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1. Management of intracranial hypertension following traumatic brain injury: a best clinical practice adoption proposal for intracranial pressure monitoring and decompressive craniectomy. Joint statements by the Traumatic Brain Injury Section of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery (SINch) and the Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care Study Group of the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI)

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Iaccarino C., Lippa L., Munari M., Castioni C. A., Robba C., Caricato A., Pompucci A., Signoretti S., Zona G., Rasulo F. A., Aimar E., Amato S., Angileri F. F., Anile C., Assietti R., Baratto V., Barbanera A., Basile L., Battaglia R., Bellocchi S., Bertuccio A., Blanco S., Bolognini A., Boniferro B., Bordi L., Bortolotti C., Brandini V., Broger M., Brollo M., Caffarella D. D., Caggiano C., Cantisani P. L., Capone C., Cappelletto B., Capuano C., Carangelo B., Caruselli G., Chessa M. A., Chiara M., Chibbaro S., Cioffi V., Ciprianocecchi P., Colistra D., Conti C., Contratti F., Costella G. B., Cuoci A., D'Avella D., D'Ercole M., Deangelis M., Defalco R., de Luca G., de Marinis P., Del Vecchio C., Delfinis C., Denaro L., Deodato F., Desogus N., Disomma A., Domenicucci M., Dones F., Fina M., Fiori L., Fricia M., Gaetani P., Gazzeri R., Gentile M., Germano A., Ghadirpour R., Gianfreda C. D., Gigante N., Gigli R., Giorgetti J., Giusa M., Gravina U. G., Grippi L., Guida F., Guizzardi G., Iannuzzo G., Kropp M., Lattanzi L., Lucantoni D., Maffei L., Magliulo M., Marconi F., Marruzzo D., Martellotta N., Marton E., Maugeri R., Mauro G., Meli F., Menniti A., Merciadri P., Milanese L., Nardacci B., Nasi D., Orvieto P., Pacca P., Pansini G., Panzarasa G., Passanisi M., Pavesi G., Pizzoni C., Pulera F., Rapana A., Ricci A., Rispoli R., Rotondo M., Russo N., Santilli S., Scarano E., Schwarz A., Servadei F., Simonetti G., Stefini R., Talamonti G., Turrisi A., Valente V. M., Villa A., Vindigni M., Visocchi M., Vitali M., Wierzbicki V., Zambon G., Zanotti B., Zenga F., Alampi D., Alessandri F., Aloj F., Amigoni A., Aspide R., Bertuetti R., Betti V., Bilotta F., Bonato V., Bosco E., Brita M., Buscema G., Cafiero T., Cappuccio D., Caradonna M., Caria C. G., Casartelliliviero M., Ciritella P., Cirrincione S., Citerio G., Colelli S., Coletta F., Concordia L., Congedo E., Covotta M., Crimella F., Dall'Acqua G., De Cassai A., Defulviis S., Deperi E., Deana C., Delgaudio A., Denittis N., Dicolandrea S., Divezza F., Ferri F., Flocco R., Fontana C., Forastierimolinari A., Frangiosa A., Fumagalli P., Fuselli E., Garbarino M. M., Gelormini D., Geraci C., Geraldini F., Giacomucci A., Giampaoli V., Giorgetti D., Gritti P., Gualdani S., Iacovazzo C., Iermano C., Latronico N., Lugari S., Lusenti F., Maglione C., Magnoni S., Maiarota F., Malla M., Marchesi M., Martino C., Matteotti I., Mazzeo A. T., Morello G., Nardiello I., Paticchio F., Pegoli M., Perotti V., Piazzolla M., Picciafuochi F., Rachedi N., Radolovich D. K., Recchia A., Riccardi S., Romagnoli S., Sala S., Scafuro M. A., Sgarlata P., Soragni A., Stefani F., Stival E., Stofella G., Terranova F., Tinturini R., Togni T., Toto R., Trapani D., Tringali E., Tullo L., Valente A., Valeo T., Varelli G., Villani R., Zamacavicchi F., Zanello M., Zarrillo N., Zugni N., Iaccarino, C, Lippa, L, Munari, M, Castioni, C, Robba, C, Caricato, A, Pompucci, A, Signoretti, S, Zona, G, Rasulo, F, Aimar, E, Amato, S, Angileri, F, Anile, C, Assietti, R, Baratto, V, Barbanera, A, Basile, L, Battaglia, R, Bellocchi, S, Bertuccio, A, Blanco, S, Bolognini, A, Boniferro, B, Bordi, L, Bortolotti, C, Brandini, V, Broger, M, Brollo, M, Caffarella, D, Caggiano, C, Cantisani, P, Capone, C, Cappelletto, B, Capuano, C, Carangelo, B, Caruselli, G, Chessa, M, Chiara, M, Chibbaro, S, Cioffi, V, Ciprianocecchi, P, Colistra, D, Conti, C, Contratti, F, Costella, G, Cuoci, A, D'Avella, D, D'Ercole, M, Deangelis, M, Defalco, R, de Luca, G, de Marinis, P, Del Vecchio, C, Delfinis, C, Denaro, L, Deodato, F, Desogus, N, Disomma, A, Domenicucci, M, Dones, F, Fina, M, Fiori, L, Fricia, M, Gaetani, P, Gazzeri, R, Gentile, M, Germano, A, Ghadirpour, R, Gianfreda, C, Gigante, N, Gigli, R, Giorgetti, J, Giusa, M, Gravina, U, Grippi, L, Guida, F, Guizzardi, G, Iannuzzo, G, Kropp, M, Lattanzi, L, Lucantoni, D, Maffei, L, Magliulo, M, Marconi, F, Marruzzo, D, Martellotta, N, Marton, E, Maugeri, R, Mauro, G, Meli, F, Menniti, A, Merciadri, P, Milanese, L, Nardacci, B, Nasi, D, Orvieto, P, Pacca, P, Pansini, G, Panzarasa, G, Passanisi, M, Pavesi, G, Pizzoni, C, Pulera, F, Rapana, A, Ricci, A, Rispoli, R, Rotondo, M, Russo, N, Santilli, S, Scarano, E, Schwarz, A, Servadei, F, Simonetti, G, Stefini, R, Talamonti, G, Turrisi, A, Valente, V, Villa, A, Vindigni, M, Visocchi, M, Vitali, M, Wierzbicki, V, Zambon, G, Zanotti, B, Zenga, F, Alampi, D, Alessandri, F, Aloj, F, Amigoni, A, Aspide, R, Bertuetti, R, Betti, V, Bilotta, F, Bonato, V, Bosco, E, Brita, M, Buscema, G, Cafiero, T, Cappuccio, D, Caradonna, M, Caria, C, Casartelliliviero, M, Ciritella, P, Cirrincione, S, Citerio, G, Colelli, S, Coletta, F, Concordia, L, Congedo, E, Covotta, M, Crimella, F, Dall'Acqua, G, De Cassai, A, Defulviis, S, Deperi, E, Deana, C, Delgaudio, A, Denittis, N, Dicolandrea, S, Divezza, F, Ferri, F, Flocco, R, Fontana, C, Forastierimolinari, A, Frangiosa, A, Fumagalli, P, Fuselli, E, Garbarino, M, Gelormini, D, Geraci, C, Geraldini, F, Giacomucci, A, Giampaoli, V, Giorgetti, D, Gritti, P, Gualdani, S, Iacovazzo, C, Iermano, C, Latronico, N, Lugari, S, Lusenti, F, Maglione, C, Magnoni, S, Maiarota, F, Malla, M, Marchesi, M, Martino, C, Matteotti, I, Mazzeo, A, Morello, G, Nardiello, I, Paticchio, F, Pegoli, M, Perotti, V, Piazzolla, M, Picciafuochi, F, Rachedi, N, Radolovich, D, Recchia, A, Riccardi, S, Romagnoli, S, Sala, S, Scafuro, M, Sgarlata, P, Soragni, A, Stefani, F, Stival, E, Stofella, G, Terranova, F, Tinturini, R, Togni, T, Toto, R, Trapani, D, Tringali, E, Tullo, L, Valente, A, Valeo, T, Varelli, G, Villani, R, Zamacavicchi, F, Zanello, M, Zarrillo, N, Zugni, N, Iaccarino, C., Lippa, L., Munari, M., Castioni, C. A., Robba, C., Caricato, A., Pompucci, A., Signoretti, S., Zona, G., Rasulo, F. A., Aimar, E., Amato, S., Angileri, F. F., Anile, C., Assietti, R., Baratto, V., Barbanera, A., Basile, L., Battaglia, R., Bellocchi, S., Bertuccio, A., Blanco, S., Bolognini, A., Boniferro, B., Bordi, L., Bortolotti, C., Brandini, V., Broger, M., Brollo, M., Caffarella, D. D., Caggiano, C., Cantisani, P. L., Capone, C., Cappelletto, B., Capuano, C., Carangelo, B., Caruselli, G., Chessa, M. A., Chiara, M., Chibbaro, S., Cioffi, V., Ciprianocecchi, P., Colistra, D., Conti, C., Contratti, F., Costella, G. B., Cuoci, A., D'Avella, D., D'Ercole, M., Deangelis, M., Defalco, R., de Luca, G., de Marinis, P., Del Vecchio, C., Delfinis, C., Denaro, L., Deodato, F., Desogus, N., Disomma, A., Domenicucci, M., Dones, F., Fina, M., Fiori, L., Fricia, M., Gaetani, P., Gazzeri, R., Gentile, M., Germano, A., Ghadirpour, R., Gianfreda, C. D., Gigante, N., Gigli, R., Giorgetti, J., Giusa, M., Gravina, U. G., Grippi, L., Guida, F., Guizzardi, G., Iannuzzo, G., Kropp, M., Lattanzi, L., Lucantoni, D., Maffei, L., Magliulo, M., Marconi, F., Marruzzo, D., Martellotta, N., Marton, E., Maugeri, R., Mauro, G., Meli, F., Menniti, A., Merciadri, P., Milanese, L., Nardacci, B., Nasi, D., Orvieto, P., Pacca, P., Pansini, G., Panzarasa, G., Passanisi, M., Pavesi, G., Pizzoni, C., Pulera, F., Rapana, A., Ricci, A., Rispoli, R., Rotondo, M., Russo, N., Santilli, S., Scarano, E., Schwarz, A., Servadei, F., Simonetti, G., Stefini, R., Talamonti, G., Turrisi, A., Valente, V. M., Villa, A., Vindigni, M., Visocchi, M., Vitali, M., Wierzbicki, V., Zambon, G., Zanotti, B., Zenga, F., Alampi, D., Alessandri, F., Aloj, F., Amigoni, A., Aspide, R., Bertuetti, R., Betti, V., Bilotta, F., Bonato, V., Bosco, E., Brita, M., Buscema, G., Cafiero, T., Cappuccio, D., Caradonna, M., Caria, C. G., Casartelliliviero, M., Ciritella, P., Cirrincione, S., Citerio, G., Colelli, S., Coletta, F., Concordia, L., Congedo, E., Covotta, M., Crimella, F., Dall'Acqua, G., De Cassai, A., Defulviis, S., Deperi, E., Deana, C., Delgaudio, A., Denittis, N., Dicolandrea, S., Divezza, F., Ferri, F., Flocco, R., Fontana, C., Forastierimolinari, A., Frangiosa, A., Fumagalli, P., Fuselli, E., Garbarino, M. M., Gelormini, D., Geraci, C., Geraldini, F., Giacomucci, A., Giampaoli, V., Giorgetti, D., Gritti, P., Gualdani, S., Iacovazzo, C., Iermano, C., Latronico, N., Lugari, S., Lusenti, F., Maglione, C., Magnoni, S., Maiarota, F., Malla, M., Marchesi, M., Martino, C., Matteotti, I., Mazzeo, A. T., Morello, G., Nardiello, I., Paticchio, F., Pegoli, M., Perotti, V., Piazzolla, M., Picciafuochi, F., Rachedi, N., Radolovich, D. K., Recchia, A., Riccardi, S., Romagnoli, S., Sala, S., Scafuro, M. A., Sgarlata, P., Soragni, A., Stefani, F., Stival, E., Stofella, G., Terranova, F., Tinturini, R., Togni, T., Toto, R., Trapani, D., Tringali, E., Tullo, L., Valente, A., Valeo, T., Varelli, G., Villani, R., Zamacavicchi, F., Zanello, M., Zarrillo, N., and Zugni, N.

