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Apr 14 2024 458 ep. 23 mins 499
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EVD tips and tricks

Apr 14 2024 18 mins  
Catherine Bell takes us through how to troubleshoot problems commonly encountered when looking after patients who have an external ventricular drain (EVD) in situ. Issues with using brain tissue oxygen monitors are also discussed. A highly practical session aimed at bedside clinicians. This presentation was delivered by Catherine Bell at CODA2022. Want more content about EVD? Visit

aSAH: Dilating the Dogma of Vasospasm

Feb 25 2024 31 mins  
Angiographic vasospasm and more accurately, delayed cerebral ischemia, continue to contribute to morbidity and mortality in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). It is known that angiographic vasospasm is common after SAH, occurring in two-thirds of patients. This presentation was delivered by Rob Loch MacDonald at CODA2022. Want more content about aSAH? Visit neu

Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: a patient and family experience

Feb 12 2024 32 mins  
Lizzy suffered a substantial aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage that left her critically unwell, requiring a long stay in intensive care recovering from the consequences and complications of this devastating form of stroke. Now a couple of years after her haemorrhage, Lizzy has come so far. She and her husband Gordon describe their experiences, right from the day it all began and

Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitoring - The Bonanza Trial (It’s Not What You’ve Got It’s What You Do With It)

Jan 29 2024 25 mins  
Andrew Udy talks about the ongoing BONANZA Trial which is assessing whether an algorithm that incorporates both ICP and brain tissue oxygen (PbTO2) can improve outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Like with all monitoring, how the PbTO2 is interpreted and managed is critical and the devil is in the detail! More on BONANZA here More on BOOST3 here This presentation was deli

Ketamine for Brain Injury

Jan 24 2024 36 mins  
Historically, when it came to brain injury, ketamine had a bad rap. Much of that dogma was dispelled in the last 20 years, and ketamine is now frequently used as an induction agent in acute brain injury, especially traumatic brain injury, partially due to the favorable effects on haemodynamics. However a new application of ketamine is now being explored - whether ketamine may be a

Cortical Spreading Depolarisation in Neurological Disease - An Introduction

Jan 21 2024 25 mins  
Cortical spreading depolarization (CSD) is a spreading loss of ion homeostasis, altered vascular response, change in synaptic architecture, and subsequent depression in electrical activity following an inciting neurological injury. This presentation was delivered by Toby Jeffcote at CODA2022. Want more content about CSD? Visit neuroresus.com or subscribe to be notified of new podca

There is no such thing as mild, moderate and severe TBI

Dec 17 2023 22 mins  
Andrew Chow vs Andrew Udy This debate was set up to discuss the issues with categorising traumatic brain injury (TBI). The current system using GCS to divide patients into mild, moderate and severe has been criticised in recent times, with calls for a more nuanced approach. The debate was a just bit of fun but does highlight the key issues. Chowie didn’t get to choose which side

TBI: when to stop and when to give time

Dec 07 2023 27 mins  
Dr Nick Little is an experienced Neurosurgeon who's looked after patients with traumatic brain injury for his whole career. Here he discusses the difficulties of prognostication following traumatic brain injury (TBI). This podcast was recorded at the Brain Symposium which took place in March 2023. For more talks and content like this, visit neuroresus.com or subscribe to be notifi

EEG and Status Epilepticus

Nov 12 2023 20 mins  
Tania Farrar is a neurologist and epileptologist with expertise in continuous EEG (cEEG) and status epilepticus (SE). This talk covers what a seizure is, what status is, including focal and generalised status epilepticus. This podcast was recorded at the Brain Symposium which took place in March 2023. For more talks and content like this, visit neuroresus.com or subscribe to be not

Neuro Rehab: What Does Severe Disability Mean?

Oct 29 2023 22 mins  
Stuart Browne is a Neuro Rehab specialist from Sydney. He discusses what "severe disability" really means. Severe disability is more common than many realise - about 6% of the Australian population. Stuart discusses how health is more than simply physical recovery and how it is a multidimensional construct. He covers how permanent disability doesn't necessarily equate to a poor qu