Neurology and Neurosurgery

Neuromonitoring in severe brain injury

Clearance of the C-spine: CT vs MRI

Management of raised intracranial pressure

Spinal cord injury syndromes: complete and incomplete

Myasthenic crisis - management and extubation

Haemodialysis in patients with traumatic brain injury

CSF analysis: does this look infected to you?

Pharmacology of anticonvulsant drugs

Encephalitis: specifically autoimmune encephalitis

Management of raised ICP: sudden re-bleed following an MCA aneurysm clipping

Guillain-Barre syndrome: when to admit them to ICU

"Does this CSF look infected to you?" ... an non-infected EVD

Brain herniation and decompressive craniectomy in TBI

Spinal cord injury syndromes

Investigations for status epilepticus

Pseudobulbar palsy; Important spinal cord injury syndromes

"How is this not PRES?" A comparison of PRES and HSV encephalitis

Endovascular clot retrieval for early ischaemic stroke

Encephalitis of unknown aetiology: diagnostic workup and management

Stroke syndromes: lateral medullary syndrome

Spinal injury localisation: where's the lesion?

Causes of unconsciousness: with extensor plantar responses

Transverse myelitis: clinical features, diagnosis and treament

Cranial nerve signs: medullary infarct, CN III, bulbar palsy, mydriasis, 

Cerebral oedema

Pupillary signs: coma with bilateral miosis

Decompressive Craniectomy for traumatic brain injury

Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES)

Guillian-Barré syndrome vs. acute transverse myelitis

Anterior spinal artery syndrome 

Polyuria in the neurosurgical patient

Grading of subarachnoid haemorrhage severity - WFNS vs Fisher score

Evidence for nimodipine and other vasospasm-preventing therapies in SAH

Hypothermia in the management of traumatic brain injury.

Tension pneumoencephalus

Acute management of stroke in the ICU - supportive and definitive.

Management of acute high spinal cord injury

Causes of, and specific management of status epilepticus

Brain herniation: radiological and clinical features

"Neuroprotective measures" - prevention of secondary brain injury

Guillain Barre syndrome vs. something (this time, myasthenia gravis)

Pneumocephalus: specifically, tension pneumocephalus

Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES), thanks to infliximab

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

Management of raised ICP: sudden re-bleed following an MCA aneurysm clipping

Examination of the pupils: three causes of coma where there is miosis

Spinal cord  injury syndromes

Management of Status Epilepticus in ICU in the context of a subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Decompressive craniectomy for malignant MCA infarction; also generic management of stroke.

Intracranial pressure as a therapeutic target: advantages and disadvantages of ICP monitoring

Causes of haemorrhagic stroke and factors which influence its prognosis

Examination of the cranial nerves: CN VI

Cranial nerve lesions: CN IX, CN XII, CN VII, CN VI.

The dermatomes - "Name This Dermatome"

Clearance of the C-spine in the unconscious patient; complications of the hard collar.

Horner's Syndrome, and other features of a lateral medullary syndrome

"Does this CSF look infected to you?" ... an non-infected EVD

Monitoring for vasospasm following SAH: advantages and disadvantages of diagnostic options

Definitive management options for early ischaemic stroke: indications and contra-indications.

Prevention of secondary brain injury: "Neuroprotective Measures"

Clinical features which distinguish brachial plexus lesions from ulnar nerve lesions.

Features that distinguish myopathy from neuropathy

Guillain Barre syndrome vs. something (this time, critical illness polyneuromyopathy)

Monitoring for vasospasm following SAH, as well as its prevention and management

Non-convulsive status epilepticus: definition, diagnosis, risk factors, management.

Fundoscopy: characteristic findings and their correlations with pathology.

Approach to the ICU patient with generalised weakness

The Glasgow Coma Scale in the assessment of consciousness: its utility and its limitations.

Management of raised intracranial pressure. Also, risk factors for post-traumatic seizures.

