Note from the Editor................................................... 2
By Saef Izzy, MD
President’s Column................................................... 3-4
By Gretchen M. Brophy, PharmD, BCPS,
FCCP, FCCM, FNCS
International Column.................................................. 5
By Michel Torbey, MD, MPH, FNCS, FAHA,
FCCM, FANA
1st Regional Neurocritical Care Meeting
in the Middle East and Africa...................................... 6
By Yasser B. Abulhasan, MBChB, FRCPC
Current Status of Neurocritical Care in India............. 7
By Dheeraj Khurana, MD; Kiran Jangra, MD;
and Gagandeep Singh, MD, DM
Emergency Neurological Life Support
Courses in Nepal....................................................... 8-9
By Gentle Sunder Shrestha, MD, FACC, EDIC, FCCP
Japanese Subsession With Simultaneous
Translation into English: “From Terrorism to
Complementary Medicine”....................................... 10
By Masao Nagayama, MD, PhD, FACP, FAAN, FNCS
NeuroCardiac Comprehensive Care Clinic
Seeks to Define and Detect Neurological,
Psychiatric and Functional Sequelae in Cardiac
Arrest Survivors......................................................11-12
By Sachin Agarwal, MD, MPH; Alex Presciutti, MA;
Deepti Anbarasan, MD; Linda S. Golding, MA BCC;
and Marykay Pavol PhD
Resident and Fellow Committee Events
at the NCS 16th Annual Meeting...............................13
By Pouya Ameli, MD-MS; Alexis Steinberg, MD;
and Winnie Lau, MD
How to Successfully Become a
Journal Reviewer and Editor...................................... 14
By Jennifer Kim, MD, PhD; and Michael Diringer, MD
The Member as an Advocate for NCS....................... 15
By PJ Papadakos, MD, FCCM, FAARC
Neurocritical Care Fellowship Case and
Procedure Log for the Customization of
Fellowship Training............................................... 16-17
By Shaheryar Hafeez, MD; Michel T. Torbey, MD,
MPH, FNCS, FAHA, FCCM, FANA;
and Diana Greene-Chandos, MD
Submission to the NIH Stroke
Trials Network (StrokeNet)....................................... 18
By Andrew M. Naidech, MD, MSPH
Recent NCS Fellowship Graduate Highlights........... 19
By Lauren Koffman, DO, MS
Hypertonic Saline: Bolus or
Continuous Infusion................................................. 20
By Brian Gilbert, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Invited Clinical Pharmacist (ICP) Program.............. 21
By NCS Staff
NEWS Review............................................................. 22
By Aimee Aysenne, MD, MPH; and Kyle Hobbs, MD
All Seizures Are Not Shaking and
All Shakings Are Not a Seizure.................................. 23
By Audrey Paulson, DNP
Utility of Transesophageal Echocardiography
in Cardiac Arrest.................................................... 24-25
By Chandrika R Garner, MD, FASE; Rohesh J
Fernando, MD; Aarti Sarwal, MD, FNCS, FAAN;
and Jose L. Diaz- Gomez, MD, FCCM, FASE
Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography Holds
Promise in Monitoring Patients with
Traumatic Brain Injury................................................26
By Katherine Salisbury and Aarti Sarwal, MD
Tech Corner: Tele-Neurocritical Care:
The Evolution, Differentiation and
Limitations of a New Medical Field..................... 27-28
By Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD; and Francisco Gomez, MD
Stories of Hope: Mary........................................... 29-30
By Simona Ferioli, MD; Brandon Foreman, MD;
Kelly Rath, ACNP; and Michael Reznik, MD
Classifieds................................................................... 31
News Magazine of the Neurocritical Care Society Volume 13, No. 3
SEPTEMBER 2018