The Johns Hopkins Neuroscience Critical Care Units (NCCU) are comprised of a 22-bed intensive care unit at JHH and an 8-bed unit at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The NCCUs provide comprehensive inpatient care to patients with life-threatening neurological illnesses or neurologic illnesses with associated life-threatening conditions. Common medical conditions of patients admitted to the NCCU include:
- Acute ischemic stroke
- Intracranial hemorrhage
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Coma
- Encephalopathy
- Hydrocephalus
- Brain and spine tumors
- Traumatic brain injury
- Acute spine injury
- Seizures/Epilepsy (prolonged or continuous)
- Severe or deteriorating demyelinating illness
- Meningitis
- Encephalitis
- Spinal infection
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Neuromuscular disorders (Myasthenia Gravis)
- Autonomic instability
- Recent major neurosurgical procedures for: ~ brain tumor ~ spine surgery ~ cerebral aneurysm ~ cerebrovascular malformations ~ carotid artery surgery ~ neuro-endovascular procedures ~ head and neck pathology
Drs. Romer Geocadin and Nitish Thakor investigate how "chilling" the brain helps after cardiac arrest. 
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