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medicine.medical_specialty, Decompressive Craniectomy, Consensus development conference, Decompressive craniectomy, Guideline, Traumatic brain injuries, Critical Care, Intracranial Pressure, medicine.medical_treatment, MEDLINE, Neurosurgery, Traumatic brain injurie, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, Intensive care, Settore MED/41 - ANESTESIOLOGIA, Brain Injuries, Traumatic, medicine, Humans, Anesthesia, Intensive care medicine, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, business.industry, Neurointensive care, Evidence-based medicine, Italy, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Intracranial pressure monitoring, Surgery, Neurology (clinical), Analgesia, Intracranial Hypertension, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Human
Abstract

No robust evidence is provided by literature regarding the management of intracranial hypertension following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). This is mostly due to the lack of prospective randomized controlled trials (RCTs), the presence of studies containing extreme heterogeneously collected populations and controversial considerations about chosen outcome. A scientific society should provide guidelines for care management and scientific support for those areas for which evidence-based medicine has not been identified. However, RCTs in severe TBI have failed to establish intervention effectiveness, arising the need to make greater use of tools such as Consensus Conferences between experts, which have the advantage of providing recommendations based on experience, on the analysis of updated literature data and on the direct comparison of different logistic realities. The Italian scientific societies should provide guidelines following the national laws ruling the best medical practice. However, many limitations do not allow the collection of data supporting high levels of evidence for intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring and decompressive craniectomy (DC) in patients with severe TBI. This intersociety document proposes best practice guidelines for this subsetting of patients to be adopted on a national Italian level, along with joint statements from "TBI Section" of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery (SINch) endorsed by the Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care Study Group of the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI). Presented here is a recap of recommendations on management of ICP and DC supported a high level of available evidence and rate of agreement expressed by the assemblies during the more recent consensus conferences, where members of both groups have had a role of active participants and supporters. The listed recommendations have been sent to a panel of experts consisting of the 107 members of the "TBI Section" of the SINch and the 111 members of the Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care Study Group of the SIAARTI. The aim of the survey was to test a preliminary evaluation of the grade of predictable future adherence of the recommendations following this intersociety proposal. The following recommendations are suggested as representing best clinical practice, nevertheless, adoption of local multidisciplinary protocols regarding thresholds of ICP values, drug therapies, hemostasis management and perioperative care of decompressed patients is strongly recommended to improve treatment efficiency, to increase the quality of data collection and to provide more powerful evidence with future studies. Thus, for this future perspective a rapid overview of the role of the multimodal neuromonitoring in the optimal severe TBI management is also provided in this document. It is reasonable to assume that the recommendations reported in this paper will in future be updated by new observations arising from future trials. They are not binding, and this document should be offered as a guidance for clinical practice through an intersociety agreement, taking in consideration the low level of evidence.

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2021

2. Global Survey of Outcomes of Neurocritical Care Patients: Analysis of the PRINCE Study Part 2

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Rao C, Suarez J, Martin R, Bauza C, Georgiadis A, Calvillo E, Hemphill J, Sung G, Oddo M, Taccone F, LeRoux P, Domeniconi G, Camputaro L, Villalobos M, Allasia M, Goldenberg F, Teran M, Rosciani F, Alvarez H, Costilla M, Videtta W, Perez D, Raffa P, Seppelt I, Rodgers H, Paxton J, Bhonagiri D, Aneman A, Jenkinson E, Bradford C, Finfer S, Yarad E, Bass F, Hammond N, O'Connor A, Bird S, Smith R, Barge D, Shilkin J, Woods W, Roberts B, O'Leary M, Vallance S, Helbok R, Beer R, Pfaulser B, Schiefecker A, Almemari A, Mukaddam S, Wittebole X, Berghe C, Dujardin M, Renard S, Hantson P, Biston P, Meyfroidt G, da Silva I, de Oliveira J, Neto A, Domingues J, Rodrigues P, Teitelbaum J, Chapman M, McCredie V, Marinoff N, Perez A, Kutsogiannis D, Bernard F, Kramer A, Moretti J, Aguilera S, Poch E, Romero C, Wong G, Song J, Xu G, Mejia-Mantilla J, Madrinan-Navia H, Martinez J, Ochoa M, Bautista D, Varga M, Gomez M, Ciro J, Gil B, Murillo R, Hernandez O, Ramirez-Arce J, Breitenfeld T, Gallardo A, Delgado H, Gonzalez J, Hache-Marliere M, Pinto D, Llano M, Salgado E, Jibaja M, Wright J, Harvey D, Verma V, Hopkins P, Chan A, Welbourne J, Dowling S, Katila A, Lasocki S, Wartenberg K, Hobohm C, Poli S, Schirotzek I, Bosel J, Schoenenberger S, Francken S, Shieber S, Kern A, Falla J, Herrera E, Gilvaz P, Goyal K, Sokhal N, Sohal J, Aggarwal D, Ray B, Pattnaik S, Garg S, Dixit S, Rawal R, Samavedam S, Madhusudan M, Paul G, Mishra S, Shushma P, Shukla U, Sinha V, Vanamoorthy P, Vadi S, Mokhtari M, Rasulo F, Pegoli M, Bilotta F, Nagayama M, Kobata H, Vosylius S, Abdullah J, Granillo J, Mijangos-Mendez J, Horn J, Muller M, Kuiper M, Abdo W, McArthur C, Newby L, Hashmi M, Shiraz S, Abrego G, Coronel E, Rivera O, Paucar J, Gomez O, Palo J, Lokin J, Misiewska-Kaczur A, Dias C, Amorim P, Andre S, Rodriguez-Vega G, Gritsan A, Titova Y, Al Jabbary A, Al Zahrani A, Pelunkova L, Zraiki H, Deeb A, Al Bshabshe A, Al-Jehani H, Al-Suwaidan F, Svigelj V, Ramos-Gomez L, Aguilar G, Badenes R, Pou J, Zavala E, Julian F, Barrachina L, Tegedor B, Tena S, Krauchi O, Tamayo G, Sanchez B, Gonzalezluengo R, Puvanendiran S, Merlani P, Laiwattana D, Promsin P, Nazliel B, Eriksson E, Chalela J, Miller D, Guisado R, Gordon E, Murthy H, Paulson A, Rajajee V, Sheehan K, Williamson C, Ball R, Allan P, Berkeley J, Muehlschlegel S, Carandang R, Hall W, Sarwal A, Damani R, Maldonado N, Tan B, Gupta P, Lazaridis C, Bershad E, Ansari S, Singares E, Manno E, Provencio J, Chaudhry B, McBride M, Dhar R, Roberts D, Allen M, Schumacher H, Habre W, Sheth K, Greer D, Kunze K, Varelas P, Tack L, Porter N, Junker C, Rodricks M, Tuppeny M, Basignani C, Napolitano S, Anderson G, Donaldson K, Davis R, Sternberg S, Giraldo E, Tran H, Coplin W, Badjatia N, Fathy A, Reshi R, Bonomo J, Seder D, Connolyy L, McCrum B, Carter T, Treggiari M, Dickinson M, Rison R, Mirski M, John S, Bleck T, Malek A, Trim T, Smith M, Athar M, Rincon F, Altaweel L, Vespa P, Emanuel B, Eskiogly E, McNett M, Sukumaran A, Shutter L, Milzman D, Glassner S, OPhelan K, Rosenthal E, Kottapally M, Smith W, Ko N, Josephson S, Kim A, Singhal N, Ahmad A, Meeker M, Hirsch K, Nair D, Chou S, Santos G, Clark S, Feske S, Henderson G, Sorond F, Vaitkevicius H, Chung D, Kim J, Amatangelo M, Kapinos G, Torbey M, Kahn D, Chang C, Koenig M, Gorman M, Langdon J, Dissin J, Cross L, Peled H, Claassen J, Ali A, Layon A, Miller A, Wilensky E, Kumar M, Levine J, Maldonado I, Schneck M, Lele A, Sarma A, Yazbeck M, Johnston G, Jarquin-Valdivia A, Johnson L, Kuisle L, Sajjad R, Glickman S, Garvin R, Parra A, DeFilippis M, Fletcher J, Freeman W, Rao V, Olmecah H, Dugan G, Medary I, Hoesch R, Brehaut S, Afshinnik A, Moreda M, Graffagnino C, Laskowitz D, Naidech A, Francis B, Berman M, Tesoro E, Medow J, Jordan D, Aiyagari V, Rosengart A, De Georgia M, Bowling S, Sharaby M, Nathan B, Landry R, Hebert C, Hubner K, Karanjia N, Hightower B, Cummings K, Kirkwood J, Frank J, Hassan A, Sanchez O, Cordina S, Mora J, Bui T, PRINCE Study Investigators, UCL - SSS/IREC/MEDA - Pôle de médecine aiguë, UCL - SSS/IREC/SLUC - Pôle St.-Luc, UCL - (SLuc) Service de soins intensifs, and Meyfroidt, Geert

