Neuroimaging of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: Pearls and Pitfalls

Judith A Gadde; Brent D Weinberg; Mark E Mullins

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2019.08.003

Neuroimaging of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: Pearls and Pitfalls

Radiol Clin North Am. 2020 Jan;58(1):167-185. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.08.003. Epub 2019 Oct 16.

Authors

Judith A Gadde¹, Brent D Weinberg², Mark E Mullins²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology and Imaging Services, Emory University School of Medicine, 1364 Clifton Road Northeast, Suite BG20, Atlanta, GA 30319, USA. Electronic address: jagadde@emory.edu.
² Department of Radiology and Imaging Services, Emory University School of Medicine, 1364 Clifton Road Northeast, Suite BG20, Atlanta, GA 30319, USA.

PMID: 31731899
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.08.003

Abstract

A brief introduction is provided of the different imaging modalities encountered in the intensive care unit (ICU). The spectrum of intracranial pathology as well as potential postsurgical complications is reviewed, with a focus on pearls and pitfalls. A brief overview also is provided of imaging of the spine in an ICU patient.

Keywords: ICU (Intensive Care Unit); Imaging; Neurosurgical; Pearls; Pitfalls.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Critical Care / methods
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Neuroimaging / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*