EVD tips and tricks

EVD tips and tricks

Catherine Bell takes us through how to troubleshoot problems commonly encountered when looking after patients who have an external ventricular drain (EVD) in situ. Issues with using brain tissue oxygen monitors are also discussed. A highly practical session aimed at bedside clinicians.

This presentation was delivered by Catherine Bell at CODA2022. Want more content about EVD? Visit neuroresus.comorsubscribeto be notified of new podcast releases via email.

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aSAH: Dilating the Dogman of Vasospasm

Angiographic vasospasm and more accurately, delayed cerebral ischemia, continue to contribute to morbidity and mortality in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). It is known that angiographic vasospasm is common after SAH, occurring in two-thirds of patients.

This presentation was delivered by Rob Loch MacDonald at CODA2022. Want more content about aSAH? Visitneuroresus.comorsubscribeto be notified of new podcast releases via email.

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Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: a patient and family experience

Lizzy suffered a substantial aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage that left her critically unwell, requiring a long stay in intensive care recovering from the consequences and complications of this devastating form of stroke. Now a couple of years after her haemorrhage, Lizzy has come so far. She and her husband Gordon describe their experiences, right from the day it all began and through those tumultuous first few weeks, to where she is today. This open and honest account gives us all invaluable insight into what it’s like to go through the subarachnoid haemorrhage journey from a patient and family’s perspective, hopefully helping us empathise more and deliver better patient-centred care.

This podcast was recorded at the Brain Symposium which took place in March 2023. For more talks and content like this, visitneuroresus.comorsubscribe to be notified of new podcast releases via email.

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Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitoring - The Bonanza Trial (It’s Not What You’ve Got It’s What You Do With It)

Andrew Udy talks about the ongoing BONANZA Trial which is assessing whether an algorithm that incorporates both ICP and brain tissue oxygen (PbTO2) can improve outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Like with all monitoring, how the PbTO2 is interpreted and managed is critical and the devil is in the detail!

More on BONANZA here

More on BOOST3 here

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Ketamine for Brain Injury

Historically, when it came to brain injury, ketamine had a bad rap. Much of that dogma was dispelled in the last 20 years, and ketamine is now frequently used as an induction agent in acute brain injury, especially traumatic brain injury, partially due to the favorable effects on haemodynamics.

However a new application of ketamine is now being explored - whether ketamine may be able to reduce secondary brain injury.

In this talk Toby Jeffcote initially takes us through all the sedatives currently used in brain injury and the evidence to support their use. He then covers the history of ketamine use and the background to new research in use as a therapeutic agent.

This podcast was recorded at the Brain Symposium which took place in March 2023. For more talks and content like this, visitneuroresus.comorsubscribeto be notified of new podcast releases via email.

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