Tag: Neurosurgery
Casemix, management, and mortality of patients receiving emergency neurosurgery for TBI
Patients receiving emergency neurosurgery for traumatic brain injury (TBI) differed considerably in their admission characteristics and management across human development settings. Level of human development was associated... read more
Hospitals With and Without Neurosurgery: Evaluating TBI Patients Outcomes
In our study, centralization of TBI patients significantly impacted short- and long-term outcomes. For TBI patients admitted to no-NSH centers, our results suggest that the least critically ill can effectively be managed... read more
Complications in Acute Care Surgery: The Management of Difficult Clinical Scenarios
This text provides the reader a starting point for the most difficult and uncommon complications in acute care surgery. It is designed to provide options to that ubiquitous intra-operative or bedside question "Well, now what... read more
Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care
This handbook is aimed at first-line health care providers involved in the perioperative care of adult and pediatric neurosurgical patients. It is unique in its systematic focus on how to deal with common and important... read more
Meaning of Intracranial Pressure-to-Blood Pressure Fisher-Transformed Pearson Correlation-Derived Optimal Cerebral Perfusion Pressure
These mechanistic simulations provide insight into the empiric basis of optimal cerebral perfusion pressure and the significance of PRx and Δ CPP. PRx and optimal cerebral perfusion pressure deviations do not directly reflect... read more
The NeuroICU Book
An immediate classic, this groundbreaking text is based on the premise that neurointensivists must be trained to handle not only the brain, but the entire body. The NeuroICU Book, Second Edition does not limit coverage to... read more
