Neuro Research
Naomi Hammond talks to us about applying research in the Neuro ICU and following up after critical illness.
Category Neurology
Cardiac Arrest flow
Cardiac arrest physiology is an emerging field of research that may allow us to better understand why clinical trials of cardiac arrest have been so frustrating
Hypothermia and varices
Variceal bleeds can lead to terrifyingly messy resuscitations; this talk reviews tricks and tips for rescuing your patient from massive GI bleeding disasters.
Decompressive Craniectomy
What's next after RESCUEicp? -The results of this study may have been disappointing, but there are some questions about the trial itself which we review.
Cardiac arrest system
A strong interdependent system of care can improve survival from out of hospital cardiac arrest, with Tony Walker ASM
Thinking Beyond Bleeding
Not all major trauma patients are hypotensive from hypovolemia: what are the differential diagnoses? with Caroline Leech
Nailing the paediatric Lumbar Puncture
Ahilan Parameswaran discuses the role of ultrasound in paediatric lumbar puncture.
Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest
Does POCUS delay CPR in cardiac arrest? Should we be doing transesophageal echocardiography in the resus room? A pro-con case-based debate.
Multimodal monitoring
Brandon Foreman delivers a rapid-fire talk on assessing stroke symptoms; using EEG after acute brain injury; and advanced multimodality monitoring.
Charles Brown-Sequard
Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard (1817 - 1894) was a French physician and physiologist. Brown-Séquard Syndrome (1850); Brown-Séquard Elixir; hormone therapy
Carl Westphal
Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833-1890) was a German neurologist and psychiatrist. Westphal sign, Westphal syndrome, Westphall-Strümpell pseudosclerosis, Westphal-variant Huntington disease, Leyden-Westphal ataxia, and the Edinger-Westphal nucleus
Adolf von Strümpell
Ernst Adolf Gustav Gottfried von Strümpell (1853 - 1925) was a German neurologist. Strümpell signs, Strümpell-Lorrain disease, Marie-Strümpell disease and Westphal-Strümpell pseudosclerosis.