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Open AccessAneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage from a neuroimaging perspective
Neuroimaging is a key element in the management of patients suffering from subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). In this article, we review the current literature to provide a summary of the existing neuroimaging me...
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Traumatic Brain Injury Associated Coagulopathy
The presence of coagulopathy is common after severe trauma. The aim of this study was to identify whether isolated severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an independent risk factor for coagulopathy.
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Early CT perfusion changes and blood–brain barrier permeability after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Early brain injury (EBI) can occur within 72 h of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). The objective of this study was to determine if there are differences in early CTP parameters (<72 h) with respect t...
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Open AccessThe critical care management of poor-grade subarachnoid haemorrhage
Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage is a neurological syndrome with complex systemic complications. The rupture of an intracranial aneurysm leads to the acute extravasation of arterial blood under high pressur...
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Open AccessEarly prediction of outcome after severe traumatic brain injury: a simple and practical model
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a heterogeneous syndrome with a broad range of outcome. We developed a simple model for long-term outcome prognostication after severe TBI.
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Open AccessThe critical care management of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage: a contemporary review
Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), defined as nontraumatic bleeding into the brain parenchyma, is the second most common subtype of stroke, with 5.3 million cases and over 3 million deaths reported wo...
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Functional Outcome After Poor-Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Single-Center Study and Systematic Literature Review
Poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) (World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies grade 4 and 5) is associated with high mortality rates and unfavorable functional outcomes. We report a single-center cohor...
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Open AccessCatecholamines as outcome markers in isolated traumatic brain injury: the COMA-TBI study
Elevated catecholamine levels might be associated with unfavorable outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). We investigated the association between catecholamine levels in the first 24 h post-trauma and fun...
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The Impact of Red Blood Cell Transfusion on Cerebral Tissue Oxygen Saturation in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
There are a range of opinions on the benefits and thresholds for the transfusion of red blood cells in critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and an urgent need to understand the neurophysio...
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Changes in Cerebral Perfusion with Induced Hypertension in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Pilot and Feasibility Study
The effects of induced hypertension (IH) on cerebral perfusion after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) are unclear. The objectives of this investigation are to: (1) determine whether there are differences in cereb...
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Common Data Elements for Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Recommendations from the Working Group on Hospital Course and Acute Therapies—Proposal of a Multidisciplinary Research Group
The Common Data Elements (CDEs) initiative is a National Institute of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) effort to standardize naming, definitions, data coding, and data col...
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Common Data Elements for Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Clinical Research: A National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke and National Library of Medicine Project
The goal for this project was to develop a comprehensive set of common data elements (CDEs), data definitions, case report forms and guidelines for use in unruptured intracranial aneurysm (UIA) and subarachnoi...
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Early Transcranial Doppler Evaluation of Cerebral Autoregulation Independently Predicts Functional Outcome After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Cerebral autoregulation (CA) impairment after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has been associated with delayed cerebral ischemia and an unfavorable outcome. We investigated whether the early transient...
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Open AccessSurgery for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage is a devastating disease, accounting for 10 to 15% of all types of stroke; however, it is associated with disproportionally higher rates of mortality and disability. Despit...
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Open AccessUse a “GHOST-CAP” in acute brain injury
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Severe Respiratory Failure: ARDS and ECMO
Respiratory complications are common in patients with acute brain injury and represent a significant challenge from both a respiratory and a neurological perspective. Commonly used ventilatory and non-ventilat...
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Open AccessAttributable mortality due to nosocomial sepsis in Brazilian hospitals: a case–control study
Nosocomial sepsis is a major healthcare issue, but there are few data on estimates of its attributable mortality. We aimed to estimate attributable mortality fraction (AF) due to nosocomial sepsis.