Effects of Appointing a Full-Time Neurointensivist to Run a Closed-Type Neurological Intensive Care Unit.

Background And Purpose: To investigate whether appointing a full-time neurointensivist to manage a closed-type neurological intensive care unit (NRICU) improves the quality of critical care and patient outcomes.

Methods: This study included patients admitted to the NRICU at a university hospital in Seoul, Korea. Two time periods were defined according to the presence of a neurointensivist in the preexisting open-type NRICU: the before and after periods.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurocritically Ill Patients: Who Fails and How?

Objectives: Performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in neurocritically ill patients is challenging because it often requires sedation and withholding care in the neurological intensive care unit. This study investigated the incidence of and reasons for failed or complicated MRI (MRI-FC) in such patients.

Methods: A consecutive series of 218 neurocritically ill patients who underwent brain MRI were retrospectively evaluated.

High spirituality may be associated with right hemispheric lateralization in Korean adults living with epilepsy.

Purpose: Although it is known that epilepsy and spirituality are related, spirituality in epilepsy has received relatively little clinical and scientific attention. Therefore, we investigated which epilepsy-related factors are associated with high spirituality in Korean adults living with epilepsy.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two university hospitals in Korea.

Associations between religiosity and anxiety, depressive symptoms, and well-being in Korean adults living with epilepsy.

Purpose: Religiosity can be important in the everyday life of persons with epilepsy (PWE). How PWE live with religiosity can be influenced by their cultural background. We determined whether religiosity is associated with anxiety, depressive symptoms, and well-being in Korean adults with epilepsy.