Levetiracetam
Levetiracetam (keppra) is a drug used as an anticonvulsant as monotherapy, or an adjunct, and as a Tier 2 agent in status epilepticus.
Category Neurosurgery
Desmopressin (DDAVP)
Desmopressin (DDAVP) is a drug used primarily for diabetes insipidus, haemophilia type A, and von Willebrand's disease.
Clevidipine
Clevidipine is a drug used as an infusion for severe hypertension or patients who require narrow blood pressure parameters.
Wilhelm Fabry
Wilhelm Fabricius von Hilden, also known as Guilhelmus Fabricius Hildanus, became known as the father of German surgery.
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.
Brain Surgery in the Outback
Acting rapidly is the most important thing that we can do, but neurosurgery in the outback and rural communities can be challenging with Brian Owler
Penetrating Neurotrauma
Penetrating Neurotrauma - Implications of USA vs world. Wendy Chang takes us through methods to best treat these patients.
Harvey Cushing
Harvey Williams Cushing (1869 – 1939) was an American neurosurgeon.
Prognosis and Palliation in TBI
Evie Marcolini talks about an aspect of neurocritical care that we commonly wrestle with:...prognostication.
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…
Robert Hess
Robert McDonald Hess Jr (1931 – 2019). Hess, alongside his mentor William Hunt, is eponymous with the Hunt-Hess Scale.