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

AbstractThe Neurocritical Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine have worked together to create a perspective regarding theStandards 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 em brace 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 ne ed for collegiality and partnership in delivering the best specialty critical care to our patients.
Source: Neurocritical Care - Category: Neurology Source Type: research