Neurocritical Care Society

Leading Insights

A Neurocritical Care Perspective on the Effects of Wildfires

Written By: Peter Papadakos, MD, FCCM, FAARC, FCCP

The massive wildfires that impacted the Los Angeles area destroyed over 10,000 structures and affected hundreds of thousands of individuals.

A Looming Crisis in Neurocritical Care Due to Hospital Closings

Written By: Peter Papadakos, MD, FCCM, FAARC, FCCP

Over the last few years, many hospitals and clinics have been forced to close due to staffing, low reimbursement rates, and increasing operational...

Patient Care in an Era of Drug Shortages

Written By: Peter Papadakos, MD, FCCM, FAARC, FCCP

One of the latest issues affecting our daily care of patients in the Neuro ICU is an ever-growing list of critical medications and intravenous...

“Time Is Brain” for ICH Too!

Written By: Sasha Yakhkind, MD; Qi Li, MD PhD; Joshua Goldstein, MD PhD; Stephan Mayer, MD

Imagine you are a stroke clinician on call alone at night. Your pager goes off. Somehow, the jarring ringtone never fails to startle you....

Neurocritical Care and the Need to Advocate for Safe E-Scooter Use

Written By: Peter Papadakos, MD, FCCM, FAARC, FCCP

We who care for patients in the Neuro ICU each day are sometimes the first to observe how certain recreational practices may lead to an increase...

Where Did My Beds Go?

Written By: Peter Papadakos, MD, FCCM, FAARC, FCCP

As all of us know, it has been increasingly difficult for us to place our neurocritical care patients in post-acute facilities after discharge...

More Leading Insights

Business of Neurocritical Care: Billing Under the Attending Physician or APP—Which One is Right For You?

Written By: Ryan Hakimi, DO, MS, NVS, RPNI, CPB, FNCS, FCCM, FAAN

Since January 2022, split-shared critical care billing has been allowed. Split-shared billing enables members of a group (for example, physicians...

When the Algorithm (And Education) Aren’t Enough: Clinical Judgment in the Neuro ICU

Written By: Jordan Yakoby, EdD, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, CNE, FNYAM, FCCM, FNCS

In my view, modern healthcare is plagued by two critical issues: the excessive reverence of protocols at the expense of sound clinical judgment...

A Shot in the Dark: Are Intrathecal Therapies Effective for NMDA Receptor Encephalitis?

Written By: Nicolas Chiriboga, MD; Jose Irazuzta, MD

Autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) is a very frequently diagnosed type of encephalitis in middle-to-high-income countries.