Neurocritical Care Society

Leading Insights

Consent for Brain Death Determination: The Ends Justify the Means - or It Does Not

Written By: Clotilde Balucani, MD; Julia Durrant, MD; Richard K. Choi, DO

A 78-year-old woman has been admitted to the Neurocritical Care Unit. She arrived following a cardiac arrest in the setting of a Hunt and Hess 5...

Medical Futility: An Ongoing and Evolving Challenge

Written By: Vishal N. Patel, MD; Krista Lim-Hing, MD; Richard K. Choi, DO; Matthew N. Jaffa, DO

A 78-year-old woman has been admitted to the Neurocritical Care Unit. She arrived following a cardiac arrest in the setting of a Hunt and Hess 5...

The Ethical Conundrums of Normothermic Regional Perfusion

Written By: Richard Choi, DO; Misti Tuppeny, MSN, APRN-CNS, CCRN, CNRN, CCNS; Alexandra Reynolds, MD

Heart transplantation has proven to be lifesaving for thousands of patients with advanced heart failure since its inception in 1967. Despite our...

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The Magnetic Power of the Future: The Iseult CEA 11.7 T MRI

Written By: Shane Musick, MD; Nilufer Yalcin, MD

The Iseult CEA 11.7 Tesla (T) MRI machine marks a significant leap forward in magnetic resonance imaging, offering unmatched magnetic field...

Who Invited Legal Into the Peer Review Conference?

Written By: Krista Lim-Hing, MD; Alexandra Reynolds, MD; Daryl McHugh, MD; Julia Durrant, MD; Matthew N. Jaffa, DO

When asking physicians to reflect on their years of medical training, it is rare to find one without a formative memory connected to a morbidity...

Tricks of the Trade: A Stepwise Approach to Managing Post-TBI Agitation

Written By: Christine Picinich, MS, AGACNP-BC, CCRN

Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) commonly develop agitation during their recovery.