Ischemic stroke results from an obstruction of a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain. The brain is an organ extremely sensitive to reduction of oxygen and energy, and brain damage is already ...
Brain oedema after major ischaemic infarction is a life-threatening complication for which no preventive therapy exists. Decompressive hemicraniectomy can be lifesaving and improve functional outcomes ...
The following is a summary of “Impact of fever on the outcome non-anoxic acute brain injury patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” published in the November 2024 issue of Critical Care by ...
Stroke is defined as an "acute neurologic dysfunction of vascular origin with sudden (within seconds) or at least rapid (within hours) occurrence of symptoms and signs corresponding to the ...