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01-04-2020 | Care | Viewpoint

A Perspective from the Neurocritical Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine: Team-Based Care for Neurological Critical Illness

Authors: Lewis Kaplan, Asma M. Moheet, Sarah L. Livesay, J. Javier Provencio, Jose I. Suarez, Mary Kay Bader, Heatherlee Bailey, Cherylee W. J. Chang

Published in: Neurocritical Care | Issue 2/2020

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Abstract

The Neurocritical Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine have worked together to create a perspective regarding the Standards of Neurologic Critical Care Units (Moheet et al. in Neurocrit Care 29:145–160, 2018). The most neurologically ill or injured patients warrant the highest standard of care available; this supports the need for defining and establishing specialized neurological critical care units. Rather than interpreting the Standards as being exclusionary, it is most appropriate to embrace them in the setting of team-based care. Since there are many more patients than there are highly specialized beds, collaborative care and appropriate transfer agreements are essential in promoting excellent patient outcomes. This viewpoint addresses areas of clarification and emphasizes the need for collegiality and partnership in delivering the best specialty critical care to our patients.
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Metadata
Title
A Perspective from the Neurocritical Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine: Team-Based Care for Neurological Critical Illness
Authors
Lewis Kaplan
Asma M. Moheet
Sarah L. Livesay
J. Javier Provencio
Jose I. Suarez
Mary Kay Bader
Heatherlee Bailey
Cherylee W. J. Chang
Publication date
01-04-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Keywords
Care
Stroke Unit
Published in
Neurocritical Care / Issue 2/2020
Print ISSN: 1541-6933
Electronic ISSN: 1556-0961
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-020-00927-1

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