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Marcus Robinson

Marcus Robinson is a consultant neurointensivist at a university teaching hospital in Brighton. He cares for acutely ill patients suffering from severe brain injuries, stroke, and status epilepticus, and he routinely conducts formal brain-stem death examinations. His academic research investigates physiological biomarkers of coma recovery and bedside intracranial monitoring techniques. Robinson received his MBChB from Swansea University after completing an undergraduate BSc in physiology. He writes about neurological critical care for Biology Insights.

How to Measure Intracranial Pressure (ICP)Tests
How to Perform the NIHSS in an Intubated Patient Tests
What Is Covert Consciousness and How Is It Detected?Brain & Nerves
TDP-43 ALS: Pathways of Protein Spread and Motor Neuron Decline Brain & Nerves
How Does Alzheimer’s Affect the Respiratory System?Brain & Nerves
What Is Diaschisis? Brain Function and Recovery Brain & Nerves
What Causes Decorticate Posturing in the Brain?Brain & Nerves
How Serious Is Decorticate Posturing?Brain & Nerves
How Fat Cells Could Help People With Spinal Cord Injuries Brain & Nerves
What Is Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome (AGS)?Brain & Nerves
Why Is Blood Sugar High After a Stroke?Brain & Nerves
Can Stress Cause a Cavernoma to Bleed?Brain & Nerves
How to Analyze EEG Data: From Raw Signals to Insights Tests
How Does Mannitol Decrease Intracranial Pressure?Drugs
What Are the Stages of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy?Brain & Nerves
What Is the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale?Tests
Why Corticosteroids Are Contraindicated in Traumatic Brain Injury Drugs
Can Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Cause a Stroke?Brain & Nerves
What Is an Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy (ETV) Procedure?Procedures
What Is Triple H Therapy for Cerebral Vasospasm?Procedures
Why Can’t You Give tPA After 4 Hours?Drugs
What Is the Expanded Time Frame for Mechanical Thrombectomy?Procedures
How Gut Bacteria Affect Multiple Sclerosis Brain & Nerves
What Type of Respiratory Failure Is Caused by Guillain-Barré Syndrome?Brain & Nerves
Can Brain Death Be Misdiagnosed?Brain & Nerves
What Is Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (AIDP)?Brain & Nerves
What Is Kearns-Sayre Syndrome? Symptoms & Diagnosis Genetics
What Is a Sleeper Charge in Multiple Sclerosis?Brain & Nerves
How Rare Is SUNCT Syndrome? Prevalence and Diagnosis Brain & Nerves
Can Primary Lateral Sclerosis Turn Into ALS?Brain & Nerves