Neurocritical Care Society

Leading Insights

Essentials of Advanced Practice Provider Orientation to the Neuro ICU

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

The transition into the advanced practice role has been historically difficult (Dillon et al., 2016; Pleshkan and Hussey, 2020).

Role of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Lumbar Puncture

Written By: Earllondra Brooks, MD; Izn Shahab, MD; Gary Hunter, MD; Erika Sigman, MD

Despite major advances in neuroimaging, lumbar puncture (LP) remains a necessary diagnostic and therapeutic procedure for a variety of neurologic...

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“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...

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...

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...