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Raimund Helbok1, Jed A Hartings2,3,4, Alois Schiefecker5
1Department of Neurology, Neurocritical Care, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria. raimund.helbok@tirol-kliniken.at.
Abstract:
The International Conference on Spreading Depolarizations (iCSD) held in Boca Raton, Florida, in the September of 2018 devoted a section to address the question, "What should a clinician do when spreading depolarizations are observed in a patient?" Discussants represented a wide range of expertise, including neurologists, neurointensivists, neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, and pre-clinical neuroscientists, to provide both clinical and basic pathophysiology perspectives. A draft summary of viewpoints offered was then written by a multidisciplinary writing group of iCSD members, based on a transcript of the session. Feedback of all discussants was formally collated, reviewed, and incorporated into the final document which was subsequently approved by all authors.
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