Leading Insights, Ethics
“Reasonable Accommodation” After Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria
Written By: Daryl McHugh, MD; Julia Durrant, MD; Krista Lim-Hing, MD; Alexandra Reynolds, MD
End-of-life discussions between patients or their surrogate loved ones can be fraught with a range of emotions and emotional reactions in the...
Leading Insights, POCUS
Point of Care Ultrasound-Guided Stellate Ganglion Block for Severe Vasospasm: An Option When Others are Limited
Written By: Subutay Berke Bozkurt, MD; Kenneth Sutin, MD
A 23-year-old female with no known past medical history presented to the emergency department with subjective fevers, chills, generalized...
Leading Insights
Inclusion in Neurocritical Care | Now More Than Ever: Why the Fight for Equitable Neurocritical Care Cannot Wait
Written By: Aimee Aysenne, MD, MPH
Growing up in rural Louisiana, my first medical education was from Bobbee, the woman next door who diagnosed and treated most things with...
Leading Insights
Artificial Intelligence and the Evolution of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Interpretation
Written By: Nilufer Yalcin, MD
Over the past several years, artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted computed tomography (CT) interpretation has quietly transformed clinical...
Leading Insights
Building Neurocritical Care Capacity Through Education and Collaboration: The Oman Experience
Written By: Samya Al Mazroei, MD; Yasser B. Abulhasan, MBChB, FRCPC, FNCS; Ryan Hakimi, DO, MS, NVS, RPNI, CPB, FNCS, FCCM, FAAN, FASN
February 2026 marked an important step forward for the advancement of neurocritical care in Oman with the first Neurocritical Care Conference held...
Leading Insights
Integrating Microlearning and In-Situ Simulation: A Framework for Enhancing Clinical Competency in Neurocritical Care
Written By: Jennifer Freund, AGACNP- BC, CCRN; Ricky Cantrell, AGACNP-BC; Stephanie Fadden, AGACNP-BC
The contemporary healthcare system is undergoing a rapid transformation, propelled by the dual forces of technological innovation and evolving...
Leading Insights
From Resident to Neurointensivist: Choosing the Fellowship That Shapes Your Career
Written By: Derrick Cheng, MD; Samantha Fernandez Hernandez, MD
Over the past several decades, the field of neurocritical care (NCC) has evolved and the role of neurointensivists in modern hospital systems has...
Leading Insights
Letter to the Editor Exchange: Low-Tidal-Volume Ventilation and Mortality in Patients With Acute Brain Injury
Written By: Joseph Shiber, MD, FNCS, FACP, FACEP, FCCM|; Julian Daza, MD, PhD; Shaurya Taran, MD; Jordan Yakoby, EdD, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, CNE, FNYAM, FCCM, FNCS
Recent discussion in Currents has raised important questions about how ventilation strategies should be interpreted and applied in neurocritical...