Precedex Versus Propofol-Awakening for Reducing Brain Injury Expansion The purpose of this study is to evaluate brain injury when two different drugs (propofol and precedex) are used to sedate patients who need a neurologic exam.

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Combining Objective and Subjective Sedation Assessment Tools The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of a device called the BIS monitor in addition to the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale will give better assessment of a subject's leve...

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Combining Observational and Physiologic Sedation Assessment Tools When a physiologic tool to measure the patient's hypnotic state is added to current practice tools is there a decrease in the amount of drug the patient receives.

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Study of Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitoring in Critically Ill The SIM City study seeks to explore for the variance in practice that is associated with nursing and medical care of patients with brain pressure (ICP) monitors. The underlying hypothesis ...

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Ventriculostomies in SAH: ICP Open or Not? The purpose of this study is explore how cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage impacts outcomes for patients diagnosed with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). This is a non-randomized observation...

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Ventriculostomy in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH): Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Open or Not? The purpose of this study is to explore two currently accepted methods of intracranial pressure (ICP) management through cerebral spinal fluid (CRF) drainage for patients diagnosed with su...

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