Editorial: The neurologist's guide to the ICU galaxy

Abstract

Neurological assessment has become a major dimension of the practice of intensive care physicians. First of all, many patients are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) for a neurological cause. Thus, coma remains one of the most frequent reasons for admission to intensive care. Status epilepticus [1,2] and autoimmune encephalitis [3] are undoubtedly the neuro-critical care pathologies which have attracted the most interest in recent years.The neurological component of intensive care patients has become increasingly predominant for essentially two reasons. Due to the aging of the general population, patients with neurological comorbidities, such as a neurodegenerative disease, are more and more often admitted to intensive care.