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Editorial I: Neurocritical care: has it come of age?

2004; Elsevier BV; Volume: 93; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/bja/aeh275

1471-6771

Martin Smith,

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management

Neurocritical care is an evolving subspeciality of intensive care medicine that is just beginning to reach maturity.1 It focuses on the care of critically ill patients with primary or secondary neurosurgical and neurological problems and was initially developed to manage postoperative neurosurgical patients. It expanded thereafter to the management of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), intracranial haemorrhage and complications of subarachnoid haemorrhage, including vasospasm, elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) and the cardiopulmonary complications of brain injury.