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medicine.medical_specialty, IMPACT, NEUROSCIENCES, Clinical Neurology, lnfectious Diseases and Global Health Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 4], TRAUMATIC BRAIN-INJURY, UNITED-STATES, Outcomes, INTENSIVE-CARE, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Logistic regression, VALIDATION, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Critical Care Medicine, General & Internal Medicine, Observational study, Intensive care, Severity of illness, Epidemiology, Neurocritical care, Medicine, Case report form, Science & Technology, business.industry, LENGTH-OF-STAY, Glasgow Coma Scale, Neurointensive care, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, Critical care, Prospective, Emergency medicine, PATTERNS, Neurosciences & Neurology, Neurology (clinical), business, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, CRITICALLY-ILL PATIENTS, GLASGOW COMA SCALE, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Contains fulltext : 218566pub.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Contains fulltext : 218566pos.pdf (Author’s version postprint ) (Open Access) BACKGROUND: Neurocritical care is devoted to the care of critically ill patients with acute neurological or neurosurgical emergencies. There is limited information regarding epidemiological data, disease characteristics, variability of clinical care, and in-hospital mortality of neurocritically ill patients worldwide. We addressed these issues in the Point PRevalence In Neurocritical CarE (PRINCE) study, a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study. METHODS: We recruited patients from various intensive care units (ICUs) admitted on a pre-specified date, and the investigators recorded specific clinical care activities they performed on the subjects during their first 7 days of admission or discharge (whichever came first) from their ICUs and at hospital discharge. In this manuscript, we analyzed the final data set of the study that included patient admission characteristics, disease type and severity, ICU resources, ICU and hospital length of stay, and in-hospital mortality. We present descriptive statistics to summarize data from the case report form. We tested differences between geographically grouped data using parametric and nonparametric testing as appropriate. We used a multivariable logistic regression model to evaluate factors associated with in-hospital mortality. RESULTS: We analyzed data from 1545 patients admitted to 147 participating sites from 31 countries of which most were from North America (69%, N = 1063). Globally, there was variability in patient characteristics, admission diagnosis, ICU treatment team and resource allocation, and in-hospital mortality. Seventy-three percent of the participating centers were academic, and the most common admitting diagnosis was subarachnoid hemorrhage (13%). The majority of patients were male (59%), a half of whom had at least two comorbidities, and median Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 13. Factors associated with in-hospital mortality included age (OR 1.03; 95% CI, 1.02 to 1.04); lower GCS (OR 1.20; 95% CI, 1.14 to 1.16 for every point reduction in GCS); pupillary reactivity (OR 1.8; 95% CI, 1.09 to 3.23 for bilateral unreactive pupils); admission source (emergency room versus direct admission [OR 2.2; 95% CI, 1.3 to 3.75]; admission from a general ward versus direct admission [OR 5.85; 95% CI, 2.75 to 12.45; and admission from another ICU versus direct admission [OR 3.34; 95% CI, 1.27 to 8.8]); and the absence of a dedicated neurocritical care unit (NCCU) (OR 1.7; 95% CI, 1.04 to 2.47). CONCLUSION: PRINCE is the first study to evaluate care patterns of neurocritical patients worldwide. The data suggest that there is a wide variability in clinical care resources and patient characteristics. Neurological severity of illness and the absence of a dedicated NCCU are independent predictors of in-patient mortality.

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2019
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3. Worldwide Organization of Neurocritical Care: Results from the PRINCE Study Part 1

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Suarez, J. I., Martin, R. H., Bauza, C., Georgiadis, A., Venkatasubba Rao, C. P., Calvillo, E., Hemphill, J. C., Sung, G., Oddo, M., Taccone, Fabio Silvio, Leroux, P. D., Layon, A. J., Sarwal, A., Ali, A., Lele, A., Jarquin-Valdivia, A. A., Misiewska-Kaczur, A., Ahmad, A., Deeb, A. M., Jabbary, A. A., Fathy, A., Chan, A., Kern, CHRISTOPH ALEXANDER, Gritsan, A., Bshabshe, A. A., Malek, A., Schiefecker, A., Neto, A. R., ALHAJJ HASSAN, Ali, Zahrani, A. R. A., Sukumaran, A. V., Sarma, A. K., Aneman, A., Kramer, A., Naidech, A., Lacerda Gallardo, A. J., Miller, A., O'Connor, A., Kim, A., Afshinnik, A., Katila, A., Paulson, A., Parra, A., Rosengart, A., Almemari, A., Sanchez, B., Ray, B., Mccrum, B., Tegedor, B. V., Nathan, B., Tan, B., Emanuel, B., Pfaulser, B., Nazliel, B., Gil, B., Hightower, B., Francis, B., Roberts, B., Chaudhry, B., Romero, C., Graffagnino, C., VANDEN BERGHE, GREET CLARA, Hobohm, C., Dias, C., Bradford, C., Basignani, C., Chang, C., Junker, C., Lazaridis, C., Mcarthur, C., Williamson, C., Hebert, C., Ethan Kahn, D., Harvey, D., Laskowitz, D. T., Milzman, D., Chung, D., Greer, D., Seder, D., Miller, D. W., Barge, D., Roberts, D., Jordan, D., Bhonagiri, D., Nair, D., Aggarwal, D. G., Kutsogiannis, D. J., Laiwattana, D., Pinto, D. B., Bautista, D., Perez, D., Herrera, E. A., Singares, E. S., Manno, E., Wilensky, E. M., Giraldo, E. A., Jenkinson, E., Yarad, E., Zavala, E., Tesoro, E., Eskiogly, E., Bershad, E. M., Rosenthal, E., Coronel, E. B., Gordon, E., Salgado, E., Poch, E. J., Eriksson, E., Taccone, F. S., Al-Suwaidan, F., Sorond, F., Bilotta, F., Goldenberg, F. D., Rosciani, F., Bass, F., Bernard, F., Julian, F. B., Rasulo, F., Rincon, F., Santos, G., Anderson, G., Henderson, G., Meyfroidt, G., Wong, G. K. C., Aguilar, G., Rodriguez-Vega, G., Tamayo, G., Johnston, G., Kapinos, G., Abrego, G. C., Paul, G., Xu, G., Domeniconi, G., Dugan, G., Murthy, H. H. K., Peled, H., Zraiki, H., Alvarez, H., Rodgers, H., Vaitkevicius, H., Schumacher, H. C., Kobata, H., Al-Jehani, H., Lopez Delgado, H. J., Olmecah, H. M., Madrinan-Navia, H., Tran, H., Seppelt, I., Schirotzek, I., Medary, I. B., Maldonado, I. L., da Silva, I. R. F., Hemphill III, J. C., Javier Provencio, J., Mora, J. E., Abdullah, J. M., Langdon, J. R., Claassen, J., de Oliveira, J., Shilkin, J., Horn, J., Teitelbaum, J., Frank, J. I., Fletcher, J. J., Berkeley, J., Andersson, KIM JIMMY, Kirkwood, J., Welbourne, J., Song, J., Domingues, J. R. S., Paxton, J., Falla, J., Lokin, J., Dissin, J., Bonomo, J., Martinez, J. E., Mejia-Mantilla, J. H., Ramirez-Arce, J., Palo, J. E., Moretti, J. I., Gonzalez, J. R. Y., Levine, J. M., Medow, J., Pou, J. A. L., Ciro, J. D., Paucar, J. L. C., Wright, J. C., Bosel, J., Martinez, J., Mijangos-Mendez, J. C., Chalela, J., Granillo, J. F., Sohal, J., Hirsch, K. G., Donaldson, K., Cummings, K., Hubner, K. E., Wartenberg, K., Goyal, K., Sheth, K., Kunze, K., O'Phelan, K., Sheehan, K., Altaweel, L., Cross, L., Barrachina, L. G., Kuisle, L., Connolyy, L. S., Tack, L., Johnson, L., Shutter, L., Pelunkova, L., Ramos-Gomez, L. A., Camputaro, L. A., Kamran Athar, M., Madhusudan, M., Hashmi, M., Mokhtari, M., Jibaja, M., Muller, M. C. A., Costilla, M., Mirski, M., Ochoa, M. E., Pegoli, M., Dujardin, M. -F., Allasia, M., Teran, M. D., Gorman, Michael Murray, Chapman, M., Amatangelo, M., Nagayama, M., Dickinson, M., Koenig, M., Moreda, M., Berman, M., De Georgia, M., Kuiper, M., O'Leary, M., Rodricks, M., Schneck, M., Torbey, M., Defilippis, M., Meeker, M., Allen, David Michael, Llano, M., Villalobos, M., Treggiari, M., Tuppeny, M., Sharaby, M., Kottapally, M., Mcnett, M., Mcbride, M., Gomez, M., Varga, M., Kumar, M., Yazbeck, M. F., Smith, M., Stevenson Porter, N., Hammond, N., Karanjia, N., Sokhal, N., Singhal, N. S., Badjatia, N., Maldonado, N., Ko, N., Marinoff, N., Hernandez Aguilar, Orisel, Krauchi, O. R., Sanchez, O., Gomez, O., Rivera, O. S., Gilvaz, P. C., Raffa, P., Varelas, P., Promsin, P., Merlani, P., Shushma, P., Allan, P., Biston, P., Vespa, P., Amorim, P., de Azambuja Rodrigues, P. M., Hopkins, P., Hantson, P., Vanamoorthy, P., Gupta, P., Garvin, R., Badenes, R., Damani, R., Helbok, R., Dhar, R., Rawal, R., Carandang, R., Guisado, R., Luengo, R. -I. G., Sajjad, R., Davis, R., Rison, R. A., Hoesch, R., Murillo, R., Smith, R., Ball, R., Beer, R., Reshi, R. A., Landry, R., Puvanendiran, S., Ansari, S., Mukaddam, S., Garg, S., Mishra, S., Clark, S., Napolitano, Silvano, Pattnaik, S., Vosylius, S., John, S., Josephson, S. A., Glickman, S., Brehaut, S. S., Shiraz, S. A., Aguilera, S., Sternberg, S., Chou, S., Vallance, S., Lasocki, S., Schoenenberger, S., Bird, S., Finfer, S., Shieber, S., Vadi, S., Samavedam, S., Cordina, S., Feske, S., Glassner, S., Dixit, S., Dowling, S., Tena, S. A., Bowling, S., Francken, S., Muehlschlegel, S., Renard, S., Poli, S., Carter, T., Bleck, T. P., Trim, T., Breitenfeld, T., Van Bui, T., Shukla, U., Sinha, V., Rajajee, V., Aiyagari, V., Mccredie, V., Svigelj, V., Verma, V., Rao, V. A., David Freeman, W., Smith, W. S., Videtta, W., Habre, W., Hall, W., Coplin, W. M., Abdo, W. F., Wittebole, X., Titova, Y., PRINCE Study Investigators, Layon, A.J., Sarwal, A., Ali, A., Lele, A., Jarquin-Valdivia, A.A., Misiewska-Kaczur, A., Ahmad, A., Deeb, A.M., Jabbary, A.A., Fathy, A., Chan, A., Kern, A., Georgiadis, A., Gritsan, A., Bshabshe, A.A., Malek, A., Schiefecker, A., Neto, A.R., Hassan, A., Zahrani, ARA, Sukumaran, A.V., Sarma, A.K., Aneman, A., Kramer, A., Naidech, A., Lacerda Gallardo, A.J., Miller, A., O'Connor, A., Kim, A., Afshinnik, A., Katila, A., Paulson, A., Parra, A., Rosengart, A., Almemari, A., Sanchez, B., Ray, B., McCrum, B., Tegedor, B.V., Nathan, B., Tan, B., Emanuel, B., Pfaulser, B., Nazliel, B., Gil, B., Hightower, B., Francis, B., Roberts, B., Chaudhry, B., Romero, C., Graffagnino, C., Berghe, C., Hobohm, C., Dias, C., Bradford, C., Basignani, C., Chang, C., Venkatasubba Rao, C.P., Junker, C., Lazaridis, C., McArthur, C., Williamson, C., Hebert, C., Ethan Kahn, D., Harvey, D., Laskowitz, D.T., Milzman, D., Chung, D., Greer, D., Seder, D., Miller, D.W., Barge, D., Roberts, D., Jordan, D., Bhonagiri, D., Nair, D., Aggarwal, D.G., Kutsogiannis, D.J., Laiwattana, D., Pinto, D.B., Bautista, D., Perez, D., Herrera, E.A., Singares, E.S., Manno, E., Wilensky, E.M., Giraldo, E.A., Jenkinson, E., Yarad, E., Zavala, E., Tesoro, E., Eskiogly, E., Bershad, E.M., Rosenthal, E., Coronel, E.B., Gordon, E., Salgado, E., Poch, E.J., Calvillo, E., Eriksson, E., Taccone, F.S., Al-Suwaidan, F., Sorond, F., Bilotta, F., Goldenberg, F.D., Rosciani, F., Bass, F., Bernard, F., Julian, F.B., Rasulo, F., Rincon, F., Santos, G., Anderson, G., Henderson, G., Meyfroidt, G., Sung, G., Wong, GKC, Aguilar, G., Rodriguez-Vega, G., Tamayo, G., Johnston, G., Kapinos, G., Abrego, G.C., Paul, G., Xu, G., Domeniconi, G., Dugan, G., Murthy, HHK, Peled, H., Zraiki, H., Alvarez, H., Rodgers, H., Vaitkevicius, H., Schumacher, H.C., Kobata, H., Al-Jehani, H., Lopez Delgado, H.J., Olmecah, H.M., Madrinan-Navia, H., Tran, H., Seppelt, I., Schirotzek, I., Medary, I.B., Maldonado, I.L., da Silva, IRF, Hemphill Iii, J.C., Javier Provencio, J., Mora, J.E., Abdullah, J.M., Langdon, J.R., Claassen, J., de Oliveira, J., Shilkin, J., Horn, J., Teitelbaum, J., Frank, J.I., Fletcher, J.J., Berkeley, J., Kim, J., Kirkwood, J., Welbourne, J., Song, J., Domingues, JRS, Paxton, J., Falla, J., Lokin, J., Dissin, J., Bonomo, J., Martinez, J.E., Mejia-Mantilla, J.H., Ramirez-Arce, J., Palo, J.E., Moretti, J.I., Suarez, J.I., Gonzalez, JRY, Levine, J.M., Medow, J., Pou, JAL, Ciro, J.D., Paucar, JLC, Wright, J.C., Bosel, J., Martinez, J., Mijangos-Mendez, J.C., Chalela, J., Granillo, J.F., Sohal, J., Hirsch, K.G., Donaldson, K., Cummings, K., Hubner, K.E., Wartenberg, K., Goyal, K., Sheth, K., Kunze, K., O'Phelan, K., Sheehan, K., Altaweel, L., Cross, L., Barrachina, L.G., Kuisle, L., Connolyy, L.S., Tack, L., Johnson, L., Shutter, L., Pelunkova, L., Ramos-Gomez, L.A., Camputaro, L.A., Kamran Athar, M., Madhusudan, M., Hashmi, M., Mokhtari, M., Jibaja, M., Muller, MCA, Costilla, M., Mirski, M., Ochoa, M.E., Pegoli, M., Dujardin, M.F., Allasia, M., Teran, M.D., Gorman, M., Chapman, M., Amatangelo, M., Nagayama, M., Dickinson, M., Koenig, M., Moreda, M., Berman, M., De Georgia, M., Kuiper, M., O'Leary, M., Rodricks, M., Schneck, M., Torbey, M., DeFilippis, M., Meeker, M., Allen, M., Llano, M., Villalobos, M., Treggiari, M., Tuppeny, M., Sharaby, M., Kottapally, M., McNett, M., McBride, M., Gomez, M., Varga, M., Kumar, M., Yazbeck, M.F., Smith, M., Stevenson Porter, N., Hammond, N., Karanjia, N., Sokhal, N., Singhal, N.S., Badjatia, N., Maldonado, N., Ko, N., Marinoff, N., Hernandez, O., Krauchi, O.R., Sanchez, O., Gomez, O., Rivera, O.S., Gilvaz, P.C., Raffa, P., Varelas, P., Promsin, P., Merlani, P., Shushma, P., Allan, P., Biston, P., Vespa, P., Amorim, P., de Azambuja Rodrigues, P.M., Hopkins, P., Hantson, P., Vanamoorthy, P., Gupta, P., Garvin, R., Badenes, R., Damani, R., Helbok, R., Dhar, R., Rawal, R., Carandang, R., Guisado, R., Luengo, R.G., Sajjad, R., Davis, R., Rison, R.A., Hoesch, R., Murillo, R., Smith, R., Ball, R., Beer, R., Reshi, R.A., Landry, R., Puvanendiran, S., Ansari, S., Mukaddam, S., Garg, S., Mishra, S., Clark, S., Napolitano, S., Pattnaik, S., Vosylius, S., John, S., Josephson, S.A., Glickman, S., Brehaut, S.S., Shiraz, S.A., Aguilera, S., Sternberg, S., Chou, S., Vallance, S., Lasocki, S., Schoenenberger, S., Bird, S., Finfer, S., Shieber, S., Vadi, S., Samavedam, S., Cordina, S., Feske, S., Glassner, S., Dixit, S., Dowling, S., Tena, S.A., Bowling, S., Francken, S., Muehlschlegel, S., Renard, S., Poli, S., Carter, T., Bleck, T.P., Trim, T., Breitenfeld, T., Van Bui, T., Shukla, U., Sinha, V., Rajajee, V., Aiyagari, V., McCredie, V., Svigelj, V., Verma, V., Rao, V.A., David Freeman, W., Smith, W.S., Videtta, W., Habre, W., Hall, W., Coplin, W.M., Abdo, W.F., Wittebole, X., Titova, Y., Intensive Care Medicine, ANS - Neuroinfection & -inflammation, Other Research, ACS - Pulmonary hypertension & thrombosis, UCL - SSS/IREC/MEDA - Pôle de médecine aiguë, and UCL - (SLuc) Service de soins intensifs

