Neurologic Emergencies, an Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics

Volume 27-1
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4160-6290-5
Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Topics include: "Practical guide to hypothermia for neuroprotection", "Safety of stroke thrombolysis in community practice", "Glycemic control and the injured brain", "Vertigo and dizziness in the ED", "Critical care transport of patients with neuroemergencies", "Primary headaches in the ER", "Meningitis and encephalitis", and "Management of TIAs in the 21st Century".

Autoren/Hrsg.

Geocadin, Romergryko G

Silbergleit, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Notfallmedizin & Unfallmedizin (inkl. Notdienste)

Über Autor(innen)

Geocadin, Romergryko G
Dr. Romergryko G. Geocadin is a professor of neurology, neurosurgery, and anesthesiology-critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He also currently serves as Co-Chair of the Johns Hopkins Clinician-Scientist Career Development Award Committee and is the Co-Founder/Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Encephalitis Center. Dr. Geocadin completed his undergraduate education at the University of the Philippines-Diliman Campus, followed by his medical education at UERM School of Medicine in the Philippines, neurology residency at New York University, and neurocritical care clinical and research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. He was founding Director of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center - Multidisciplinary Neurocritical Care Unit and past Chair of the Johns Hopkins Multidisciplinary Critical Care practice committee. Dr. Geocadin's research, which focuses on translational studies on acute disorders of consciousness from animal models to clinical trials in brain injury after cardiac arrest resuscitation, is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is one of the Principal Investigators for the ICECAP trial under the SIREN Network. Dr. Geocadin has led or contributed to the development of numerous practice guidelines, scientific statements, and reports from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), American Heart Association, The Joint Commission, and the Institutes of Medicine on resuscitation and disorders of consciousness. Additionally. Dr. Geocadin was the Past President of the Neurocritical Care Society and the Vice President of the American Neurological Association from 2022 to 2024.