleeds are Prognostically Equal. Neurocritical care. 2017;27:199-207.

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Jan 8, 2018: Prognosticating intracerebral hemorrhage outcomes

A number of risk factors and clinical tools have been described in the literature that can accurately prognosticate outcome following intracerebral hemorrhage. But what do physicians and nurses rely on the most? Dr. David Hwang shares his experience with Dr. Starane Shepherd about which clinical and radiographic factors play a critical role in outcome prediction after ICH.

Hwang DY, Chu SY, Dell CA, et al. Factors considered by clinicians when prognosticating intracerebral hemorrhage outcomes. Neurocritical Care. 2017; 27:316-325.

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Mar 5, 2018: Clevidipine versus nicardipine for acute blood pressure reduction in a neuroscience intensive care population

Dr. Brogan interviews Dr. Kurczewski in this month's program on her recent study comparing the efficacy of clevidipine versus nicardipine in a neurointensive care population.

Finger JR, Kurczewski LM and Brophy GM. Clevidipine Versus Nicardipine for Acute Blood Pressure Reduction in a Neuroscience Intensive Care Population. Neurocritical care. 2017;26:167-173.