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The prognosis of patients who are admitted in a comatose state following successful resuscitation after cardiac arrest remains uncertain. Although…
Coma is an acute failure of neuronal systems governing arousal and awareness and represents a medical emergency. When encountering a…
Status epilepticus (SE) treatment strategies vary substantially from one institution to another due to the lack of data to support…
Status epilepticus is a common neurological emergency with considerable associated health-care costs, morbidity, and mortality. The definition of status epilepticus…
Purpose of review: Although rare, central nervous system (CNS) infections are increasingly being recognized in immunocompromised patients. The goal of…
This article reviews the methods of monitoring and treating traumatic intracranial hypertension in intensive care settings.
Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is currently managed in the intensive care unit with a combined medical–surgical approach. Treatment aims…
This review discusses the clinical and neurophysiological features of general anesthesia and their relationships to sleep and coma, focusing on…
Progress has been made in understanding the genetic defects and the pathophysiology of this crippling motor neuron disease (commonly called…