CRACKCast E198 – Brain Resuscitation

CRACKCast & Physicians as Humans on CanadiEM

English - February 04, 2019 13:00 - 34 minutes - 39 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Core Questions:

What is cerebral autoregulation? Describe your parameters for post-arrest care of a brain injured patient. List 7 interventions for management of a patient with elevated ICP. What are the equations for cerebral blood flow and cerebral perfusion pressure? Describe a protocol for induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest. In the patient with a traumatic brain injury, what is the optimal drug for and duration of seizure prophylaxis?

Wisecracks:

What are Lundberg A waves? What is the relationship between PaCO2 and CBF? What is the Monro-Kellie hypothesis? How do these values change in patients with severe coma? What is the probability that a survivor of cardiac arrest has a full neurologic recovery?