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Internationality, Scope of practice, Latin Americans, medicine.medical_treatment, lnfectious Diseases and Global Health Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 4], Pharmacists, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, law.invention, 0302 clinical medicine, Clinical Protocols, Central Nervous System Diseases, law, Observational study, Epidemiology, Neurocritical care, Case report form, Academic Medical Centers, Intensive care unit, Telemedicine, Europe, Intensive Care Units, Prospective, Transportation of Patients, Neurology, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Critical care, Outcomes, Original Work, Respiratory Therapy, medicine.medical_specialty, Asia, Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed, Critical Care, Health Personnel, Oceania, Respiratory therapist, Neurosurgery, Pharmacist, Personnel Management, Resource Allocation, Middle East, 03 medical and health sciences, Physicians, medicine, Humans, Fellowships and Scholarships, business.industry, Internship and Residency, Neurointensive care, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, Latin America, Family medicine, North America, Neurology (clinical), business, Delivery of Health Care, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Introduction Neurocritical care focuses on the care of critically ill patients with an acute neurologic disorder and has grown significantly in the past few years. However, there is a lack of data that describe the scope of practice of neurointensivists and epidemiological data on the types of patients and treatments used in neurocritical care units worldwide. To address these issues, we designed a multicenter, international, point-prevalence, cross-sectional, prospective, observational, non-interventional study in the setting of neurocritical care (PRINCE Study). Methods In this manuscript, we analyzed data from the initial phase of the study that included registration, hospital, and intensive care unit (ICU) organizations. We present here descriptive statistics to summarize data from the registration case report form. We performed the Kruskal–Wallis test followed by the Dunn procedure to test for differences in practices among world regions. Results We analyzed information submitted by 257 participating sites from 47 countries. The majority of those sites, 119 (46.3%), were in North America, 44 (17.2%) in Europe, 34 (13.3%) in Asia, 9 (3.5%) in the Middle East, 34 (13.3%) in Latin America, and 14 (5.5%) in Oceania. Most ICUs are from academic institutions (73.4%) located in large urban centers (44% > 1 million inhabitants). We found significant differences in hospital and ICU organization, resource allocation, and use of patient management protocols. The highest nursing/patient ratio was in Oceania (100% 1:1). Dedicated Advanced Practiced Providers are mostly present in North America (73.7%) and are uncommon in Oceania (7.7%) and the Middle East (0%). The presence of dedicated respiratory therapist is common in North America (85%), Middle East (85%), and Latin America (84%) but less common in Europe (26%) and Oceania (7.7%). The presence of dedicated pharmacist is highest in North America (89%) and Oceania (85%) and least common in Latin America (38%). The majority of respondents reported having a dedicated neuro-ICU (67% overall; highest in North America: 82%; and lowest in Oceania: 14%). Conclusion The PRINCE Study results suggest that there is significant variability in the delivery of neurocritical care. The study also shows it is feasible to undertake international collaborations to gather global data about the practice of neurocritical care. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s12028-019-00750-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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2020

