In neuro ICUs, where patients are often unconscious, family members and physicians are tasked with making time-critical care decisions on their behalf. Yet families...
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After presenting their newly created Glasgow Coma Scale to the British Neurological Society in 1974, Graham Teasdale and...
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Jonathan Wilcox had just endured a 6-day, 12-hour/day work shift and was enjoying his night off. But later that night, exhausted and a little disoriented, Jonathan took...
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You will sleep for around one-third to one-fourth of your lifespan. Sleep helps babies grow and develop, protects against the worsening of various physical and...
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Cindy LaRosa shudders as she remembers the earth-shattering scream from her husband as he watched in horror when his 18-month-old son Tony got hit by a car...
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The invention of the car transformed American society, but it also spurred a dramatic rise in traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Surgeons began to see and treat TBI injuries...
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脳内出血(Intracerebral Hemorrhage: ICH)は後遺症と死亡率が高く、わずか20%の患者だけが機能的に完全回復し、40%は1ヵ月以内で死亡すると報告さ...
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Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring has become a valuable tool of neurosurgeons and neurointensivists in managing traumatic brain injury (TBI), cerebral...
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Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a brain disorder caused by the build-up of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles of the brain, can cause...
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Visitor restrictions during COVID-19 made care decisions even more difficult in the Neuro ICU. Yet even before the pandemic, management of severe traumatic...
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