Purpose—Our goal is to provide an overview of the current evidence about components of
the evaluation and treatment of adults with acute ischemic stroke. The intended audience is …

Objective: To systematically review outcomes in comatose survivors after cardiac arrest and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Methods: The authors analyzed studies (1966 to …

This review summarizes recent changes in the treatment of adults with community-acquired
bacterial meningitis. It explains the initial assessment and management, the use of …

Objective: To provide an update of the 1995 American Academy of Neurology guideline with
regard to the following questions: Are there patients who fulfill the clinical criteria of brain …

Abstract The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) has been widely adopted. Failure to assess the
verbal score in intubated patients and the inability to test brainstem reflexes are …

Physicians, health care workers, members of the clergy, and laypeople throughout the world
have accepted fully that a person is dead when his or her brain is dead. In the United States …

Background Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) is characterized
by neuroimaging findings of reversible vasogenic subcortical edema without infarction. The …

Objective: To survey brain death criteria throughout the world. Background: The clinical
diagnosis of brain death allows organ donation or withdrawal of support. Declaration of …

Background. The President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and
Biomedical and Behavioral Research15 defined “brain death” as irreversible cessation of all …

✓ Hydrocephalus, defined as a bicaudate index above the 95th percentile for age, was
found in 34 (20%) of 174 prospectively studied patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage …