Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is an enormous global health problem, yet there are no globally accepted guidelines / protocols to standardize the acute, supportive management, and little research on neurocritical care. Evidence from other brain injury conditions demonstrates the significant positive impact neurocritical care can have on patient outcomes. Internationally relevant guidelines or recommendations for supportive medical and surgical acute care in TBM are sorely needed, and would benefit from multi-centre randomised trials. We appreciate your participation in our survey as well as your generosity in sharing the survey to be completed by others caring for patients with TBM.
With this survey, we hope to learn about 1) current management practices of these patients (BOTH adult and paediatric), and 2) current resource availability in centres treating TBM around the world. We aim to collect data on the full range of TBM disease (from MILD to SEVERE). Please focus on acute management, specifically the 1st 2 weeks of treatment, when answering all of these questions. Please consider ALL PATIENT populations that you care for, including both intensive care units and non-intensive care units (wards or general floor) when answering these questions. The survey covers the demographics and general information about the treating institution/hospital and their patient cohort, resource availability, data gathering, medical and surgical management. No patient information will be requested, and no patient participants will be enrolled. Your completion of the survey will serve as your consent to be in this research study.
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