Coma, Seizures and Weakness (Neuro III) SDL

Alfred ICU Guidelines

• ICU Spinal Management
• EEG

Other information (particularly useful for CICM trainees)

• Status Epilepticus: When the Seizure Doesn’t Stop (talk from smaccGOLD by Oli Flower on ICN)

• Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) protocols
• Coma and altered LOC from LITFL CCC
  • Coma, loss of conciousness, stupor, obtundation, altered mental state

  • Coma hot case

  • coma-like syndromes
  • delayed awakening in ICU
  • examination of the unconscious patient
  • Eye Movements in Coma
  • Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
  • Pseudocoma
  • Syncope
  • Wernicke’s encephalopathy
• Seizures from LITFL CCC
  • Electroencephalogram (EEG)
  • non-convulsive status epilepticus
  • Post-traumatic seizures
  • status epilepticus
• Weakness from LITFL CCC
  • Acute traumatic spinal cord injury
  • Botulism
  • Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome versus Critical Illness Polymyoneuropathy (CIP)
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome vs Myasthaenia Gravis vs Motor Neuron Disease
  • ICU acquired weakness
  • Myasthaenia gravis
  • myopathy versus neuropathy
  • Spinal cord anatomy and syndromes
  • Spinal epidural abscess
  • Spinal injury patient hot case
  • Transverse myelitis
  • Weakness hot case
• Also see:
  • Sedation and Delirium (Neuro I) SDL
  • Subarachnoid haemorrhage and Stroke (Neuro II) SDL
• Keyword search the FCICM Fellowship exam database on LITFL for relevant past questions.