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Standards for Neurologic Critical Care Units: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Neurocritical Care Society
By Asma M. Moheet, Sarah L. Livesay, Tamer Abdelhak, Thomas P. Bleck, Theresa Human, Navaz Karanjia, Amanda Lamer-Rosen, Joshua Medow, Paul A. Nyquist, Axel Rosengart, Wade Smith, Michel T. Torbey, Cherylee W. J. Chang
As featured in Neurocritical Care Journal
Neurocritical care is a distinct subspecialty focusing on the optimal management of acutely ill patients with life-threatening neurologic.......
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Submission to the NIH Stroke Trials Network (StrokeNet)
By Andrew M. Naidech, MD, MSPH
As featured in Currents
Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are a keystone of modern medicine and considered the gold standard for determining if an intervention produces better patient outcomes in a variety of critical care and acute care settings. While observational data (e.g., registries, cohorts, databases) are valuable ....
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International Column
By Michel Torbey, MD, MPH, FNCS, FAHA, FCCM, FANA
As featured in Currents
In June, Dr. Jose Suarez represented NCS at Neurocritical Perú 2018 in Lima, Peru, where ENLS was offered in Spanish. The meeting was organized by Dr. Hector Ramos Bravo and his team at the Edgardo Rebagliati Hospital in Lima. They had 130 attendees for ENLS and more than 600 attendees for the meeting. It was in conjunction with the Latin American ....
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Neurocritical Care Fellowship Case and Procedure Log for the Customization of Fellowship Training
By Shaheryar Hafeez, MD; Michel T. Torbey, MD, MPH, FNCS, FAHA, FCCM, FANA; and Diana Greene-Chandos, MD
As featured in Currents
The aim of neurocritical care fellowship training, as outlined by the UCNS, is to “prepare the physician for the independent practice of Neurocritical Care.” ...
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NEWS: Lacosamide Compared to Fosphenytoin: Is There a Difference in Response to Treatment in Patients With Nonconvulsive Seizures?
Reviewed by Sara Stern-Nezer, MD, MPH
As featured in NEWS
The Treatment of Recurrent Electrographic Non-convulsive Seizures (TRENdS) study is a prospective, noninferiority multicenter randomized control trial comparing IV ...

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