Neurosurgery Students Club

An IAU medical students initiative to raise the knowledge in Neurosurgery topics.

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

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

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

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🔹 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.

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… 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

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Let’s continue learning about stroke🤩🤩

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

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⚠️ | 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

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

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🧠 | 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