Curriculum Resources
Neurointensive Care - Capability Levels and Curriculum Reference for Stages 1-3
Last modified on May 2nd, 2024
13.11.7 Manages the resuscitation, stabilisation and transfer of patients with acute neurological deterioration.
15.9.2 Delivers safe peri-operative anaesthetic care to adults for emergency intracranial surgery, CSF diversions, spinal surgery and endovascular thrombectomy.
15.9.2 Delivers safe anaesthetic care for neuro-radiological investigations and interventions such as coiling, embolisation and endovascular thrombectomy.
HiLLO 12: Doctors specialising in Intensive Care Medicine understand the special needs of, and are competent to manage patients with neurological diseases, both medical and those requiring surgery, which will include the management of raised intracranial pressure, central nervous system infections and neuromuscular disorders.
Delayed cerebral ischaemia after subarachnoid haemorrhage: looking beyond vasospasm
Link below to review article from 2016 “The critical care management of poor-grade subarachnoid haemorrhage”
https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-016-1193-9
Pathophysiology of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Review
Perioperative management of hydrocephalus BJA Education 18(5) 140-146 (2018)
Perioperative Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
BJA Education 18(10) 291-299 (2018)
Cerebral arterial spasm-a controlled trial of nimodipine in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage
Link to Pub med for “Clazosentan, an endothelin receptor antagonist, in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage undergoing surgical clipping: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial (CONSCIOUS-2)” below
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21640651/
Endocrine dysregulation in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
mild hypothermia during clipping 2005 trial
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa040975
Tranexamic acid for SAH – 1984
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6379455/
early Lumbar drain in SAH
New 2023 guidlines
AHA/ASA Guidelines for the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
European Stroke Organisation Guidelines
(Draft) NICE Guideline for Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
Anaesthesia (e-LA) – Acute management of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
Anesthesia for intracranial neurovascular procedures in adults – UpToDate (paywall)
Neurovascular surgery in the endovascular era, May 10th Birmingham NACCS ASM
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