CRACKCast E198 – Brain Resuscitation
Feb 04, 2019•34 min•Ep. 198
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Episode description
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?
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