Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9(6):567-572. In our study, 75% of initially abnormal cranial CTs showed evidence of diffuse edema, as evidenced by loss of gray-white differentiation, and 50% showed ...

A 52 year-old man developed a massive gastrointestinal bleed followed by hypotension and a subsequent cardiac arrest. Following the arrest, he was in a coma. However, all of his brainstem reflexes ...

A 46 year-old man was unresponsive after a cardiac arrest. Neurological examination demonstrated extensor posturing and bilateral dilated pupils. Anoxic Encephalopathy (Diffuse Cerebral Edema): Axial ...

If you bump your elbow, you can simply apply ice and the swelling will disappear. But what happens when you hit your head and your brain starts to swell? Cerebral edema, or brain swelling, is an ...