K. Ko, Ji-hoon Kang, Sa-Yoon Kang, Jung Seok Lee, S. Song, J. Oh, Joong-Goo Kim, E. Han, H. K. Lee, J. Choi
{"title":"Venous Thromboembolism Following Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Prospective Incidence Study","authors":"K. Ko, Ji-hoon Kang, Sa-Yoon Kang, Jung Seok Lee, S. Song, J. Oh, Joong-Goo Kim, E. Han, H. K. Lee, J. Choi","doi":"10.18700/JNC.180068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18700/JNC.180068","url":null,"abstract":"Methods: We prospectively enrolled patients with acute ischemic stroke admitted to Jeju National University Hospital. The inclusion criteria were: 1) aged ≥18 years, 2) admission within seven days of symptom onset, and 3) an initial National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score >1 for the affected lower limb. Ultrasound scans of the lower limbs and plasma D-dimer assays were performed on days 7-14 and 15-28 after stroke onset.","PeriodicalId":33246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurocritical Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49300151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Uiyoung Cho, Young Joo Song, Y. Jung, K. Choi, Eun Sook Lee, Euni Lee, Moon‐Ku Han
{"title":"Effects of Medication Reconciliation and Cost Avoidance Analysis by Clinical Pharmacists in a Neurocritical Care Unit","authors":"Uiyoung Cho, Young Joo Song, Y. Jung, K. Choi, Eun Sook Lee, Euni Lee, Moon‐Ku Han","doi":"10.18700/JNC.180064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18700/JNC.180064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurocritical Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48094638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Huh, So-Young Lee, Jin-Hyung Lee, Won Gu Lee, Jong Kuk Kim, Yoon Bw, Nam Jun Kim
{"title":"A Variant Guillain-Barré Syndrome with Anti-Ganglioside Complex Antibody","authors":"S. Huh, So-Young Lee, Jin-Hyung Lee, Won Gu Lee, Jong Kuk Kim, Yoon Bw, Nam Jun Kim","doi":"10.18700/JNC.180073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18700/JNC.180073","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Recently, anti-ganglioside complex (GSC) antibodies were discovered among the various subtypes of Guillain-Barré syndrome. GSC is the novel glycoepitopes formed by two individual ganglioside molecules. Case Report: We present a 36-year-old man with overlap Miller Fisher syndrome and acute bulbar palsy who had anti-GSC antibody that provided diagnostic robustness. Conclusion: Anti-GSC testing could be considered important in patients who show atypical manifestation with negative antibody reaction against each constituent ganglioside. J Neurocrit Care 2018;11(2):134-136","PeriodicalId":33246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurocritical Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48708657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thoracic Endovascular Repair of Spinal Cord Infarction Resulting from Impending Rupture of the Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm","authors":"Su Wan Kim, Seung Hyoung Kim, Sa-Yoon Kang, J. Oh","doi":"10.18700/JNC.180071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18700/JNC.180071","url":null,"abstract":"Thoracic Endovascular Repair of Spinal Cord Infarction Resulting from Impending Rupture of the Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Su Wan Kim, MD, PhD, Seung Hyoung Kim, MD, Sa-Yoon Kang, MD, Jung-Hwan Oh, MD Departments of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Radiology, Neurology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea J Neurocrit Care 2018;11(2):148-151 https://doi.org/10.18700/jnc.180071 eISSN 2508-1349","PeriodicalId":33246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurocritical Care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41685623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tae-won Yang, J. Jo, Do-Hyung Kim, Young Soo Kim, O. Kwon
{"title":"Consciousness Recovery by Rituximab after Seizure Control in Cryptogenic New-Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus","authors":"Tae-won Yang, J. Jo, Do-Hyung Kim, Young Soo Kim, O. Kwon","doi":"10.18700/JNC.180066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18700/JNC.180066","url":null,"abstract":"Consciousness Recovery by Rituximab after Seizure Control in Cryptogenic New-Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus Tae-Won Yang, MD, Jeong Won Jo, MD, Do-Hyung Kim, MD, Young-Soo Kim, MD, PhD, Oh-Young Kwon, MD, PhD Department of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Changwon; Department of Dermatology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju; Department of Neurology and Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju; Department of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Korea","PeriodicalId":33246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurocritical Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49594736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monitoring and Interpretation of Mechanical Ventilator Waveform in the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit","authors":"Jin Park","doi":"10.18700/JNC.180069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18700/JNC.180069","url":null,"abstract":"Management of mechanical ventilation is essential for patients with neuro-critical illnesses who may also have impairment of airways, lungs, respiratory muscles, and respiratory drive. However, balancing the approach to mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU) with the need to prevent additional lung and brain injury, is challenging to intensivists. Lung protective ventilation strategies should be modified and applied to neuro-critically ill patients to maintain normocapnia and proper positive end expiratory pressure in the setting of neurological closed monitoring. Understanding the various parameters and graphic waveforms of the mechanical ventilator can provide information about the respiratory target, including appropriate tidal volume, airway pressure, and synchrony between patient and ventilator, especially in patients with neurological dysfunction due to irregularity of spontaneous respiration. Several types of asynchrony occur during mechanical ventilation, including trigger, flow, and termination asynchrony. This review aims to present the basic interpretation of mechanical ventilator waveforms and utilization of waveforms in various clinical situations in the neuro-ICU.","PeriodicalId":33246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurocritical Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43177642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cardiac Arrest in Conjunction with Hypoglycemia in a Non-Diabetic Patient with Cerebral\u0000Infarction","authors":"Je Ko, Ji-Yong Lee","doi":"10.18700/JNC.180063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18700/JNC.180063","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Hypoglycemia is uncommon in people without diabetes. There have been only a few reports of cardiac arrest in conjunction with hypoglycemia in non-diabetic patients. Case Report: A 66-year-old man visited the emergency room with dizziness. He was a chronic alcoholic. Laboratory test showed no evidence of diabetes mellitus. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed a left cerebellar infarction. Abdomen computed tomography demonstrated liver cirrhosis with minimal ascites. During his hospital stay, he consumed only a small amount of food because of nausea and headache. On hospital day 4, he had a cardiac arrest after two seizure episodes. His blood glucose was 10 mg/dL. The combination of liver cirrhosis, renal failure and poor oral intake was presumed to be the causes of the severe hypoglycemia. Conclusion: We report a rare case of cardiac arrest occurring in conjunction with severe hypoglycemia in a non-diabetic patient with cerebral infarction. J Neurocrit Care 2018;11(2):143-147","PeriodicalId":33246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurocritical Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45592862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}