The Neurosurgery Survival Guide app is now available for Android and there is a freshly updated version for the iPhone. This app is aimed at covering the immense amount of knowledge necessary to care for neurosurgical patients. The app covers all the basics of neurosurgery, neurocritical care, neurosurgical procedures, protocols for the On-Call physician, pediatric neurosurgery, Trauma, Learning, and ‘In the OR’.
All the material is derived from peer-review content in a rapid access easy to navigate and very concise format.
There is a new ‘In the OR’ Section which covers the basics of starting an OR case, positioning and pinning. It also covers many of the common procedures in a step-by-step guide.
New Content is added frequently and updates on individual phones automatically without the need for formal password-authenticated updates.
A link to iPhone version is here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nsg/id432545124?mt=8
A link to the Android version is here:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nsg.app&feature=search_result
There are over 100 topics covered:
Basics
Tenets of neurosurgery
Complete adult and neonatal neurologic exam
MMSE
Dermatomes
Myotomes
Deep Tendon Reflexes
Reading a head CT
Dictation
Coding
MRI and SPECT interpretation
Abbreviations
Seizures
Classifying
Epileptic syndromes
Antiepileptic agents
Management of status
Epilepsy surgery
Neurocritical Care
Neurosurgery grading scales
Common procedures
Management of acute status epilepticus
Cardiac management
Electrolyte replacements
Cerebral salt wasting/SIADH/DI
ICP waveforms
Common ICU medication and dosing
PICCO monitoring and interpretation
Determination of brain death
Anticoagulation & Reversal
Heparin & Heparin like
Warfarin
Antiplatelet agents
Thrombolytics
Common Procedures
Arterial Line
Central Venous line
Shunt tap
BOLT/ Camino/ Licox placement
Lumbar puncture
Lumbar drain
EVD placement
Parietal-occipital EVD
Cervical traction
Stereotactic fiducials placement
Protocols for common conditions
ICP management
Acute status
SAH
Brain tumor patients
Endovascular patients
Hydrocephalus & shunts
IVH/IPH
Back pain/ Cauda equine
Cervical spine injuries / spine clearance
Thoracolumbar spine injuries
Metastatic spinal lesions
Pituitary tumors
CSF leaks
Brain death
Warfarin reversal/ antiplatelet reversal
Pediatrics
Neonatal exam
Common pediatric medication and doses
Baclofen toxicity and withdrawal
Hydrocephalus and shunts
Tethered cord syndrome
Chiari Malformation
ETV Success Score
Trauma
Initial management
Head trauma
ICP management
LICOX placement and interpretation
Spine trauma evaluation
Cervical spine fractures
Thoracolumbar spine fractures
Spinal cord injuries
Learning section
Skullbase anatomy
Segments and branches of ICA
Cavernous sinus anatomy
Spinal cord tracts
DBS placement
MRI and SPECT
Cervical lateral Mass screw placement
Lumbar Pedicle screw placement
Craniosynostosis
Chiari Malformation
Tethered Cord
Brodman Areas
In the OR
General Principles
Starting an OR case
Cranial Positioning and pinning
Prone Spinal cases
Supine spinal cases
Cranial Procedures
Burr holes
Trauma Craniotomy
Pterional Craniotomy
Suboccipital Craniotomy
Spinal Procedures
ACDF
Posterior cervical lami
Posterior cervical Fusion
Lumbar lami
TLIF
Microdiscectomy
Miscellaneous Procedures
Shunting procedures
Baclofen pump
Carpal tunnel
This app is a work in progress. It is updated constantly with new material and new sections as they are created. Updates to the actual content of the app are done automatically by the app itself each time it is opened to ensure that you have the most up-to-date version of the content database. In this way, the material is able to be updated with new recommendations as they become available.
Feedback can be directed to: Neil Roundy, MD
