SYMPOSIUM 3 July 2021 1545 – 1605 Description Analgosedation is a fundamental part of acute brain injury (ABI) treatment guidelines. The goal of therapy in patients with severe brain injury is to avoid secondary insult. Sedation and analgesia is frequently used in neurocritical care both for reduction of [...]
SYMPOSIUM 3 July 2021 1130 – 1150 Description It’s been more than five decades since the inception of brain death as a defined concept denoting an irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain including the brain stem. However, there was an initial reluctance to apply brain [...]
SYMPOSIUM 3 July 2021 1605 - 1625 Description External ventricular drainage is one of the most common and important life saving procedures performed and subsequently managed in neurosurgical intensive care unit. This device is inserted for the purpose of CSF pressure monitoring and facilitate CSF drainage when needed, [...]
SYMPOSIUM 1 July 2022 1645 - 1705 Description This lecture will discuss the current state of evidence for reperfusion therapies (intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular thrombectomy) in ischemic stroke and future directions. Evidence for delayed window thrombolysis and thrombectomy will be discussed with particular reference to issues around optimal [...]