Neurosurgery Students Club

The brain is the organ of destiny, It holds within it's humming mechanism secrets that will determine the future of the human race🧠✨

🔹 Rapid surgical evacuation of cerebellar hematomas can be lifesaving. However, surgery is not helpful in most cases of ICH.

🔹 Initial management of elevated intra cranial pressure includes: ➡️ elevating the head of the bed to 30 degrees ➡️ appropriate sedation ➡️ pain control. 💊 | Mannitol (osmotic agent) is often used to lower intra cranial pressure.

Now lets delve deeper into the treatment of hemorrhagic strokes🧠✨

… one of the following three conditions is present: ▫️The patient’s BP is very high (systolic >220, diastolic >120, or mean arterial pressure >130 mm Hg). ▫️The patient has a significant medical indication. ▫️The patient is receiving t-PA

2- BP control—In general, do not give antihypertensive agents in the first 24 hours unless …

Let’s continue learning about stroke🤩🤩

⚠️ | Risk factors •Age >50 YO •Smoking 🚬 •Alcohol •Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, Diabetes Miletus, Cardiac disease (A-fib), Transient ischemic attack, or history of stroke •Oral contraceptive use

🧠 | Types: •Ischemic: cerebral infarction due to insufficient cerebral blood flow •Hemorrhagic: cerebral infarction due to hemorrhage •Intracerebral hemorrhage: bleeding within the brain parenchyma •Subarachnoid hemorrhage: bleeding into the subarachnoid space

Now it’s time to learn all about stroke 🧠✨