background: neurocritical intensive care units (nicus) have been provided as new sub-special intensive care wards to give more special services for patients with acute neurology problems. as we know, there is no organized database about epidemiology of nicu patients in our country. population-based assessment (even in a small population) could be a starting point to achieve an insight about neu...

Dexmedetomidine is a new alpha-2 agonist with high specificity to alpha-2 receptors. The aim of this review is to present the most recent topics regarding the advantages in using dexmedetomidine in clinical anesthesia and intensive care, while discussing the controversial issue of its harmful effect on cerebral blood flow.

Topics in Neuroanaesthesia and Intensive Care aims to review important experimental and clinical data with emphasis on up-to-date references in the fields of neuroanaesthesia and neurointensive care. The book contains 12 chapters: three chapters on neurophysiology and clinical measurement, five chapters on neuropharmacology, one chapter on the sitting position in anaesthesia, and three chapters...

OBJECT Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is used extensively in clinical practice, and as such, the accuracy of registered ICP values is paramount. Clinical observations of nonphysiological changes in ICP have called into question the accuracy of registered ICP values. Subsequently, the authors have tried to determine if the ICP monitors from major manufacturers were affected by electrosta...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether early mobilization of patients with severe acquired brain injury, performed in the intensive/neurointensive care unit, influences functional outcome. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Fourteen centres in Italy. SUBJECTS A total of 103 consecutive patients with acquired brain injury. METHODS Clinical, neurological and functional data, includin...