4. Understanding the neuroprotective effect of tranexamic acid: an exploratory analysis of the CRASH-3 randomised trial

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Brenner, A., Belli, A., Chaudhri, R., Coats, T., Frimley, L., Jamaluddin, S. F., Jooma, R., Mansukhani, R., Sandercock, P., Shakur-Still, H., Shokunbi, T., Roberts, I., Aeron-Thomas, A., Chaudary, M. A., Jamaluddin, S. F. B., Javaid, K., Kayani, A., Leech, C., Mahmood, K., Noor, J. M., Mejia-Mantilla, J., Moss, P., Pott, J., Vallecilla, L., Hartzenberg, H. B., Joshipura, M., Perel, P., Clarke, M. J., Ohaegbulam, S. C., Rodgers, A., Brady, T., Dewan, Y., Edwards, P., Komolafe, E. O., Arribas, M., Austin, E., Balogun, E., Barneston, L., Barrow, C., Beaumont, D., Benyahia, M., Brooks, I., Cargill, M., Carrington, L., Cook, L., Cornu-Hewitt, B., Geer, A., Gilbert, D., Gilliam, C., Gil-Onandia, J., Hetherington, D., Howe, C., Hughes, C., I'Anson, D., Jackson, R., Joshi, M., Kansagra, S., Kawahara, T., Ker, K., Kostrov, S., Mahmood, A., Miah, H., Ndungu, B., Needham, K., Okusi, C., Outtandy, A., Pardinaz-Solis, R., Pearson, D., Pepple, T., Pisani, C., Prieto-Merino, D., Prowse, D., Quashi, N., Quinn, A., Ramos, M., Reid, M., Roukas, C., Scrapa, G., Squires, C., Tanner, J., Thayne, A., Vidaurre, L., Woods, E., Fawole, B., Adetayo, O., Okunade, O., Gogichaishvili, T., de los Angeles Munoz-Sanchez, M., Olldashi, F., Krishnan, S., Djientcheu, V., Castellanos, J. L., Rasulo, F., Hama, Q., Mulla, Y., Florian, I. S., Tobar, J., Khamis, H., Deasy, C., Wellsh, B., Williams-Johnson, J., Chandra, S., Mutiso, V., Butt, R., Nasir, M. H., Ahmad, S., Aslam, F., Ishaque, K., Usmani, F., Rizvi, S., Ali, F., Sajjad, O., Zunair, A., Rehman, L., Rizvi, R., Javeed, F., Ahmed, S., Abbas, A., Afzal, A., Mikdad, A., Bashir, A., Chaudary, A., Salahuddin, T., Ahemed, B., Aziz, A., Ashraf, N., Hussain, S., Ahmad, U., Asif, M., Adil, M., Rauf, A., Khan, R., Ahmad, B., Afzal, U., Raza, H., Ain, Q., Yaqoob, S., Waseem, Q., Nishat, M., Semvel, S., Iqbal, J., Majeed, S., Zulfiqar, S., Iqbal, M., Majeed, N., Ahmed, M., Akhtar, N., Malik, M., Shehzad, Y., Yousaf, M., Wahid, A., Samad, A., Shah, S., Ali, M., Zeb, J., Khan, A. S., Irfan, A., Sharif, S., Memon, R., Bloom, B., Harris, T., Skene, I., Bellhouse, G., Boulton, O., Ward, G., Jarvis, C., Swann, C., Ratnam, S., Carrera, R., Yakoub, K., Davies, D., Fellows, E., Jarman, H., Rounding, S., Johnson, E., Loughran, C., Lecky, F., Clayton, K., Michael, A., Coumbarides, A., Kendall, J., Faulkner, B., Worner, R., Gendall, E., Hopkins, P., Riozzi, P., Cotton, H., Astin-Chamberlain, R., Wilson, M., Bodnar, J., Williams, R., Rigoni, A., Sattout, A., Fletcher, J., Edge, C., Maryanji, N., Boyle, A., Hardwick, S., Nichols, E., Hayhurst, C., Coffey, F., Gough, C., Miller, P., Ryan, L., Darwent, M., Espinosa, A., Beer, S., Norton, J., Maguire, H., Finney, K., Kehoe, A., Squire, R., Jeffery, A., Vorwerk, C., Foord, D., Wilkinson, E., Kuhrt, A., Ramlakhan, S., Reid, S., Curran, A., Mcmullan, S., Hassan, T., Nuttall, S., Haig, S., Al-Nahhas, S., Bulters, D., Zolnourian, A., Ribbons, T., Mew, I., de Weymarn, T., Hughes, V., Mcvicar, J., Mckiernan, C., Keating, L., Reschreiter, H., Wright, J., Chan, L., Kataria, H., Ireland, A., Body, R., Corfield, A., Francis, S., Townend, W., Gagg, J., Wilson, S., Cottingham, R., Tucker, S., Sutherland, F., Mitchell, L., Parker, L., Afolabi, O., Hunter, F., Jadav, M., Adeboye, K., Grocutt, M., May, G., Watson, D., Wootten, A., Robertshaw, S., Dorrian, S., Perry, R., Choi, H., Mcgroarty, C., Shone, P., Maritz, D., Jamaluddin, S., Noor, J., Rosli, N., Xian, L. L. S., De Jun, Y., Mohamed, F., Song, C. H., Hawari, A., Chin, L. Y., Hussein, H. M., Lotfi, M., Hamid, H., Udin, N., Lian, P., Choo, S., Wong, K., Gani, F., Jusoh, M., Rajakumar, D., Yang, C. B., Dzulkiflee, N. S. B., W. C., Ky, Azman, M. A. B. M., Osman, A. B., Ahmad, A. H., Ismail, R., Lai, S. Q., Mohidin, M. A. B., Deraman, N. B., Selamat, S. B., Abidin, I., Halim, N., Bakar, Z., Ismail, Z. M., Hisham, B., Kamal, R., Effendy, Z., Ismail, M., Azleen, N., Seng, L. Y., Baharuddin, K. A., Kandasamy, R., Kamalludin, A., Asmee, S., Fadzil, M., Basitz, A., Abdullah, N., Ingorokva, G., Ingorokva, S., Agdgomelashvili, I., Mumladze, K., Maisuradze, I., Kugusheva, I., Shalamberidze, B., Tomadze, G., Fernandez-Ortega, J., Seara-Valero, R., Ibanez-Botella, G., Garcia-Martinez, V., Martul, M. G., Ramos, S. F., Preciado, G. L., Garcia-Alfaro, C., Munoz-Sanchez, A., Bellido-Alba, R., Corcobado, C., Bueno, A., Ambros, A., Jimenez, J. T., Ramirez, J. R., Martin, J., Rodriguez, L. I., Fontanals, J., Jimenez-Moragas, J. M., Berbegal, J. P., Oluwole, O., Mahmud, R., Ukwu, N., Bankole, F., Oseni, A., Adebayo, B., Malomo, A., Tiamiyu, L., Adekanmbi, A., Thanni, L., Olubodun, A., Ojeblenu, F., Uwaezuoke, M., Komolafe, E., Owagbemi, O., Ishola, F., Durodola, A., Udoffa, U., James, A., Tella, A., Dongo, A., Ekpemiro, U., Anyanwu, S., Aigoro, N., Mezue, W., Shilong, D., Azeez, A., Babalola, O., Ibrahim, M., Obande, J., Franco, A. C., Salazar, E. V., Londono, S. B., Cardona, V. M., Morales, C., Naranjo, S., Agudelo, J., Carvajal, S., Fajardo-Gaviria, Y., Roka, Y., Ghising, U., Roka, N., Shrestha, M., Devkota, U., Vaidya, B., Nepal, P., Thapa, A., Kc, B., Shrestha, A., Jha, R., Shrestha, P., Hodaj, I., Spaho, E., Selaj, A., Bendo, N., Shoko, T., Endo, H., Senda, A., Hagihara, Y., Fuse, T., Masunaga, N., Otomo, Y., Egashira, R., Ohnuki, T., Almazmi, A., Saha, S., Suvarov, A., Aung, T. L., Tun, K. M., Khaing, T. T., Maw, T., Ndome, O., Moumi, M., Mbida, A., Fondop, J., Sebastien, M., Azim, A., Adil, J., Amiry, Z., Loria-Castellanos, J., Rubio, N. G., Leon, P. O., Estrada, F., de Oca-Garcia, E. M., Sanchez, H., Soria, A., Bonucci, P., Franchi, F., Girardini, A., Hameed, H., Basim, M., Stock, S., Hourt, E., Ilunga, A., Mulenga, J., Ples, H., Danil, A., Gorgan, M., Florian, I., Vlahovic, D., French, J., East, J., Kurniawan, A., and Kiboi, J.

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medicine.medical_specialty, Tranexamic acid, Traumatic brain injury, Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Placebo, CRASH-3 trial, Neuroprotection, Intracranial haemorrhage, law.invention, Emergence care, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Randomised controlled trial, business.industry, Multiple Trauma, Research, lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, lcsh:RC86-88.9, Protective Factors, medicine.disease, Polytrauma, Antifibrinolytic Agents, 3. Good health, Neuroprotective Agents, Relative risk, Brain Injuries, business, medicine.drug
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Background The CRASH-3 trial hypothesised that timely tranexamic acid (TXA) treatment might reduce deaths from intracranial bleeding after traumatic brain injury (TBI). To explore the mechanism of action of TXA in TBI, we examined the timing of its effect on death. Methods The CRASH-3 trial randomised 9202 patients within 3 h of injury with a GCS score ≤ 12 or intracranial bleeding on CT scan and no significant extracranial bleeding to receive TXA or placebo. We conducted an exploratory analysis of the effects of TXA on all-cause mortality within 24 h of injury and within 28 days, excluding patients with a GCS score of 3 or bilateral unreactive pupils, stratified by severity and country income. We pool data from the CRASH-2 and CRASH-3 trials in a one-step fixed effects individual patient data meta-analysis. Results There were 7637 patients for analysis after excluding patients with a GCS score of 3 or bilateral unreactive pupils. Of 1112 deaths, 23.3% were within 24 h of injury (early deaths). The risk of early death was reduced with TXA (112 (2.9%) TXA group vs 147 (3.9%) placebo group; risk ratio [RR] RR 0.74, 95% CI 0.58–0.94). There was no evidence of heterogeneity by severity (p = 0.64) or country income (p = 0.68). The risk of death beyond 24 h of injury was similar in the TXA and placebo groups (432 (11.5%) TXA group vs 421 (11.7%) placebo group; RR 0.98, 95% CI 0.69–1.12). The risk of death at 28 days was 14.0% in the TXA group versus 15.1% in the placebo group (544 vs 568 events; RR 0.93, 95% CI 0.83–1.03). When the CRASH-2 and CRASH-3 trial data were pooled, TXA reduced early death (RR 0.78, 95% CI 0.70–0.87) and death within 28 days (RR 0.88, 95% CI 0.82–0.94). Conclusions Tranexamic acid reduces early deaths in non-moribund TBI patients regardless of TBI severity or country income. The effect of tranexamic acid in patients with isolated TBI is similar to that in polytrauma. Treatment is safe and even severely injured patients appear to benefit when treated soon after injury. Trial registration ISRCTN15088122, registered on 19 July 2011; NCT01402882, registered on 26 July 2011.

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2020
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5. Simvastatin in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (STASH): a multicentre randomised phase 3 trial

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Kirkpatrick, Pj, Turner, Cl, Smith, C, Hutchinson, Pj, Murray, Gd, Teasdale, G, Mendelow, Ad, Muir, K, Mccabe, P, Pearson, J, Ford, G, Vail, A, King, A, Tyrrell, P, Richards, H, Bond, S, Warburton, E, Tseng, M, Bulters, D, Belli, A, Brown, M, Critchley, G, Spurling, G, Gaylard, J, Javadpour, M, Eldridge, P, Nelson, R, Taylor, R, Hierons, S, Tobin, B, Storey, K, Walsh, D, Mistry, B, Aeron-Thomas, J, Puppo, C, Papadopoulos, M, Montague, L, Gan, P, Flint, G, Hurley, J, Ronne, E, Stjernling, I, Wang, E, Cheng, El, Lai, Jl, Ross, S, Bellfield, R, Mandizvidza, L, Whitfield, P, Persad, N, Suttner, N, Teo, M, Mcguigan, K, Cloughley, L, Patel, H, Ingham, A, Shaw, K, Vindlacheruvu, R, Millo, J, Warner, O, Teal, R, Bernard, F, Sirois, C, Joshi, S, Nyabadza, S, Grieve, J, Kitchen, N, Bassan, V, Rayson, P, Zeitlin, A, Findlay, M, Sonnema, L, Poworoznik, B, Quintero, J, Eljamel, S, Rasulo, F, Ng, I, Mathew, B, Grieg, J, Hanel, R, Richie, A, Fleetwood, I, Reardon-White, E, Hampton, G, Lewis, S, Miralia, L, Brydon, H, Maguire, H, Patel, U, Sanderson, H, Birchall, K, Bayliss, P, O'Neill, K, Sachs, T, Kett-White, R, and Quinn, L.

