====== 🧠 Neurocritical ======

Neurocritical is an adjective referring to patients, conditions, or care related to critical illness involving the nervous system, particularly in the context of neurocritical care units (Neuro-ICUs).

✅ Formal definition:
Neurocritical: Pertaining to the management, monitoring, and treatment of patients with life-threatening neurological or neurosurgical conditions requiring intensive care.

🔍 Examples of neurocritical conditions:
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Subarachnoid or intracerebral hemorrhage

Large ischemic strokes with cerebral edema

Status epilepticus

Postoperative care following major neurosurgical procedures

Neuroinfectious complications with systemic instability

⚕️ Related term:
Neurocritical care = a multidisciplinary subspecialty that combines principles of critical care and neurology/neurosurgery to treat acutely ill patients with complex brain or spinal cord disorders.