title: Case Studies in Neurocritical Care.
abstract: The practice of neurocritical care encompasses multiple acute neurologic and neurosurgical diseases and requires detailed knowledge of neurology and critical care. This article presents 5 cases that illustrate just some of the conditions encountered in the daily practice of neurocritical care and exemplify some of the common diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic challenges facing the neurointensivist. Life-threatening medical complications after severe acute ischemic stroke, seizures and extreme agitation from autoimmune encephalitis, refractory seizures after subdural hemorrhage, neurologic and systemic complications related to aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, and status epilepticus after cardiac arrest are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Tuzla University Medical Center, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Tuzla University Medical Center, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Amra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakusic
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: rabinstein.alejandro@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Alejandro A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rabinstein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003422:Critical Care; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D012640:Seizures / Q000628:therapy; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Acute stroke; Cardiac arrest; Seizures; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Subdural hemorrhage