Collection
Neurocritical Care through History
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The first neurological intensive care unit was created at the beginning of the 20th century, although modern Neurocritical Care began to develop in the 1980s and Neurocritical Care was recognized as a neurological subspecialty in 2005.
Nevertheless many dedicated physicians over the centuries participated in the work that led to the current standard of care and their efforts deserve the respect of all of us.
These papers explore pioneers, innovations and pitfalls that led to modern Neurocritical Care discipline.
Please note: all submissions will be evaluated for relevance to the “Neurocritical Care Through History” theme and undergo a regular peer review process.
Editors
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Michael N. Diringer, Neurocritical Care, EiC
Dr. Diringer has degrees in Psychology, Neuropsychopharmacology & Medicine; trained in Neurology at SUNY at Stony Brook & NeuroCritical Care at Johns Hopkins where he remained as a faculty member until 1992. In 1992 he moved to Washington University where he established a neurocritical care program which has trained scores of fellows and visiting scholars. He has published extensively on the physiological responses to therapeutic interventions in critically ill neuro patients using PET. Dr. Diringer has had leadership roles in multiple RCTs, chaired international workshops and consensus conferences and was the 2nd President of NCS.
Articles (51 in this collection)
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The History of Self-Fulfilling Prophesy: Sociocultural Thinkers Enter Medicine
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: NEUROCRITICAL CARE THROUGH HISTORY
- Published: 17 November 2022
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“Brain + Compression = Unconsciousness”: On Cones, Grooves, and Cerebellar Tissue That Moves
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care through History
- Published: 17 November 2022
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Recognized, Brushed Aside, Reexamined: A Chronicled Discovery of Systemic Illness in Status Epilepticus
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical care through history
- Published: 17 November 2022
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Struggling with Imperfect Instruments: A Brief History of Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 11 November 2022
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Corroborating the Monro–Kellie Principles
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care through History
- Published: 31 October 2022
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Duck or Rabbit? Cerebral Salt Wasting and SIADH in Acute Brain Injury
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care through History
- Published: 31 October 2022
- Pages: 260 - 263
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Turned to Stone: A History of the Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care through History
- Published: 26 October 2022
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When Kinnier Wilson Brought Sherrington’s Decerebration Experiments to the Bedside
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care through History
- Published: 26 October 2022
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Blow Smoke and Air: A Peculiar Story of Resuscitation in Near Drowning
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care through History
- Published: 12 October 2022
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Bringing the Second Event to Light (on a Light Box): Cerebral Vasospasm After Aneurysmal Rupture
Authors
- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 04 March 2022
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It was 40 Years Ago Today: AIDS and the Brain
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 01 March 2022
- Pages: 682 - 686
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Brain Edema from a Hypertensive Emergency: A History Before the PRES Designation
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 25 February 2022
- Pages: 22 - 25
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What Sir William Battle Found: Observations Beyond his Sign
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 14 February 2022
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The Korein–Pallis Feud and How It Shaped a Core Understanding of Brain Death
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 10 February 2022
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10 or 15 or 20 or 40 mmHg? What is Increased Intracranial Pressure and Who Said So?
Authors
- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritial Care Through History
- Published: 09 February 2022
- Pages: 1022 - 1026
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Looking Back at the Lance–Adams Syndrome: Uncommon and Unalike
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 08 February 2022
- Pages: 695 - 699
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Brown-Séquard’s Famous Lecture that Gave Him the Eponym (and What Else He Said)
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 07 February 2022
- Pages: 1213 - 1217
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Brain Swelling in Acute Liver Failure: From an Autopsy “Artifact” to a Treatable Complication
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 02 February 2022
- Pages: 791 - 794
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The Legacy of Eugène-Louis Doyen: Pioneer in Filming Craniotomy
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 31 January 2022
- Pages: 724 - 727
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Does Thomas Willis Resonate with Neurointensivists?—Some Thoughts 400 Years After his Birthdate
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 13 December 2021
- Pages: 605 - 607
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The Historical Trajectory of the Apnea Test in Brain Death Determination
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 09 March 2021
- Pages: 364 - 366
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The Tangled History of Brain–Heart Pathways in Acute Brain Injury
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 02 March 2021
- Pages: 821 - 824
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The Discovery of Acute Alcohol Withdrawal as a Cause of Delirium
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 02 March 2021
- Pages: 806 - 809
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Historical Appreciation of Brain Vulnerability from Pure Hypoxemia
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care through history
- Published: 23 February 2021
- Pages: 522 - 526
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Von Leyden’s Contribution to the Elusive Syndrome of Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care through History
- Published: 09 February 2021
- Pages: 578 - 582
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Finding the Right Osmotic Agent: Why Mannitol Prevailed
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 09 February 2021
- Pages: 192 - 195
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Historical Lessons from Twentieth-Century Pandemics Due to Respiratory Viruses
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 12 May 2020
- Pages: 591 - 596
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Lost in Translational Neurology: From Anemic Decerebration to Anoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 10 February 2020
- Pages: 323 - 326
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Through the Eyes of Monkeys: Questions About Uncal Herniation
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 10 February 2020
- Pages: 573 - 576
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The Clinicians Who Recognized Meningitis
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 28 January 2020
- Pages: 271 - 273
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Suspended (but No Animation) White’s Isolated Brain Experiments
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 27 January 2020
- Pages: 840 - 843
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Charcot–Bouchard Dilatations (Anevrysmes Miliaire) and the Search for the Cause of Cerebral Hemorrhage
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 24 January 2020
- Pages: 1090 - 1093
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Recording Neurogenic Breathing Patterns in Acute Brain Injury
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 24 January 2020
- Pages: 674 - 676
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Breaking Down Myasthenic Crisis
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 24 January 2020
- Pages: 875 - 879
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When Did We Start Talking About no Recovery in Critical Illness?
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 24 January 2020
- Pages: 308 - 311
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Homage to the Pioneers and Their Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 24 January 2020
- Pages: 336 - 339
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Brain Storming in Brain Trauma
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 24 January 2020
- Pages: 620 - 623
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Lundberg and his Waves
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 25 February 2019
- Pages: 546 - 549
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The Ascending Reticular Activating System
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 22 February 2019
- Pages: 419 - 422
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Stomaching Acute Brain Injury
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 15 February 2019
- Pages: 542 - 545
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The Origin of Intracranial Pressure Causing Brainstem Hemorrhages
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 15 February 2019
- Pages: 323 - 326
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Noeud Vital and the Respiratory Centers
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 14 February 2019
- Pages: 211 - 215
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How Harvard Defined Irreversible Coma
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical Care Through History
- Published: 16 July 2018
- Pages: 136 - 141
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On Aneurysmal Rupture and Rerupture
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical care through history
- Published: 05 January 2018
- Pages: 161 - 164
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Metabolic Encephalopathy: Behind the Name
Authors
- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical care through history
- Published: 05 January 2018
- Pages: 385 - 387
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Lactulose: A Simple Sugar in a Complex Encephalopathy
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical care through history
- Published: 02 January 2018
- Pages: 154 - 156
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Tracing the Roots of Neurocritical Care
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical care through history
- Published: 02 January 2018
- Pages: 2 - 3
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C. Miller Fisher and the Comatose Patient
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- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical care through history
- Published: 29 December 2017
- Pages: 1 - 4
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The First CT Scan of the Brain: Entering the Neurologic Information Age
Authors
- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
- Content type: Neurocritical care through history
- Published: 22 December 2017
- Pages: 273 - 275