NEURO CRITICAL CARE TOPICS
Coma and Disorders of Consciousness
- Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and FOUR score
- Approach to comatose patient (structural vs metabolic)
- Brainstem reflexes and localization
- Delirium in ICU
- Cerebral Edema
Stroke
- Transient Ischemic attack
- Acute ischemic stroke
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)
- Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)
Status Epilepticus
Neuromuscular Diseases in ICU
- Myasthenic Gravis
- Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS)
- Critical illness myopathy and polyneuropathy (CIM/CIP)
- Botulism
- Tick paralysis
- ALS
- Tetanus
Brain Death and Organ Donation
- Adult Brain death criteria
- Pediatric brain death
Autoimmune and Demyelinating CNS Disorders
- Autoimmune encephalitis
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
- Multiple sclerosis
Infectious Neurology in ICU
- Meningitis
- Encephalitis
- TB meningitis
- Brain abscess
Neuro-monitoring in ICU
- EEG
- Bispectral index (BIS)
- TCD (Transcranial Doppler)
- Jugular venous oximetry
- Brain tissue oxygen (PbtO₂)
- Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
- Cerebral microdialysis
Other Critical Topics
- Neurogenic pulmonary edema
- Neurogenic shock
- Autonomic dysreflexia in spinal cord injury
- Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury