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Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Simvastatin, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Internationality, Population, Placebo, law.invention, Young Adult, Randomized controlled trial, Modified Rankin Scale, law, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, cardiovascular diseases, education, Aged, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Odds ratio, Middle Aged, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, medicine.disease, Surgery, Clinical trial, Treatment Outcome, Female, Neurology (clinical), Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, business, medicine.drug, Follow-Up Studies
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Summary Background The benefit of statins in patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage is unclear. We aimed to determine whether simvastatin 40 mg could improve the long-term outcome in patients with this disorder. Methods In this international, multicentre, randomised, double-blind trial, we enrolled patients aged 18–65 years with confirmatory evidence of an aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage and presenting less than 96 h from ictus from 35 acute neurosurgical centres in nine countries. Patients were randomly allocated (1:1) to receive either simvastatin 40 mg or placebo once a day for up to 21 days. We used a computer-generated randomisation code to randomise patients in every centre by blocks of ten (five simvastatin, five placebo). Participants and investigators were masked to treatment assignment. The primary outcome was the distribution of modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score obtained by questionnaire at 6 months. Analyses were done on the intention-to-treat population. This trial has been completed and is registered with Current Controlled Trials, number ISRCTN75948817. Findings Between Jan 6, 2007, and Feb 1, 2013, apart from the period between May 15, 2009, and Feb 8, 2011, when recruitment was on hold, 803 patients were randomly assigned to receive either simvastatin 40 mg (n=391) or placebo (n=412). All patients were included in the intention-to-treat population. 782 (97%) patients had outcome data recorded at 6 months, of whom 560 (72%) were classed as having a favourable outcome, mRS 0–2 (271 patients in the simvastatin group vs 289 in the placebo group). The primary ordinal analysis of the mRS, adjusted for age and World Federation of Neurological Surgeons grade on admission, gave a common odds ratio (OR) of 0·97, 95% CI 0·75–1·25; p=0·803. At 6 months, we recorded 37 (10%) deaths in the simvastatin group compared with 35 (9%) in the placebo group (log-rank p=0·592). 70 (18%) serious adverse events were reported in the simvastatin group compared with 74 (18%) in the placebo group. No suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions were reported. Interpretation The STASH trial did not detect any benefit in the use of simvastatin for long-term or short-term outcome in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Despite demonstrating no safety concerns, we conclude that patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage should not be treated routinely with simvastatin during the acute stages. Funding British Heart Foundation.

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2014

6. Early management of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in a hospital without neurosurgical/neuroendovascular facilities: a consensus and clinical recommendations of the Italian Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (SIAARTI)

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Tommaso Zoerle, Arturo Chieregato, Luca Longhi, Edoardo Picetti, Marco Cenzato, Paolo Gritti, Alessandro Bertuccio, Carlo Alberto Castioni, Maurizio Berardino, Giuseppe Citerio, Rita Bertuetti, Frank Rasulo, Sandra Rossi, Costanza Martino, Anselmo Caricato, Chiara Robba, Nino Stocchetti, Edoardo Boccardi, Marina Munari, Picetti, E, Berardino, M, Bertuccio, A, Bertuetti, R, Boccardi, E, Caricato, A, Castioni, C, Cenzato, M, Chieregato, A, Citerio, G, Gritti, P, Longhi, L, Martino, C, Munari, M, Rossi, S, Stocchetti, N, Zoerle, T, Rasulo, F, and Robba, C

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medicine.medical_specialty, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, business.industry, Pain medicine, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Management, Transfer, Spoke center, Modified delphi, medicine.disease, Multidisciplinary approach, Anesthesia, Anesthesiology, Intensive care, medicine, Neurosurgery, business, Interventional neuroradiology
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Background The immediate management of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients in hospitals without neurosurgical/neurointerventional facilities and their transfer to a specialized center is challenging and not well covered in existing guidelines. To address these issues, we created a consensus of experts endorsed by the Italian Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (SIAARTI) to provide clinical guidance. Methods A multidisciplinary consensus panel composed by 19 physicians selected for their established clinical and scientific expertise in the acute management of SAH patients with different specializations (anesthesia/intensive care, neurosurgery and interventional neuroradiology) was created. A modified Delphi approach was adopted. Results A total of 14 statements have been discussed. Consensus was reached on 11 strong recommendations and 2 weak recommendations. In one case, where consensus could not be agreed upon, no recommendation could be provided. Conclusions Management of SAH in a non-specialized setting and early transfer are difficult and may have a critical impact on outcome. Clinical advice, based on multidisciplinary consensus, might be helpful. Our recommendations cover most, but not all, topics of clinical relevance.

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2021
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7. Prevalence and risk factors for delirium in critically ill patients with COVID-19 (COVID-D): a multicentre cohort study

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Ana Vallejo de la Cueva, Pablo T. Aznar, Laura González Cubillo, Chiara Robba, Oriol Plans Galván, Nerea Aretxabala Cortajarena, Robert C. Hyzy, Imen Ben Saida, Jorge Rubio, María José Sánchez Carretero, Katie M. Vance, Blanca Furquet, Irene Patricia Barón Barrera, Sarah J. Peterson, Sara C. LaHue, Sergio Llorente Damas, Andrew R. Vogel, Nihal Patel, Alejandro Suarez-de-la-Rica, Cristina Álvarez, Ricard Molina Latorre, Günseli Orhun, Karen Shephard, Marta Martín Martínez, Paula Castello-Mora, Guillem Navarra-Ventura, Michelle Woodham, Carmen Andrea Sanchis-Veryser, Annachiara Marra, Kristine Nelson, Carolina Ferrer Gómez, Francisco Javier Morán Gallego, Muhammed Elhadi, Sarah Cohen, María Esther Rodriguez Delgado, Rafael Badenes, Isabel Reyes García, Christopher Berkey, Karla Núñez Vázquez, Beata-Gabriela K Simpson, Amaia Quintano Rodero, María Pilar Vicente-Fernández, María Luisa García Pérez, Vanja C. Douglas, María Elena Martínez Quintana, Silvia García de Castrillón i Ramal, Silvia Beretta, Mandeep Sing, Robert A Balk, Yolanda Poveda Hernández, Spencer Roberson, Martin Siegemund, Jordi Morillas Pérez, Rameela Raman, Giuseppe Servillo, João Manoel Silva, Brenda T. Pun, Aurélien Mazeraud, María Cruz Martín Delgado, Borja Hinojal Olmedillo, Gemma Gomà Fernández, Miguel Valente, Michael T. Kenes, Laura Galarza, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Wencong Chen, Rita Pereia, Álvaro Ortega Guerrero, Morgan H. Tandy, Alejandro Ruiz Perea, Stephanie Wilson-Linville, Meri Martin Cerezuela, Salvatore Lucio Cutuli, Carlos A. Calvo, María de las Nieves Noci Moreno, Ariadna Bellès, Elisa Govea Bogossian, Mario Dalorzo González, Eva Álvarez Torres, David Díaz Muñoz, Carla Margarida Teixeira, Emilio del Campo Molina, Sol Fernandez-Gonzalo, Christine Harb, Berta Monleón, Anna Teresa Mazzeo, Beatriz Del Moral Barbudo, Thomas Godet, Cristina Delgado Palacios, C. Adrian Austin, Hilde Wøien, Anselmo Caricato, Erik Roman-Pognuz, Bruno Gonçalves, Patricia Rodríguez Villamizar, Eloisa Sofia Tanzarella, Daniel A Godoy Torres, Robert E. Hosse, Lisa Smit, María Rosa Sanchis-Martin, Cristina Murcia Gubianas, Emily Sanders, Karen Herrera-Davis, Sara Torrico Sánchez, Isabel Peña Luna, David A Bennett, Irene Torres, Diana Gil-Castillejos, Laura Labrador Romero, Felipe González-Seguel, Carlos Muñoz De Cabo, Ellis Morgan, Itziar Insausti, Mónica García Simón, Patricia Piñeiro Otero, Genís Carrasco Gómez, M. Montero, Jose García Cantos, Ignacio Garutti, César Rodriguez Nuñez, Fernando Higuero, Sameep Sehgal, Catherine M. Kuza, Yago García Blanco-Traba, Juan Romeu Prieto, Ainhoa Serrano, Elena Abril Palomares, Perihan Ergin Özcan, Mathieu van der Jagt, Elena Gallego Curto, Berta Gallego Rodríguez, Rosalía Navarro Casado, Aaron Lerner, Myrto Tzimou, Sheila Moya Gutiérrez, Beatriz García Góngora, Eleonora Stival, Xavier Andorrà Sunyer, Susana Gallardo Sánchez, Anna Baró Serra, Filadelfo Bustos Molina, Rafael Zaragoza, Verónica Rojas, Paolo Pelosi, Aris Pérez Lucendo, Stéphane Legriel, Eduardo Tobar, Laura Lizama, Viviane Hidalgo-Calibin, Chiara Maria Concetta Massaro, Nekane Romero, Pablo García Domelo, Isabel Jesus Pereira, Kelly Drumright, Frank Rasulo, Mattia Marchesi, Jacques Creteur, Estefanía Carvajal Revuelta, Timothy D. Girard, Pablo Carreño-Montenegro, Ana Montero Feijoo, Ignacio Baeza Gómez, Alba Gonzalo Millán, Esteban Morcillo, Alice Santos, Pilar Leal Sanz, Dulce Morales, Gabriel Heras La Calle, Hollis R. O’Neal, Antonio Ramírez-Palma, Inés Pérez Francisco, Alberto Noto, Matilde González Serrano, Paola Valls, María Jesús Mármol Cubillo, Emilio Maseda, Anna Estermann, Andrés Pujol, E. Wesley Ely, Alexis Ferré, Lucia Chowdhury, Guillaume Lacave, Cristina Granja, Isabel de la Calle Gil, Onur M Orun, Mohamed Boussarsar, David Pestaña Lagunas, Denise Battaglini, Nathan E. Brummel, Rosa María Pérez Manrique, Núria Zellweger, Jaume Puig, Kiran Devulapally, Milagros Calizaya Vargas, Jesús Caballero, Theresa Olasveengen, Cristina Fuster, Aarti Sarwal, Pratik P. Pandharipande, Gabriele Pintaudi, Paula Ramirez, Blanca Fernández Tomás, Maria Claudia Giménez Santamarina, Francisco Luis Pérez Caballero, Enver Rodriguez-Martinez, David Martínez-Gascueña, Irene Paredes Borrachero, Ugo Fraisse, Paloma LaTorre Andreu, Ignacio Catalán-Monzón, Elena Gonzalez, Figen Esen, Lorenzo Peluso, Intensive Care, Pun, B. T., Badenes, R., Heras La Calle, G., Orun, O. M., Chen, W., Raman, R., Simpson, B. -G. K., Wilson-Linville, S., Hinojal Olmedillo, B., Vallejo de la Cueva, A., van der Jagt, M., Navarro Casado, R., Leal Sanz, P., Orhun, G., Ferrer Gomez, C., Nunez Vazquez, K., Pineiro Otero, P., Taccone, F. S., Gallego Curto, E., Caricato, A., Woien, H., Lacave, G., O'Neal, H. R., Peterson, S. J., Brummel, N. E., Girard, T. D., Ely, E. W., Pandharipande, P. P., Creteur, J., Bogossian, E. G., Peluso, L., Gonzalez-Seguel, F., Hidalgo-Cabalin, V., Carreno-Montenegro, P., Rojas, V., Tobar, E., Ramirez-Palma, A., Herrera-Davis, K., Ferre, A., Legriel, S., Godet, T., Fraisse, U., Goncalves, B., Mazeraud, A., Tzimou, M., Rasulo, F., Beretta, S., Marchesi, M., Robba, C., Battaglini, D., Pelosi, P., Mazzeo, A. T., Noto, A., Servillo, G., Marra, A., Cutuli, S. L., Pintaudi, G., Stival, E., Tanzarella, E. S., Roman-Pognuz, E., Concetta Massaro, C. M., Elhadi, M., Smit, L., Olasveengen, T., Pereira, I. J., Teixeira, C. M., Santos, A., Valente, M., Granja, C., Pereia, R., Silva, J., Furquet, B., Garcia Simon, M., Godoy Torres, D. A., Monleon, B., Morcillo, E., Romero, N., Serrano, A., Torrico Sanchez, S., Perez Caballero, F. L., Pena Luna, I., Baeza Gomez, I., Calizaya Vargas, M., Morillas Perez, J., Carrasco Gomez, G., Molina Latorre, R., Moya Gutierrez, S., Baron Barrera, I. P., Delgado Palacios, C., Garcia Gongora, B., Labrador Romero, L., Galarza, L., Catalan-Monzon, I., Rodriguez-Martinez, E., Murcia Gubianas, C., Belles, A., Rodriguez Delgado, M. E., Caballero, J., Morales, D., Pujol, A., Rubio, J., Alvarez Torres, E., Carvajal Revuelta, E., de la Calle Gil, I., Fernandez Tomas, B., Gallego Rodriguez, B., Gonzalez Serrano, M., LaTorre Andreu, P., Perez Lucendo, A., Abril Palomares, E., Gonzalez Gonzalez, E., Martin Delgado, M. C., Munoz De Cabo, C., Aznar, P. T., Calvo, C. A., Garutti, I., Higuero, F., Martinez-Gascuena, D., Maseda, E., Insausti, I., Montero Feijoo, A., Suarez-de-la-Rica, A., Del Moral Barbudo, B., Garcia Blanco-Traba, Y., Gimenez Santamarina, M. C., Gonzalo Millan, A., Llorente Damas, S., Pestana Lagunas, D., Reyes Garcia, I., Ruiz Perea, A., Ortega Guerrero, A., Marmol Cubillo, M. J., Diaz Munoz, D., Garcia de Castrillon i Ramal, S., Andorra Sunyer, X., Noci Moreno, M. D. L. N., Perez Manrique, R. M., del Campo Molina, E., Martinez Quintana, M. E., Fernandez-Gonzalo, S., Goma Fernandez, G., Navarra-Ventura, G., Baro Serra, A., Fuster, C., Plans Galvan, O., Gil-Castillejos, D., Dalorzo Gonzalez, M., Moran Gallego, F. J., Paredes Borrachero, I., Rodriguez Villamizar, P., Romeu Prieto, J., Sanchez Carretero, M. J., Gallardo Sanchez, S., Bustos Molina, F., Garcia Perez, M. L., Castello-Mora, P., Puig, J., Sanchis-Martin, M. R., Sanchis-Veryser, C. A., Vicente-Fernandez, M. P., Zaragoza, R., Lizama, L., Torres, I., Alvarez, C., Ramirez, P., Martin Cerezuela, M., Montero, M. J., Garcia Cantos, J., Valls, P., Aretxabala Cortajarena, N., Garcia Domelo, P., Gonzalez Cubillo, L., Martin Martinez, M., Perez Francisco, I., Poveda Hernandez, Y., Quintano Rodero, A., Rodriguez Nunez, C., Siegemund, M., Estermann, A., Zellweger, N., Ben Saida, I., Boussarsar, M., Esen, F., Ergin Ozcan, P., Berkey, C., Harb, C., Tandy, M. H., Morgan, E., Shephard, K., Hyzy, R. C., Kenes, M., Nelson, K., Hosse, R. E., Vance, K. M., Austin, C. A., Lerner, A., Sanders, E., Balk, R. A., Bennett, D. A., Vogel, A. R., Chowdhury, L., Devulapally, K., Woodham, M., Cohen, S., Patel, N., Kuza, C. M., Sing, M., Roberson, S., Drumright, K., Sehgal, S., Lahue, S. C., Douglas, V. C., and Sarwal, A.

