Pediatric Epileptologist and Critical Care Neurologist

Joined May 2009
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Brian Appavu retweeted
Check out our new work on technical aspects of thrombectomy for acute stroke in children!
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JNIS Latest Content @LisaSunMD et al review pediatric #stroke #thrombectomy with an emphasis on technical and device factors @CastillopintoMD bit.ly/3snyWvW
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Super excited to share @PCCMPittsburgh Critical Illness Recovery for ChiLdrEn #CIRCLE program's Family #PICUJournal - room for journaling, note-taking, creative arts, PICU definitions, @PICSp_tweets education and resources for PCP and family 1/4
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Clinicians at @barrowpch report on multimodality neurologic monitoring as an emerging technique for effectively managing pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI): pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3379… @ncbi @BarrowNeuro

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Narrative review of pediatric #cardiacarrest and #CPR in hospitalized children by @Ryan_W_Morgan @MattKirschen @Kilbaugh @SuttonB_ICUMD @AlexisTopjian #PedsICU ja.ma/2ZYmeYK

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Cerebral Emboli Monitoring Using Transcranial Doppler in Adults and Children @IARS_Journals #TCD #congenitalheart #ECMO Kussman, Barry D.; Imaduddin, Syed M.; Gharedaghi, Mohammad Hadi; Heldt, Thomas; LaRovere, Kerri journals.lww.com/anesthesia-…

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This could prove to be an important paper - makes the case for invasive neurological monitoring and goal-directed therapy post-cardiac arrest. Need to build towards an RCT.Goal-Directed Care Using Invasive Neuromonitoring Versus... : Critical Care Medicine journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/…

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26 Jan 2021
Expert consensus: Cerebral autoregulation measurement important for individualising #ICU care of #TBI Research agenda: Methods & prospective safety, feasibility and efficacy studies (...coming very soon!) doi.org/10.1007/s12028-020-0… rdcu.be/cedan
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The new ACNS guideline on cEEG has just been published - now all inclusive: with seizures and status epilepticus too. Lots of useful infographics and examples. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3347… #EEG #criticalcare #epilepsy
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16 Jan 2021
Really important article describing some important practical details to consider when deciding on treatment for infantile spasms.
Cost‐effectiveness of adrenocorticotropic hormone versus oral steroids for infantile spasms - Sánchez Fernández - - Epilepsia - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Honored to help lead this project, supported by so many experts on #HIE. Clinical factors in the first hours of life after HIE can aid in determining risk of NDI at or after 1 year. @AAPJournals @unmc @childrensomaha @neonatologyunmc @CHRI_researchne bit.ly/2KfOvpg
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Quantitative Electroencephalography After Pediatric Anterior Circulation Stroke - bit.ly/399QPXw Check out this work by @bappavu & team from @BarrowNeuro @PhxChildrens @ACNS_org #QEEG @AANMember @PNCRGtweets
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It was an honor to work on this.
It was an honor to co-author this review with @DavidGr68804909 #NikoSchiff @claassen_jan. We hope that this is a helpful resource for our community. @MGH_CNTR @The_BMC @WCMCNeurology @ColumbiaNCC @MGHMartinos @MGH_RI @NatRevNeurol @CuringComa nature.com/articles/s41582-0…
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Two different ways to measure cumulative secondary injury from #ICP after #TBI from @CenterTBI ➡️Intracranial hypertension seems poorly tolerated when autoregulation deranged doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone…
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Arteritis and Large Vessel Occlusive Strokes in Children Following COVID-19 Infection @curekidstroke @PNCRGtweets @PICJournalWatch @barrowpch #PedsICU #COVID19 pediatrics.aappublications.o…

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Worried about angry looking EEG patterns after anesthetic wean? New @JClinNeurophys paper by @husari_k discusses GPD patterns after anesthetic wean, their characteristics and how it is different from reemergence of NCSE. bit.ly/2IQ9GgR @ACNS_org
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New blog post! What evidence do we have that the cortico-thalamic system underlies the states and contents of #consciousness? How do we make a distinction between conscious and unconscious brain experiences? Find out in the link below! #neuroscience bit.ly/3174GKL
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