Advances in the Management of Cerebral Aneurysm Disease

An InTimeTV (www.intimetv.com) Insights in Medicine interview with Dr. Bernard Bendok (Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine).

We had a wide-ranging discussion of the basics of cerebral aneurysm disease and clinical management basics for general practitioners, ER physicians and others.

We discussed a number of topics including: * A summary cerebral aneurysm disease and its epidemiology here in the US. * Brief summary of the scientific understanding of aneurysm formation and etiology * Signs and symptoms * Risk factors for brain aneurysm and associated conditions * When should screening should be considered * Indications for prophylactic treatment. * Incidence of rupture and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) * For a general practitioner and/or ER physicians, basic principles of acute management of SAH * Outcome after aneurysm rupture and treatment options * Future directions

The full video can be watched at:

mms://68.251.204.5/video/intimetv/iim005.wmv

And it's free with lots more interesting content at www.intimetv.com

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• Aneurysm
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• hemorrhage
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• neurosurgery
• stroke

[Simirial]

are you still having pain?

[doplhinsandme]

I feel a huge headache like if someone knocked me out. what is it?

[doplhinsandme]

very interesting. I wonder if I may have that as since a few weeks I feel knock out even if I didnt fall or any damage to brain.