Cerebral Edema Treatment

Special Guest: Aaron Cook, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS, FCCP, FKSHP, FNCS 

Show Notes: https://pharmacytodose.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/treatment-of-cerebral-edema-show-notes.pdf

Guideline Development

06:18 – How did the content and the chairs for this guideline get chosen?; 08:40 – How long were you working on these guidelines?; 09:40 – How are panel members chosen for the guidelines?; 11:20 – Is the research librarian underrated?; 13:31 – GRADE methodology and PICO formatting; 17:24 – Has this changed your research habits or ideas?; 21:40 – Challenges from meeting virtually when developing the guidelines; 23:53 – How were disagreements settled within the working group?

Management of Cerebral Edema

27:45 – Cerebral edema and elevated ICP; 29:22 – Refractory cerebral edema management; 31:59 – How long was the initial question list?; 35:03 – Quality of evidence; 37:58 – Patient subgroup with the most evidence; 40:10 – Should we be driving up patients’ sodium levels?; 44:56 – Is there a preferred hyperosmolar agent?; 47:45 – Mannitol in acute ischemic stroke; 49:00 – Osmolar therapy and neurologic outcomes; 51:16 – HTS administration; 54:30 – HTS ADE and monitoring; 57:10 – Mannitol osmolality monitoring; 58:20 – Hyperosmolar therapy ADE prevention; 61:00 – Guideline key take-aways; 62:20 – Common research issues

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