Podcast Episodes

Aug 14, 2018: Epileptiform activity following TBI predicts later epilepsy

This month, Dr. Ramani Balu interviews Dr. Jennifer Kim on her research into the EEG biomarkers of post-traumatic epilepsy.

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7 years, 8 months ago

July 14, 2018: Fluid therapy in neurointensive care patients

Dr. Mike Brogan interviews Dr. Mauro Oddo on the most recent ESICM practice guidelines on general fluid resuscitation management, hyperosmolar therap…

7 years, 9 months ago

June 14, 2018: Lack of early improvement in acute ICH predicts poor outcome--Results from VISTA and PREDICT

It is unclear what threshold for early neurologic deterioration or improvement following intracerebral hemorrhage may predict long-term outcomes for …

7 years, 10 months ago

May 14, 2018: Brain oxygen optimization in severe traumatic brain injury--A Phase II trial

Multimodality monitoring is increasingly used in the neurocritical care setting. However, the safety and efficacy of certain methods for invasive neu…

7 years, 11 months ago

Apr 14, 2018: Early prediction of coma recovery after cardiac arrest with blinded pupillometry

Multi-modal evaluations in post-cardiac arrest patients are commonly used in neurologic prognostication. Less invasive and less costly methods for pr…

8 years ago

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 neuroi…

8 years, 2 months ago

Feb 14, 2018: Revisiting grade 3 diffuse axonal injury

Prognostic biomarkers following traumatic brain injury can be limited, but much can be gleaned from certain neuroimaging features. This week, Dr. Ram…

8 years, 2 months ago

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 h…

8 years, 3 months ago

Dec 14, 2017: Preventing Early Bouncebacks to the Neurointensive Care Unit

Dr. Jim Siegler interviews Dr. David Coughlin about his successful quality improvement pilot study aimed at preventing early NICU readmissions ("boun…

8 years, 4 months ago

Nov 15, 2017: Acute resective surgery for refractory status epilepticus

Dr. Starane Shepherd explores new therapeutic strategies for refractory status epilepticus with Dr. Maysa Basha, and in particular, her center's expe…

8 years, 5 months ago