Leading Insights
Breaking Barriers: How Brazil’s RESILIENT Trials Redefined Stroke Research in Latin America
Written By: Gisele Sampaio Silva; Sheila Martins; Clio Rubinos, MD, MS, FACNS
The RESILIENT 1and RESILIENT-EXTEND trials have been landmark studies, not just in Brazil, but across the global stroke community.
Leading Insights, POCUS
Using Transorbital Doppler and IMPRESSIT To Evaluate Intracranial Pressure in a Patient With Aneurysmal SAH
Written By: Tyler Spivey, MD; Ann Lin, MD; Brittany M. Kasturiarachi, DO
A 66-year-old woman presented with sudden-onset headache and a brief loss of consciousness. CT head revealed diffuse aneurysmal subarachnoid...
Leading Insights, Pharmacy
Global Barriers to Antiseizure Medications in Resource-Limited Settings: Challenges and Solutions & A Call to Action
Written By: Renad Abu-Sawwa, PharmD, BCPPS
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports estimate of about 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy – 80% of which reside in low- and...
Leading Insights, Ethics
Preventable Harm Metrics: What Are We Actually Measuring?
Written By: Alexandra Reynolds, MD, FNCS; Krista Lim-Hing, MD; Matthew Jaffa, DO; Julia Durrant, MD
The hospital is increasingly considered to be a dangerous place. Studies cite that as many as 400,000 hospitalized patients a year are exposed to...
Leading Insights
Listening to the Injured Brain: How Brain Computer Interfaces Are Transforming Neurocritical Care
Written By: Nilufer Yalcin, MD
When caring for patients with severe brain injury, silence can be one of the hardest parts of the ICU. A patient lies still, ventilated, eyes...
Leading Insights, Ethics
The Ethics of Hospital Ownership
Written By: Richard Choi, DO, FNCS; Daryl McHugh, MD, MPH; Alexandra Reynolds, MD, FNCS; Mitch Hargis, MD; Matthew Jaffa, DO
Hospital ownership evokes important questions at the intersection of ethics, economics, and public health. Once founded as charitable institutions...
Leading Insights
ABC of Noise Prevention in the Neurocritical Care Patient
Written By: Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, MD; Vishal Chavda, MS, PhD; Stefano Maria Priola, MD; Tariq Janjua, MD
The neurocritical care unit (NCCU) is among the most technologically complex hospital environments.
Leading Insights
Choosing a Career in Neurocritical Care: Q&A With a Junior Trainee
Written By: Michael Reznik, MD; Brendan Baugher, DO, MS
In pursuing a career in neurology, trainees revisit the “decision tree” that all medical students face when deciding on a specialty....