title: Imaging and decision-making in neurocritical care.
abstract: Critically ill neurologic patients are common in the hospital practice of neurology and are often in extreme states requiring accurate and specific information. Imaging, especially using advanced imaging techniques, can provide an important means of garnering this information. This article focuses on the clinical utilization of selective imaging methods that are commonly used in critically ill neurologic patients to render diagnoses, to monitor effects of treatment, or have contributed to a better understanding of pathophysiology in the intensive care unit.
authors.affiliation: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 757 Westwood Boulevard, Room 6236A, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: Pvespa@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Vespa
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Central nervous system; Imaging modalities; Traumatic brain injury