Neurocritical Care Society Podcast

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Live at Annual Episode 7: Non-Invasive ICP Monitoring with Mohammed Hirzallah Aug 18, 2023

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Mohammed Hirzallah joins Nick Morris to discuss improving the utility of optic nerve sheath diameter as a non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement through standardization and automation.

Live at Annual Episode 6: Day 2 highlights with Casey Albin, MD Aug 18, 2023

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At the end of Day 2 of our Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Casey Albin, MD gives a shout out to her highlights from today's packed program.

Live at Annual Episode 5: Pharmacy Debates - The role of ketamine in status epilepticus Aug 17, 2023

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Following their debate on approaches to early phase management of refractory status epilepticus (RSE), Salia Farrokh, PharmD is joined by Caroline Der Nigoghossian, Neurocritical Care PharmD, Renad Abu-Sawwa, PharmD, and Gabe Fontaine, PharmD to explore the benefits and harms/risks of early ketamine administration in refractory status epilepticus, as well as the emerging literature for the use of ketamine in pediatric neurocritical care.

Live at Annual Episode 4: Day 1 wrap-up Aug 17, 2023

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Day 1 of our 2023 Annual Meeting has come to an end and members of our Podcasting Committee reflect on their highlights from Phoenix. With Nick Morris, MD, Kassi Kronfeld, MD, Stephan Mayer, MD, and Jon Rosenberg, MD.

Live at Annual Episode 3: Clinical Trials - Early Drain with Dr Stefan Wolf Aug 16, 2023

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Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) may be complicated by delayed cerebral ischemia, which is a major cause of unfavorable clinical outcome and death in SAH-patients. Delayed cerebral ischemia is presumably related to the development of vasospasm triggered by the presence of blood in the basal cisterns. To date, oral application of the calcium antagonist nimodipine is the only prophylactic treatment for vasospasm recognized under international guidelines.In retrospective trials lumbar drainage of cerebrospinal fluid has been shown to be a safe and feasible measure to remove the blood from the basal cisterns and decrease the incidence of delayed cerebral ischemia and vasospasm in the respective study populations. However, the efficacy of lumbar drainage had not been evaluated prospectively in a randomized controlled trial until Dr Stefan Wolf and his colleagues at Charité – Universitätsmedizin in Berlin conducted their study. Dr Wolf joins Dr Nick Morris to discuss the study's results.

Live at Annual Episode 2: Clinical Trials - INTREPID with Dr David Greer Aug 16, 2023

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Multiple studies demonstrate that fever/elevated temperature is associated with poor outcomes in patients with vascular brain injury; however, there are no conclusive studies that demonstrate that fever prevention/controlled normothermia is associated with better outcomes. The primary objective of the INTREPID (Impact of Fever Prevention in Brain-Injured Patients) trial was to test the hypothesis that fever prevention is superior to standard temperature management in patients with acute vascular brain injury. Dr David Greer, Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, joins Dr Nick Morris to discuss the results from the study, which have just been released.

Live at Annual Episode 1: Defining Blood Pressure Control in Acute Stroke with Dr Ali Seifi Aug 16, 2023

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Several measures of blood pressure (BP) control have been used including time to reach target BP, maintaining BP within target range, reducing BP fluctuation, achieving goals with monotherapy and avoiding multiple anti-hypertensive agents, achieving goals with minimum dose adjustments, avoiding discontinuation due to side effects, and preventing hypotension. There are multiple methods of quantifying these measures. The clinical relevance of various measures particularly relationship with acute kidney injury, and death or disability in patients with acute stroke or traumatic brain injury is not well understood. A better understanding of these measures is essential to identify the ideal therapeutic agent and for comparison of effectiveness between various antihypertensive agents. Dr Nick Morris is joined by Dr Ali Seifi, Director of Neuro ICU at University of Texas Health whose session at the Meeting focused on the need to review existing data to evaluate the relationship between various measures of BP control and acute kidney injury and death or disability in stroke patients.

INSIGHTS: Acute Ischemic Stroke Pt2 Aug 16, 2023

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Listen to the fourth episode of NCS's INSIGHTS series on Acute Ischemic Stroke (part 2 of 2) The INSIGHTS series is hosted by Casey Albin, MD and Salia Farrokh, PharmD, and covers different topics from Neurocritical Care ON CALL®, the only up-to-date, comprehensive resource to offer content exclusively dedicated to the practice of neurocritical care. Learn more about ON CALL®. This episode is sponsored by Biogen. Science that transforms patient lives. Science that seeks to solve societal problems. Science that acts with purpose. Science that is inspired by the diversity and passion of our people. Discover where science meets humanity at Biogen. The NCS Podcast is the official podcast of the Neurocritical Care Society.

PERSPECTIVES: Dr Jamil Dibu Aug 09, 2023

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Dr Jamil Dibu joins Dr Lauren Koffman to discuss building a neurocritical care unit in Abu Dhabi and developing a framework for determining death by neurologic criteria in the United Arab Emirates.

INSIGHTS: Acute Ischemic Stroke Pt.1 Aug 02, 2023

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Listen to the third episode of NCS' INSIGHTS series - Acute Ischemic Stroke (part 1 of 2).

The INSIGHTS series is hosted by Casey Albin, MD and Salia Farrokh, PharmD, and covers different topics from Neurocritical Care ON CALL®, the only up-to-date, comprehensive resource to offer content exclusively dedicated to the practice of neurocritical care. Learn more about ON CALL®.

This episode is sponsored by Biogen.

Science that transforms patient lives. Science that seeks to solve societal problems. Science that acts with purpose. Science that is inspired by the diversity and passion of our people. Discover where science meets humanity at Biogen.

The NCS Podcast is the official podcast of the Neurocritical Care Society.

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