Acute Neuro-Cardiology in Intensive Care: Integrated Management of Life-Threatening Brain and Cardiac Emergencies
A special issue of Clinics and Practice (ISSN 2039-7283).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 165
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Anaesthesia and Acute Care, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton WV10 0QP, UK
3. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Anaesthesia & Peri-Operative Care Medicine, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B4 7XG, UK
4. Royal Wolverhampton Hospital, Wolverhampton WV10 0QP, UK
Interests: neurocritical care; sepsis; traumatic brain injury (TBI); subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH); long-term neurological outcomes; translational medicine; biomarker discovery; multimodal neuromonitoring; precision and stratified acute care; infection-associated immune dysregulation; ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP); post-ICU recovery and rehabilitation; perioperative medicine; regional anaesthesia
Interests: critical care medicine; intensive care medicine; airway management; resuscitation; mechanical ventilation; eepsis; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; emergency management; CPR; pain management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Neurological and cardiac emergencies are among the most time-critical and lethal conditions encountered in intensive care units. Increasingly, these emergencies overlap: acute brain injury precipitating cardiac dysfunction, cardiac failure leading to cerebral hypoperfusion, and shared reliance on advanced monitoring, imaging, and mechanical support. Modern intensivists must therefore master a unified, interdisciplinary approach to acute neuro-cardiovascular care.
Historically, outcomes in these conditions were limited by delayed diagnosis and restricted therapeutic options. Over recent decades, major advances—such as rapid neuroimaging, reperfusion therapies, mechanical circulatory support, targeted temperature management, and protocol-driven emergency care—have dramatically improved survival and neurological recovery. The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI), point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), and specialized emergency pathways now offers further opportunities to optimize outcomes.
This Special Issue aims to consolidate state-of-the-art research, clinical guidelines, and innovations in the acute management of neurological and cardiac emergencies relevant to intensivists. Emphasis will be placed on the following:
- Early recognition and rapid decision-making;
- Neuro-cardiac interactions in critical illness;
- Multidisciplinary and protocol-based care;
- Advanced diagnostics, devices, and therapies;
- Post-emergency recovery and long-term outcomes.
Prof. Dr. Tonny Veenith
Guest Editor
Dr. Cyril Jacob Chacko
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- acute neurology
- acute cardiology
- neurological emergencies
- cardiac emergencies
- mechanical circulatory support
- POCUS
- neuroimaging
- cardiac imaging
- artificial intelligence
- intensive care
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