Category Neurosurgery
CCC Critical Care Compendium 680

Levetiracetam

Levetiracetam (keppra) is a drug used as an anticonvulsant as monotherapy, or an adjunct, and as a Tier 2 agent in status epilepticus.
CCC Critical Care Compendium 680

Clevidipine

Clevidipine is a drug used as an infusion for severe hypertension or patients who require narrow blood pressure parameters.
Wilhelm Fabry (1560-1634) 1200

Wilhelm Fabry

Wilhelm Fabricius von Hilden, also known as Guilhelmus Fabricius Hildanus, became known as the father of German surgery.
SMACC 2019 red clinical critical care 340

Surviving massive Burns

Surviving massive Burns: Jamie Manning and the Royal North Shore Hospital team. The team reflect on learnings for the future, such as the importance of continuity of care.
William Edward Hunt (1921 – 1999) 340

William E. Hunt

William Edward Hunt (1921 - 1999) was an American neurologist and neurosurgeon. He is eponymous with the ophthalmologic entity Tolosa-Hunt syndrome, and the Hunt-Hess classification for intracranial haemorrhages.

Hunt-Hess Scale

Description The Hunt-Hess Scale is a graded scale used to predict the rate of mortality based solely on the clinical features seen in a patient presenting with an aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Grade Characteristic Mortality Rate1,2 0 Unruptured aneurysm without symptoms…