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, covid-19, delirium, Outcomes, Lower risk, Critical Ilness, Task-Force, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Intensive-Care-Unit, Intensive care, Settore MED/41 - ANESTESIOLOGIA, medicine, Survivors, 030212 general & internal medicine, Simplified Acute Physiology Score, Mechaniically Ventilated Patients, Epitiomology, Mechanical ventilation, Coma, Intensive-Care-Unit, Mechaniically Ventilated Patients, Clinical practice Guidelines, Critical Ilness, Task-Force, Sedation, ICU, Survivors, Outcomes, Epitiomology, business.industry, covid, Retrospective cohort study, Articles, Clinical practice Guidelines, covid, delirium, 030228 respiratory system, Sedation, ICU, Emergency medicine, Delirium, medicine.symptom, business, Cohort study
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Background: To date, 750 000 patients with COVID-19 worldwide have required mechanical ventilation and thus are at high risk of acute brain dysfunction (coma and delirium). We aimed to investigate the prevalence of delirium and coma, and risk factors for delirium in critically ill patients with COVID-19, to aid the development of strategies to mitigate delirium and associated sequelae. Methods: This multicentre cohort study included 69 adult intensive care units (ICUs), across 14 countries. We included all patients (aged ≥18 years) admitted to participating ICUs with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection before April 28, 2020. Patients who were moribund or had life-support measures withdrawn within 24 h of ICU admission, prisoners, patients with pre-existing mental illness, neurodegenerative disorders, congenital or acquired brain damage, hepatic coma, drug overdose, suicide attempt, or those who were blind or deaf were excluded. We collected de-identified data from electronic health records on patient demographics, delirium and coma assessments, and management strategies for a 21-day period. Additional data on ventilator support, ICU length of stay, and vital status was collected for a 28-day period. The primary outcome was to determine the prevalence of delirium and coma and to investigate any associated risk factors associated with development of delirium the next day. We also investigated predictors of number of days alive without delirium or coma. These outcomes were investigated using multivariable regression. Findings: Between Jan 20 and April 28, 2020, 4530 patients with COVID-19 were admitted to 69 ICUs, of whom 2088 patients were included in the study cohort. The median age of patients was 64 years (IQR 54 to 71) with a median Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) II of 40·0 (30·0 to 53·0). 1397 (66·9%) of 2088 patients were invasively mechanically ventilated on the day of ICU admission and 1827 (87·5%) were invasively mechanical ventilated at some point during hospitalisation. Infusion with sedatives while on mechanical ventilation was common: 1337 (64·0%) of 2088 patients were given benzodiazepines for a median of 7·0 days (4·0 to 12·0) and 1481 (70·9%) were given propofol for a median of 7·0 days (4·0 to 11·0). Median Richmond Agitation–Sedation Scale score while on invasive mechanical ventilation was –4 (–5 to –3). 1704 (81·6%) of 2088 patients were comatose for a median of 10·0 days (6·0 to 15·0) and 1147 (54·9%) were delirious for a median of 3·0 days (2·0 to 6·0). Mechanical ventilation, use of restraints, and benzodiazepine, opioid, and vasopressor infusions, and antipsychotics were each associated with a higher risk of delirium the next day (all p≤0·04), whereas family visitation (in person or virtual) was associated with a lower risk of delirium (p

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2021

8. Guillain-Barré syndrome and COVID-19: an observational multicentre study from two Italian hotspot regions

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Giovanni De Maria, Francesca Castellani, Gabriella Zara, Barbara Frigeni, Stefano Gazzina, Giuseppe Natalini, Maurizio Osio, Francesco Palmerini, Alessandro Padovani, Enrico Marchioni, Pietro Emiliano Doneddu, Eugenio Magni, Sabrina Ravaglia, Frank Rasulo, C. Foresti, Andrea Bellomo, Maria Cotelli, Marinella Carpo, Laura Broglio, Eduardo Nobile-Orazio, Anna Maria Perotti, Chiara Briani, Ubaldo Del Carro, Massimo Filippi, Giuseppe Cosentino, Stefano Cotti Piccinelli, Antonino Uncini, Andrea Rasera, Raffaella Fazio, Gian Maria Fabrizi, Giovanna Squintani, Elena Grappa, Loris Poli, Ugo Leggio, Valeria Bertasi, Sergio Ferrari, Nicola Latronico, Francesca Caprioli, Maria Sessa, Laura Bertolasi, Massimiliano Filosto, Francesca Bianchi, Federico Ranieri, Giuseppe Scopelliti, Maria Cristina Servalli, Filosto, M., Cotti Piccinelli, S., Gazzina, S., Foresti, C., Frigeni, B., Servalli, M. C., Sessa, M., Cosentino, G., Marchioni, E., Ravaglia, S., Briani, C., Castellani, F., Zara, G., Bianchi, F., Del Carro, U., Fazio, R., Filippi, M., Magni, E., Natalini, G., Palmerini, F., Perotti, A. M., Bellomo, A., Osio, M., Scopelliti, G., Carpo, M., Rasera, A., Squintani, G., Doneddu, P. E., Bertasi, V., Cotelli, M. S., Bertolasi, L., Fabrizi, G. M., Ferrari, S., Ranieri, F., Caprioli, F., Grappa, E., Broglio, L., De Maria, G., Leggio, U., Poli, L., Rasulo, F., Latronico, N., Nobile-Orazio, E., Padovani, A., and Uncini, A.

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Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Clinical Neurology, GBS, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Settore MED/17 - MALATTIE INFETTIVE, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, law, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), 030212 general & internal medicine, Referral and Consultation, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Guillain-Barre syndrome, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, Incidence, GBS increased incidence, GBS, Guillain Barrè Syndrome, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Outbreak, Retrospective cohort study, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Guillain Barrè Syndrome, Intensive care unit, SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, Hospitalization, Psychiatry and Mental health, Blood pressure, Italy, Neuromuscular, Cohort, Female, Observational study, Surgery, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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ObjectiveSingle cases and small series of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) have been reported during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak worldwide. We evaluated incidence and clinical features of GBS in a cohort of patients from two regions of northern Italy with the highest number of patients with COVID-19.MethodsGBS cases diagnosed in 12 referral hospitals from Lombardy and Veneto in March and April 2020 were retrospectively collected. As a control population, GBS diagnosed in March and April 2019 in the same hospitals were considered.ResultsIncidence of GBS in March and April 2020 was 0.202/100 000/month (estimated rate 2.43/100 000/year) vs 0.077/100 000/month (estimated rate 0.93/100 000/year) in the same months of 2019 with a 2.6-fold increase. Estimated incidence of GBS in COVID-19-positive patients was 47.9/100 000 and in the COVID-19-positive hospitalised patients was 236/100 000. COVID-19-positive patients with GBS, when compared with COVID-19-negative subjects, showed lower MRC sum score (26.3±18.3 vs 41.4±14.8, p=0.006), higher frequency of demyelinating subtype (76.6% vs 35.3%, p=0.011), more frequent low blood pressure (50% vs 11.8%, p=0.017) and higher rate of admission to intensive care unit (66.6% vs 17.6%, p=0.002).ConclusionsThis study shows an increased incidence of GBS during the COVID-19 outbreak in northern Italy, supporting a pathogenic link. COVID-19-associated GBS is predominantly demyelinating and seems to be more severe than non-COVID-19 GBS, although it is likely that in some patients the systemic impairment due to COVID-19 might have contributed to the severity of the whole clinical picture.