Examination of the cranial nerves: localisation of a midbrain lesion by CN III palsy.

Physical signs of cerebellar disease: only head signs, please.

Polyuria following traumatic brain injury. What has caused it?

Acute supportive management for stroke in the ICU

Clearance of the C-spine in the unconscious patient

Oculocephalic reflex (CN III, IV, VI and VIII) - what does a normal one tell you?

Horner's Syndrome; specifically, the anatomical sites where the lesion may have occurred.

The utility of the EEG in the ICU

Methods of intracranial pressure monitoring: 4 clinical signs of raised ICP.

Prognosis in severe brain injury. What determines it?

Polyuria following traumatic brain injury. What has caused it?

Approach to the unconscious patient in the ICU

Physiological consequences of spinal cord transection

Methods of intracranial pressure monitoring: compare the EVD and the Codman catheter.

Spinal cord injury syndromes:  list 2 causes, and the clinical findings

Features that distinguish myopathy from neuropathy

Methods of intracranial pressure monitoring: indications for CT head before lumbar puncture.

Physical signs of cerebellar disease: ones which do not involve the limbs

Approach to the ICU patient with generalised weakness

A critique of cerebral perfusion pressure as a therapeutic target.

Causes of neck stiffness

Examination of eye movements: Causes of a persistent right-sided conjugate gaze deviation.

Indications for intracranial pressure monitoring

Decompressive craniectomy: indications, complications, influence on outcome.

Assessment of swallowing function in a critically ill patient

"Does this CSF look infected to you?" .. an epidural abscess

"Does this CSF look infected to you?" .. an infected EVD

Clearance of the C-spine in the unconscious patient

Visual fields and lesions of the visual pathways (CN II)

Methods of intracranial pressure monitoring and indications for intracranial pressure monitoring

Monitoring for vasospasm following SAH: advantages and disadvantages of various techniques.

A comparison of states of persistent unconsciousness

Prognosis in moderate brain injury: ICU vs HDU admission

Polyuria following brain injury. A variation on the theme of hypernatremia

Approach to the unconscious patient in the ICU: causes of delayed awakening.

Factors which influence prognosis in severe brain injury

Prevention and management of vasospasm following SAH

Examination of the cranial nerves: pupil reactivity and diameter (in coma)

Osmotherapy for management of raised intracranial pressure: hypertonic saline.

Acute supportive management for stroke in the ICU (specifically, a brainstem stroke).

Cerebral perfusion pressure as a therapeutic target

Polyuria following brain injury. A variation on the theme of hypernatremia

Approach to the ICU patient with generalised weakness

Physiological consequences of spinal cord transection

Management of Status Epilepticus in ICU

Limitations of CT in assessment of traumatic brain injury

Physiological consequences of spinal cord transection

Approach to the ICU patient with generalised weakness:  GBS, myasthenia gravis and MND.

Eponymous spinal fractures: Jefferson's, Hangman's and Clay Shoveller's.

Clearance of the C-spine in the unconscious patient

Management of the unsecured aneurysm in subarachnoid haemorrhage: coiling vs. clipping.

Intracranial pressure as a therapeutic target

The utility of the EEG and of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEPs) in the ICU.

Approach to the unconscious patient in the ICU: SAH after clipping.

Assessment of swallowing function in a critically ill patient

Management of raised intracranial pressure

Approach to the ICU patient with generalised weakness

Causes of Horner's Syndrome

Physiological consequences of spinal cord transection:

Approach to the unconscious patient in the ICU

Management of raised intracranial pressure

Osmotherapy for management of raised ICP: hypertonic saline versus mannitol.

The significance of persistent "hiccoughs" in a ventilated ICU patient.

Assessment of swallowing function in a critically ill patient: the effects of a tracheostomy.

Physiological consequences of spinal cord transection: diaphragmatic breathing

Acute management of spinal cord injury, with a digression regarding the role of steroids