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How Can Brain Metabolic Monitoring Help to Contribute to Better Outcome in Neurocritical Care?
DescriptionPatients suffering from acute brain insult exhibit a great risk of secondary brain injury. Brain metabolic monitoring provides insight into brain pathophysiologic state. Diagnostic approaches include imaging and other continuous monitoring techniques such as cerebral microdialysis. Integrating brain metabolic monitoring in the current management concept may help to stratify individual treatment strategies in different disease states.

This talk will summarize brain metabolic monitoring techniques and provide strategies for implementing tailored interventions targeting brain metabolic distress, ischemia and hyperglycolysis. These concepts will include hemodynamic interventions, nutritional aspects and targeted glucose management strategies. This talk will supplement the submitted proposal on “Medical nutritional therapy in neurocritical care – from assessment to intervention”.
Event Type
Breakout Session
TimeTuesday, October 15th2:10pm - 2:30pm PDT
LocationHarbor Ballrooms B-C
Tracks
Clinical Practice
Focus Areas
Coma
General Critical Care
Global Neurocritical Care
Hospitalist Practice
Multimodal Neuromonitoring (invasive/non-invasive)
Nerve and Muscle Disease
Nursing Pharmacology
Target Audiences
Intermediate
Advanced