Pulmonology

Neurohospitalist

Questions discussed in this category

What are your go-to options for managing ICU delirium in patients with contraindications to antipsychotics?

When do you stop dantrolene in a patient with neuroleptic malignant syndrome?

Is it reasonable to stop dantrolene if CPKs are stable and autonomic symptoms have improved or do you continue treatment for a certain amount of time ...

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How do you approach management of an ICU patient with brief potentially ictal rhythmic discharges (BIRDs) on EEG?

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Under what circumstances do you recommend POCUS guidance for lumbar puncture?

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What blood pressure targets do you enforce in the first 24-48 hours in a patient who develops an intracranial hemorrhage after mechanical thrombectomy?

Blood pressure targets for ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage are described in several guidelines. However, in patients with acute stroke wh...

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What is the expected timeframe one would expect to see paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity/sympathetic storming persist post-traumatic brain injury?

For example, in the setting of TBI, how do you guide the duration of the medical treatment?

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In patients being evaluated for brain death, which abnormal movements are definitively known to still be consistent with brain death and which are possibly consistent with brain death but lack definitive evidence?

What are the sources for this and are they reliable by today’s standards? Numerous case series report various abnormal movements but how reliabl...

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How do you complete brain death testing in patients who cannot tolerate apnea testing and are unable to transport for ancillary testing?

For instance, if the patient doesn’t tolerate apnea testing, is too unstable to go for ancillary testing outside the ICU, and TCDs/EEG are unava...

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