TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring A1 - Kurtz, Pedro A1 - Lee, Kiwon A2 - Lee, Kiwon PY - 2017 T2 - The NeuroICU Book, 2e AB - A 57-year-old man with history of hypertension and gastric ulcer presents after a sudden onset of severe headache followed by nausea and vomiting. The patient arrived in the emergency department (ED) after becoming stuporous in the ambulance. On arrival to the ED, he is hemodynamically unstable,with blood pressure (BP) 80/40 mm Hg and is promptly intubated. He is given fluid resuscitation with the infusion of 2 L of crystalloids, and blood pressure recovers to 140/80 mm Hg. Computed tomography (CT) of the head reveals acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) filling the basal cistern and bilateral sylvian fissures with thick hemorrhages (modified Fisher grade 3) and early evidence of hydrocephalus (Figure 17-1). The patient is transferred to the neurologic intensive care unit (NeuroICU) where an external ventricular drainage (EVD) is urgently placed and urgent angiography planned. After EVD placement the patient was comatose, with intact brainstem reflexes, and pupils were symmetric and reactive to light bilaterally. Vital signs were as follows: BP, 150/70 mm Hg; heart rate, 120/minute; respiration rate, 22/minute (mechanical ventilation at assist-control pressure-controlled mode), and temperature, 37°C. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1143955139 ER -