Neuroscience intensive care unit patient population

Neurosurgical conditions

• subarachnoid hemorrhage
• cerebral aneurysms
• cerebral and spinal vascular malformations:
• • arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
  • dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF)
  • cavernoma
• brain tumors
• patients undergoing elective neurosurgery or interventional neuroradiology procedures
• • functional neurosurgery (deep brain stimulation, epilepsy surgery, surgery for trigeminal neuralgia)
  • complex cervical spine surgery
  • carotid stenosis surgery or stenting
• any patient that requires continuous neuromonitoring for the assessment and management of hydrocephalus or elevated intracranial pressure

Stroke

• ischemic stroke following thrombolysis with tPA or thrombectomy
• Intracerebral and intraventricular hemorrhage
• subdural and epidural hematoma
• cerebral venous thrombosis

Neurological conditions

• status epilepticus
• meningitis and encephalitis
• neuromuscular disorders in crisis (myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barre syndrome) and acute myelopathies