Use of intracranial compliance to assist arterial blood pressure adjustment in critical patients: Short report and review of the literature.

Background: Blood pressure management is extremely important to prevent cerebral hypoxia and influence the outcome of critically ill patients. In medicine, precise instruments are essential to increase patient safety in the intensive care unit (ICU), including intracranial compliance (ICC) monitoring. A new technology developed by Brain4care, makes it possible to analyze the waveform of intracranial pressure (ICP) non-invasively associated with ICC, and this instrument was used in the patient for monitoring.

A glimpse into multimodal neuromonitoring in acute liver failure: a case report.

Introduction: Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rapidly progressing, life-threatening syndrome characterized by liver-related coagulopathy and hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Given that higher HE grades correlate with poorer outcomes, clinical management of ALF necessitates close neurological monitoring. The primary objective of this case report is to highlight the diagnostic value of utilizing multimodal neuromonitoring (MNM) in a patient suffering from ALF.

The use of a noninvasive intracranial pressure monitoring method in the intensive care unit to improve neuroprotection in postoperative cardiac surgery patients after extracorporeal circulation.

Brain injury caused by extracorporeal circulation during cardiovascular surgical procedures has been a recurring complication since the implementation of extracorporeal circulation five decades ago. There is no unique cause of brain injury due to the use of extracorporeal circulation, but it is known that brain injury affects about 70% of patients who undergo this procedure. Intracranial pressure assessment is one method that can guide the management of patients undergoing procedures associated with neurological disturbances.

Thromboembolic and bleeding events in intensive care unit patients with COVID-19: results from a Brazilian tertiary hospital.

Objectives: To describe the incidence of thromboembolic events in adult patients with severe COVID-19 and identify clinical and laboratory factors associated with these events.

Design: Observational retrospective cohort study of 243 adult patients with severe COVID-19 admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) at a Brazilian tertiary hospital.

Results: The incidence of all thromboembolic events was 14.

Cerebral hemorrhage during the active phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a patient with amyloid angiopathy: case report.

The neurological changes associated with COVID-19 have been frequently described, especially in cases of greater severity, and are related to multifactorial causes, such as endothelial dysfunction, inflammatory mediator release (cytokine storm), endothelial dysfunction and hypoxemia. We report the case of a female patient, 88 years old, with cerebral hemorrhage associated with amyloid angiopathy in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Vascular Forum: collective intelligence in the resolution of vascular clinical cases.

Background: Collective intelligence is extremely important in collective groups that discuss clinical medical cases, assisting professionals in their decision-making processes, and consequently, helping their patients.

Objectives: To evaluate the rate of resolution and characteristics of the clinical discussions carried out in a private instant messaging group and its clinical applicability.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of clinical discussions and events on the Vascular Forum, an open group for specialists accessed with mobile devices.