Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a well-established therapy for patients experiencing acute severe cardiac and/or respiratory failure. Unfortunately, despite noteworthy improvements in patient selection, technology, and multidiscipli‐ nary team management, significant complications are still common. The most dramatic and potentially severe complications are neurologic. However, the...

OBJECTIVE To describe the incidence and nature of neurologic complications following liver transplantation. METHODS Adult patients who received liver transplants at St. James's University Hospital between September 1, 1990, and August 31, 2000, were identified. Case notes were reviewed and demographic data, details of the liver disease, neurologic complications, and discharge information were...

UNLABELLED Neurologic complications of bacterial meningitis can occur any time during the course of the disease and some of them need neurosurgical aproach. OBJECTIVE to determine the incidence of neurologic complications of bacterial meningitis in children requring neurosurgical treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODOLOGY a total of 277 children were followed and treated for bacterial meningitis a...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The rate and outcomes of neurologic complications of patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to identify these parameters in ECMO patients. METHODS All patients receiving ECMO were selected from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample between 2001-2011. The rate and outcomes of neurologic complications [...