Neurocritical care depends, in part, on careful patient monitoring but as yet there are little
data on what processes are the most important to monitor, how these should be monitored …

Opioid overdose is the leading cause of death for Americans 25 to 64 years of age, and
opioid use disorder affects> 2 million Americans. The epidemiology of opioid-associated out …

Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage is a neurological syndrome with complex systemic
complications. The rupture of an intracranial aneurysm leads to the acute extravasation of …

Background Targeted temperature management (TTM) is often used in neurocritical care to
minimize secondary neurologic injury and improve outcomes. TTM encompasses …

Contemporary cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) have an increasing prevalence of
noncardiovascular comorbidities and multisystem organ dysfunction. However, little …

Background and Purpose—Therapeutic hypothermia is a potent neuroprotectant approved
for cerebral protection after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia and cardiac arrest. Therapeutic …

Hypothermia is widely accepted as the gold-standard method by which the body can protect
the brain. Therapeutic cooling—or targeted temperature management (TTM)—is …

Background There is a lack of consistent, evidence-based guidelines for the management of
patients with fever after brain injury. The aim was to update previously published consensus …

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a neurologic emergency that requires
prompt diagnosis and management to prevent life-threatening rebleeding and optimize …

Three decades of animal studies have reproducibly shown that hypothermia is profoundly
cerebroprotective during or after a central nervous system (CNS) insult. The success of …