title: Gizmos and gadgets for the neuroscience intensive care unit.
abstract: Managing the critical neuroscience patient population challenges practitioners because of both the devastating injury involved and the complexity of care required. Emerging technology provides the neuroscience intensive care unit team with better information on the intricate physiology and dynamics inside the cranium. In particular, the team is better able to detect changes in pressure, oxygen, and blood flow. With improved data in hand, the team can intervene to optimize intracranial dynamics, possibly reducing disability and death among such patients.
authors.affiliation: Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo, CA, USA. Marykay.Bader@stjoe.org
authors.forename: Mary Kay
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Bader
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000465:Algorithms; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003663:Decision Trees; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D017551:Microdialysis / Q000295:instrumentation; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing / Q000639:trends; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010092:Oximetry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000451:nursing; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012025:Reflex, Pupillary; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical