Paul M. Vespa

TL;DR: Evidence-based guidelines are presented for the care of patients presenting with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and offer a framework for goal-directed treatment of the patient with aSAH.

TL;DR: Recommendations were developed based on the literature using standardized assessment methods from the American Heart Association and Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation systems, as well as expert opinion when sufficient data were lacking.

TL;DR: Evidence-based guidelines are presented for the diagnosis of intracerebral hemorrhage, the management of increased arterial blood pressure and intracranial pressure, the treatment of medical complications of intrusion, and the prevention of recurrent intrusion.

TL;DR: Recommendations were developed based on literature review using the GRADE system, discussion integrating the literature with the collective experience of the participants and critical review by an impartial jury and emphasis was placed on the principle that recommendations should be based not only on the quality of the data but also tradeoffs and translation into practice.

TL;DR: There is no uniformly accepted nomenclature for EEG patterns frequently encountered in critically ill patients such as periodic discharges, fluctuating rhythmic patterns, and combinatio.