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2020

9. Impact of a posttraumatic cerebral infarction on outcome in patients with TBI: the Italian multicenter cohort INCEPT study

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Davide Tintori, Francesco Antonio Rasulo, Tiziana Casalicchio, Marco Maria Fontanella, Roberto Stefini, Simone Piva, Roberto Gasparotti, Livio Carnevale, Maria Elena Perna, Mirko Patassini, M. Frigerio, Maurizio Berardino, Ornella Manara, Giuseppe Citerio, Davide Cerasti, Paolo Maremmani, Carlo Alberto Castioni, Giuseppe Natalini, Ilaria Pesaresi, Nicola Latronico, Danila Katia Radolovich, Andrea Bottazzi, Serena Galiberti, Paolo Gritti, Alan Girardini, Simona Cavallo, Maurizio Saini, Lorenzo Pinelli, Nazzareno Fagoni, Cosetta Minelli, Roberta Mazzani, Latronico, N, Piva, S, Fagoni, N, Pinelli, L, Frigerio, M, Tintori, D, Berardino, M, Bottazzi, A, Carnevale, L, Casalicchio, T, Castioni, C, Cavallo, S, Cerasti, D, Citerio, G, Fontanella, M, Galiberti, S, Girardini, A, Gritti, P, Manara, O, Maremmani, P, Mazzani, R, Natalini, G, Patassini, M, Perna, M, Pesaresi, I, Radolovich, D, Saini, M, Stefini, R, Minelli, C, Gasparotti, R, and Rasulo, F

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Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Traumatic brain injury, 030231 tropical medicine, Glasgow Outcome Scale, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Statistics, Nonparametric, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Brain Injuries, Traumatic, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, Risk factor, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, Disability, Cerebral infarction, business.industry, Clinical study design, Research, lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, Long term outcome, Posttraumatic cerebral infarction, lcsh:RC86-88.9, Cerebral Infarction, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Emergency & Critical Care Medicine, Logistic Models, Traumatic brain injury, Posttraumatic cerebral infarction, Long term outcome, Disability, Italy, ROC Curve, Area Under Curve, Cohort, Female, Complication, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Cohort study
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Background Post-traumatic cerebral infarction (PTCI) is common after traumatic brain injury (TBI). It is unclear what the occurrence of a PTCI is, how it impacts the long-term outcome, and whether it adds incremental prognostic value to established outcome predictors. Methods This was a prospective multicenter cohort study of moderate and severe TBI patients. The primary objective was to evaluate if PTCI was an independent risk factor for the 6-month outcome assessed with the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS). We also assessed the PTCI occurrence and if it adds incremental value to the International Mission for Prognosis and Clinical Trial design in TBI (IMPACT) core and extended models. Results We enrolled 143 patients, of whom 47 (32.9%) developed a PTCI. In the multiple ordered logistic regression, PTCI was retained in both the core and extended IMPACT models as an independent predictor of the GOS. The predictive performances increased significantly when PTCI was added to the IMPACT core model (AUC = 0.73, 95% C.I. 0.66–0.82; increased to AUC = 0.79, 95% CI 0.71–0.83, p = 0.0007) and extended model (AUC = 0.74, 95% C.I. 0.65–0.81 increased to AUC = 0.80, 95% C.I. 0.69–0.85; p = 0.00008). Patients with PTCI showed higher ICU mortality and 6-month mortality, whereas hospital mortality did not differ between the two groups. Conclusions PTCI is a common complication in patients suffering from a moderate or severe TBI and is an independent risk factor for long-term disability. The addition of PTCI to the IMPACT core and extended predictive models significantly increased their performance in predicting the GOS. Trial registration The present study was registered in ClinicalTrial.gov with the ID number NCT02430324.

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2019

10. Outcome Prognostication of Acute Brain Injury using the Neurological Pupil Index (ORANGE) study: protocol for a prospective, observational, multicentre, international cohort study

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Giuseppe Citerio, Mauro Oddo, Fabio Taccone, Francesca Elli, Alessia Vargiolu, Stefania Galimberti, Paola Rebora, R Badenes, P Bouzat, A Caricato, RM Chesnut, C Hemphill, F Rasulo, S Schwab, JI Suarez, K Sunde, Aaron Blandino, Letterio Malgeri, Eleonora Rossi, Francesca Graziano, Orange Study Group, Badenes, R., Bouzat, P., Caricato, A., Chesnut, R.M., Hemphill, C., Rasulo, F., Schwab, S., Suarez, J.I., Sunde, K., Blandino, A., Malgeri, L., Rossi, E., Vargiolu, A., Elli, F., Graziano, F., Oddo, M, Taccone, F, Galimberti, S, Rebora, P, and Citerio, G

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Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Traumatic brain injury, Brain Injuries/complications, Brain Injuries/diagnosis, Cohort Studies, Humans, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Observational Studies as Topic, Prospective Studies, Pupil, Reflex, Pupillary, adult intensive & critical care, neurological injury, stroke, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Settore MED/41 - ANESTESIOLOGIA, Medicine, Pupillary light reflex, Coma, Stroke, Outcome, Droit, business.industry, Intensive Care, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Institutional review board, critical care, Pupillometry, Brain Injuries, Emergency medicine, Observational study, adult intensive &amp, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Cohort study
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Introduction The pupillary examination is an important part of the neurological assessment, especially in the setting of acutely brain-injured patients, and pupillary abnormalities are associated with poor outcomes. Currently, the pupillary examination is based on a visual, subjective and frequently inaccurate estimation. The use of automated infrared pupillometry to measure the pupillary light reflex can precisely quantify subtle changes in pupillary functions. The study aimed to evaluate the association between abnormal pupillary function, assessed by the Neurological Pupil Index (NPi), and long-term outcomes in patients with acute brain injury (ABI). Methods and analysis The Outcome Prognostication of Acute Brain Injury using the Neurological Pupil Index study is a prospective, observational study including adult patients with ABI requiring admission at the intensive care unit. We aimed to recruit at least 420 patients including those suffering from traumatic brain injury or haemorrhagic strokes, over 12 months. The primary aim was to assess the relationship between NPi and 6-month mortality or poor neurological outcome, measured by the Extended Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS-E, poor outcome=GOS-E 1-4). Supervised and unsupervised methods and latent class mixed models will be used to identify patterns of NPi trajectories and Cox and logistic model to evaluate their association with outcome. Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the institutional review board (Comitato Etico Brianza) on 16 July 2020. Approved protocol V.4.0 dated 10 March 2020. The results of this study will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at conferences. Trial registration number NCT04490005., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

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2021
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11. Brain ultrasonography: methodology, basic and advanced principles and clinical applications. A narrative review

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Chiara Robba, Alberto Goffi, Giuseppe Citerio, Aarti Sarwal, Llewellyn Padayachy, Frank Rasulo, Thomas Geeraerts, Gabriele Via, Soojin Park, Danilo Cardim, Marek Czosnyka, Robba, C, Goffi, A, Geeraerts, T, Cardim, D, Via, G, Czosnyka, M, Park, S, Sarwal, A, Padayachy, L, Rasulo, F, Citerio, G, University of Zurich, and Robba, Chiara

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medicine.medical_specialty, Brain Death, Neurosonology, Critical Care, Intracranial Pressure, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial, Traumatic brain injury, Point-of-Care Systems, 610 Medicine & health, Brain ultrasonography, Optic nerve sheath diameter, Transcranial Doppler, Blood Flow Velocity, Brain, Brain Diseases, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Emergency Service, Hospital, Humans, Intensive Care Units, Ultrasonography, Transcranial, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, 11171 Cardiocentro Ticino, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, Cerebral circulation, Hospital, 0302 clinical medicine, law, Anesthesiology, medicine, Intensive care medicine, Emergency Service, business.industry, Doppler, Neurointensive care, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, Emergency department, medicine.disease, Intensive care unit, Hydrocephalus, 030228 respiratory system, 2706 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, business
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Brain ultrasonography can be used to evaluate cerebral anatomy and pathology, as well as cerebral circulation through analysis of blood flow velocities. Transcranial colour-coded duplex sonography is a generally safe, repeatable, non-invasive, bedside technique that has a strong potential in neurocritical care patients in many clinical scenarios, including traumatic brain injury, aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, hydrocephalus, and the diagnosis of cerebral circulatory arrest. Furthermore, the clinical applications of this technique may extend to different settings, including the general intensive care unit and the emergency department. Its increasing use reflects a growing interest in non-invasive cerebral and systemic assessment. The aim of this manuscript is to provide an overview of the basic and advanced principles underlying brain ultrasonography, and to review the different techniques and different clinical applications of this approach in the monitoring and treatment of critically ill patients.

Published
2019

12. Are you Ernest Shackleton, the polar explorer? Refining the criteria for delirium and brain dysfunction in sepsis

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Pratik P. Pandharipande, Frank Rasulo, Nicola Latronico, Giuseppe Bellelli, Eugene Wesley Ely, Alessandro Morandi, Rasulo, F, Bellelli, G, Ely, E, Morandi, A, Pandharipande, P, and Latronico, N

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medicine.medical_specialty, Sepsi, Urinary system, Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock, Brain dysfunction, Host response, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Sepsis, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Intensive care medicine, Delirium, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, Quick Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score, business.industry, Septic shock, Organ dysfunction, Glasgow Coma Scale, medicine.disease, 030228 respiratory system, medicine.symptom, business
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The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock has recently defined sepsis as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Organ dysfunctions in this consensus definition were identified as an organ-specific Sequential [Sepsis-related] Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score ≥ 2 points. The quick SOFA (qSOFA) considers altered mentation indicating brain dysfunction when the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score is ≤13 or ≤14. However, concern has been expressed that the revised criteria may lead to a failure in recognizing the signs of potentially lethal organ dysfunction and thus sepsis. Patients with delirium have a fluctuating course, and GCS can be normal or only slightly reduced at the time when signs of delirium are already present. We here report an illustrative case showing how an acute, initially unrecognized, urinary tract infection caused acute brain dysfunction with profound behavioral and cognitive dysfunction despite normal GCS, hence not meeting the criteria for sepsis.

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2017

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