Neurology / Adult

Specialists in the Department of Neurology see patients in the areas of adult neurology, rehabilitation, and pediatric neurology.

General adult neurology services are offered along with treatment and/or rehabilitation for stroke, spinal cord and brain injury, movement disorders, sleep problems, aging and dementia, neuromuscular and cerebrovascular disease.

Pediatric patients are seen for general neurology, stroke, movement disorders and epilepsy, in addition to neuro-rehabilitation services and epilepsy monitoring.

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Michael N. Diringer, MD

Specialty Areas
Neurology - Adult
Neurologic Intensive Care
Stroke
Cerebrovascular Disease

Areas of Clinical Interest
IN-PATIENT CARE ONLY in the Stroke Service. Neurology, hyponatremia, cerebral salt wasting, cerebral metabolism, subarachnoid hemorrhage, brain injury, brain imaging, head trauma, head injury, brain death, intracerebral hemorrhage, cerebral blood flow, neurologic critical care

Major or Recent Publications/Awards

Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, (Best Doctors, Inc), 1998, 2002 - 2009
Presidential Citation, Society for Critical Care Medicine, 2003
Fellow, American College of Critical Care Medicine, 1996
Fellow, Stroke Council of the American Heart Association, 1991

Editorial Responsibilities
Board Member
The Neurologist
Stroke
Neurocritical Care

Ad Hoc Reviewer
American Academy of Neurology
Annals of Neurology
Circulation
Critical Care Medicine
Journal of Critical Illness
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Journal of Neurosurgery
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Neurology
Neurology Network Commentary
Neurosurgery
Stroke

Invited Publications

Diringer MN. Disturbances of fluids and electrolytes in critically ill neurologic patients. In: Neurological Therapeutics: Principles and Practice, JH Noseworthy editor, Martin Dunitz, New York, 2003, 1172-1179

Venkatesh A, Deibert E, Diringer MN. Hemodynamic monitoring in the neurological intensive care unit. Neurol India 2001; 49 Supp 1:S9-S18

Diringer MN. Sodium disturbances frequently encountered in a neurologic intensive care unit. Neurol India 2001; 49 Supp 1:S19-30

Peer Reviewed Publications

Diringer MN, Management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a concise definitive review, Crit Care Med, 2009; Feb;37(2):432-40

Dhar R, Diringer MN, The Burden of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Predicts Vasospasm and Outcome after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Neurocrit Care. 2008;8(3):404-12

Diringer MN, Skolnick BE, Mayer SA, Steiner T, Davis SM, Brun N, and Broderick JP, Risk of Thromboembolic Events in Controlled Trials of rFVIIa in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Stroke, 2008 39(3):850-6. 

Mayer SA, Brun NC, Begtrup K, Broderick J, Davis S, Diringer MN, Skolnick BE, Steiner T, Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Activated Factor VII for Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage, New England Journal of Medicine, 2008;358:2127-37.
95. Corry JJ, Dhar R, Diringer MN, Hypothermia for Refractory Status Epilepticus, Neurocrit Care. 2008, in press.

Diringer MN, Management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a concise definitive review, Crit Care Med, 2008, in press.

Johnston J, Diringer MN, Zipfel G, A
neurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Hydrocephalus and Acute Paraparesis: Report of Six Cases and Review of the Literature, Neurosurgery, in press.

Keyrouz SA, Dhar R and Diringer MN, Variation in osmotic response to sustained mannitol administration, Neurocrit Care. 2008, in press.

Deibert E, Barzilai B, Braverman A, Edwards DF, Aiyagari V, Dacey R, Diringer MN. Clinical significance of elevated troponin I levels in patients with nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. J of Neurosurgery 2003; Apr:98(4):741-6

Aiyagari V, Cross DT, Deibert E, Dacey RG, Diringer MN, Safety of hemodynamic augmentation in patients treated with Guglielmi detachable coils following acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke 2002; 32(9):1994-7

Derdeyn CP, Cross DT 3rd, Moran CJ, Brown GW, Pilgram TK, Diringer MN, Grubb RL Jr, Rich KM, Chicoine MR, Dacey RG Jr. Postprocedure ischemic events after treatment of intracranial aneurysms with Guglielmi detachable coils. J Neurosurg 2002; May;96(5):837-43

Diringer MN, Videen TO, Yundt K, Zazulia AR, Aiyagari V, Dacey RG Jr, Grubb RL Jr, Powers WJ. Regional cerebrovascular and metabolic effects of hyperventilation following severe traumatic brain injury. J Neurosurg 2002; Jan;96(1):103-8

Diringer MN, Edwards DF, Aiyagari V, Hollingsworth H. Factors associated with withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in a neuro Intensive Care Unit. Critical Care Medicine 2001; 29:1792-1797

Zazulia AR, Diringer MN, Videen TO, Adams RE, Yundt K, Aiyagari V, Grubb RL, Powers WJ. Hypoperfusion with ischemia surrounding acute intracerebral hemorrhage. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2001; 21:804-810

Powers WJ, Zazulia AR, Videen TO, Adams RE, Yundt K, Aiyagari V, Grubb RL, Diringer MN. Autoregulation of cerebral blood flow surrounding acute intracerebral hemorrhage. Neurology 2001; 57:18-24

Diringer MN, Edwards DF. Admission to a Neuro Intensive Care Unit is associated with reduced mortality following intracerebral hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine 2001; 29:635-640

Deibert E, Aiyagari V, Diringer MN. Reversible left ventricular dysfunction associated with raised troponin I after subarachnoid hemorrhage does not preclude successful heart transplantation. Heart 2000; 83:205-7

Diringer MN, Yundt K, Videen TO, Adams RE, Zazulia AR, Deibert E, Aiyagari V, Dacey RG Jr, Grubb RL Jr, Powers WJ. No Reduction in cerebral metabolism with early moderate hyperventilation following severe traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurosurgery 2000; 92(1):7-13


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Michael N. Diringer, MD