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ReviewNeurocritical care2017

Brainstem Monitoring in the Neurocritical Care Unit: A Rationale for Real-Time, Automated Neurophysiological Monitoring.

James L Stone, Julian E Bailes, Ahmed N Hassan, Brian Sindelar, Vimal Patel, John Fino

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Review in Neurocritical care, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James L StoneDepartment of Neurosurgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA. jlstone4@gmail.com.
Julian E BailesDepartment of Neurosurgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA.
Ahmed N HassanDepartments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Brian SindelarDepartment of Neurosurgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA.
Vimal PatelDepartment of Neurosurgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA.
John FinoDepartments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Neurological Surgery · USNorthShore University HealthSystem · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with severe traumatic brain injury or large intracranial space-occupying lesions (spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage, infarction, or tumor) commonly present to the neurocritical care unit with an altered mental status. Many experience progressive stupor and coma from mass effects and transtentorial brain herniation compromising the ascending arousal (reticular activating) system. Yet, little progress has been made in the practicality of bedside, noninvasive, real-time, automated, neurophysiological brainstem, or cerebral hemispheric monitoring. In this critical review, we discuss the ascending arousal system, brain herniation, and shortcomings of our current management including the neurological exam, intracranial pressure monitoring, and neuroimaging. We present a rationale for the development of nurse-friendly-continuous, automated, and alarmed-evoked potential monitoring, based upon the clinical and experimental literature, advances in the prognostication of cerebral anoxia, and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring.

Indexed as

Brain InfarctionBrain Injuries, TraumaticBrain NeoplasmsBrain StemCerebral HemorrhageCritical CareHumansNeurophysiological MonitoringAscending arousal systemIntracranial pressureIntracranial space-occupying lesionsMotor evoked potentialsNeurocritical care unitNeuromonitoringReal-time, automated brainstem and cerebral monitoringSevere traumatic brain injurySomatosensory evoked potentialsTranstentorial herniation

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PMID27484878
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