Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. A meandering monologue through critical care fellowship exam preparation. GBS is a clinically important diagnosis for both the emergency department and the ICU. Its rareish but common enough that you … Read More »
Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Like most spaces within the body, the contents within the cranium are under a certain degree of pressure. The skull being a rigid box can accommodate pressure much less than … Read More »
Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Just to be clear up front we’re going to be talking about taking the lid off for stroke, NOT taking the lid off for TBI. I will get to TBI … Read More »
This is based on Mark Wilson’s paper in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism [Free full text] which i’m sure you all read avidly every month. COI – I know Mark and had the honour being in the same … Read More »
From the wonderful Roberts & Hedges Raised ICP normally ICP can rise to 80-100mmHg just when coughing/straining being intracranial hypertension has a huge list of associated conditions so just cause you’ve got headache, normal CT and a raised pressure on … Read More »