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Case Studies in Neurocritical Care
Amra Sakusic1, Alejandro A Rabinstein2
1Department of Critical Care, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Tuzla University Medical Center, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Tuzla University Medical Center, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Abstract:
The practice of neurocritical care encompasses multiple acute neurologic and neurosurgical diseases and requires detailed knowledge of neurology and critical care. This article presents 5 cases that illustrate just some of the conditions encountered in the daily practice of neurocritical care and exemplify some of the common diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic challenges facing the neurointensivist. Life-threatening medical complications after severe acute ischemic stroke, seizures and extreme agitation from autoimmune encephalitis, refractory seizures after subdural hemorrhage, neurologic and systemic complications related to aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, and status epilepticus after cardiac arrest are discussed in this article.
