Monitoring

Windows to the Brain: Neuromonitoring for the General Intensivist

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Aarti Sarwal, MD, FAAN, FNCS

  Professor, Neurology
  Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
  Winston-Salem, North Carolina

  Disclosure(s): Biogen: Contracted Research (Principal Investigators must provide information, even if received by the institution) (Ongoing); Butterfly Network, Inc.: Other Research Support (includes receipt of drugs, supplies, equipment or other in-kind support) (Ongoing); C. R. Bard: Contracted Research (Principal Investigators must provide information, even if received by the institution) (Ongoing); CVR Global: Contracted Research (Principal Investigators must provide information, even if received by the institution) (Terminated); LungPacer: Consultant (Terminated); MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Contracted Research (Terminated); Novartis: Contracted Research (Principal Investigators must provide information, even if received by the institution) (Terminated); SCCM: Board Member/Officer/Trustee (Ongoing); Suntrust Neurology center: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated); UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY , Sydney, Australia: Fee (Terminated)
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  Christa/Hana Nobleza, MD, MSCI

  Medical Director
  Baptist Memorial Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
  Memphis, Tennessee

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

From hepatic encephalopathy-related cerebral edema to severe meningitis, patients admitted to surgical and medical ICUs have significant neuropathology and are at risk of acute neurologic emergencies such as intracerebral hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, and seizure. This session will review the four most commonly used neuromonitoring devices—head CT, pupillometry/optic nerve sheath diameter, EEG, and external ventricular drains—in the ways in which they apply to general intensivists. The session will focus on high-yield, practical tips.

Presentations:

• Too Much or Too Little? Blood, CSF, and the Role of the CT Scanner
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Neha Dangayach, MD, FCCP, FNCS, FAAN – Mount Sinai Hospital
• Eye-CP Monitoring: Using Pupillometry and Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter for ICP Monitoring
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Charlene Ong, MD, – n/a
• Decoding the EEG: All That Spikes Does Not Seize
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Sahar F. Zafar, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
• Making Waves: EVD Monitoring Pearls and Pitfalls
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Casey Albin, MD – n/a