Professor, Neurological Sciences, Rush Medical College of Rush Univ

Internal Medicine

Doctor Thomas P. Bleck, MD is an expert in the field of Internal Medicine. He went to Rush Medical College. He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FCCM)". Thomas Bleck is a published MD. He published 98 publications, including: 'It's time to revise the definition of status epilepticus.' He accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• A Consensus-Based Interpretation of the Benchmark Evidence from South American Trials: Treatment of Intracranial Pressure Trial.
• MRI Detection of Cerebral Infarction in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
• Falcine and Tentorial Subdural Hematomas May Not Routinely Require Transfer to a Tertiary Care Center.
• Response to Letter to the Editor by Dr. Witsch et al.
• Consensus Statement on Continuous EEG in Critically Ill Adults and Children, Part II: Personnel, Technical Specifications and Clinical Practice.
• Consensus Statement on Continuous EEG in Critically Ill Adults and Children, Part I: Indications.
• The Evolution of Neurocritical Care.
• Risk Stratification for the In-Hospital Mortality in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The HAIR Score.
• Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System.
• Bacterial meningitis and other nonviral infections of the nervous system.
• The established status epilepticus trial 2013.
• Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalopathy Associated with Influenza A (H1N1) Virus.
• Treatment of status epilepticus: an international survey of experts.
• Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome presenting with global Cerebral edema and herniation.
• Re: Confounding by Indication in Retrospective Studies of IntraCerebral Hemorrhage: Antiepileptic Treatment and Mortality.
• Alpha-frequency EEG artifact from a high-frequency oscillatory ventilator (HFOV).
• Seven questions about stroke and Epilepsy.
• Status epilepticus and the use of continuous EEG monitoring in the intensive care unit.
• Treatment of Neuroterrorism.
• The relationship of 26 clinical factors to weaning outcome.
• Where's the fire?: Long-term neurologic outcome following cardiac arrest.
• Critical Care Management of Patients Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Recommendations from the Neurocritical Care Society's Multidisciplinary Consensus Co...
• Transfer Delay Is a Major Factor Limiting the Use of Intra-Arterial Treatment in Acute Ischemic Stroke.
• Narrative review: tetanus-a health threat after natural disasters in developing countries.
• Intraventricular hemorrhage volume predicts poor outcomes but not delayed ischemic neurological deficits among patients with ruptured cerebral Aneurysms.
• Multifactor clinical score and outcome of mechanical ventilation weaning trials: Burns Wean Assessment Program.
• The circulatory-respiratory determination of death in organ donation.
• Less common etiologies of status epilepticus.
• Prior antiplatelet use does not affect hemorrhage growth or outcome after ICH 2.
• Acute Brain infarcts after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: a diffusion-weighted imaging study.
• Reduced platelet activity is more common than reported anti-platelet medication use in patients with intraCerebral hemorrhage.
• Hypothermia, hyperthermia, and other systemic factors in status epilepticus.
• Reduced platelet activity is associated with more intraventricular hemorrhage.
• Classification of Cerebral infarction after subarachnoid hemorrhage impacts outcome.
• Platelet activity and outcome after intraCerebral hemorrhage.
• Implications of early versus late bilateral pulmonary infiltrates in patients with Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Medical complications drive length of stay after Brain hemorrhage: a cohort study.
• Relationship between hemoglobin concentrations and outcomes across subgroups of patients with Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• How patients die after intraCerebral hemorrhage.
• Historical aspects of critical care and the nervous system.
• Overlapping features of eclampsia and postpartum angiopathy.
• Cardiac troponin I and acute lung Injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• A comparison of 3 radiographic scales for the prediction of delayed ischemia and prognosis following subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Fever burden and functional recovery after subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Complications associated with anemia and blood transfusion in patients with Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Transatlantic similarities and differences in the management of status epilepticus.
• Neurocritical care of patients with central nervous system infections.
• Statin use was not associated with less vasospasm or improved outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Intravascular temperature control system to maintain normothermia in organ donors.
• Neurological complications in critical illness: a focus on mechanisms. Foreword.
• Monitoring with the Somanetics INVOS 5100C after Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Packed red blood cell transfusion causes greater hemoglobin rise at a lower starting hemoglobin in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Managing hyperglycemia in acute ischemic Stroke patients.
• Lamotrigine was more effective than carbamazepine, gabapentin, and topiramate for treatment failure in partial Epilepsy.
• Valproate was more effective than lamotrigine and better tolerated than topiramate in generalized or unclassified Epilepsy.
• Nosocomial meningitis.
• Intensive care unit management of patients with status epilepticus.
• Prognostication and management of patients who are comatose after cardiac arrest.
• Neurological disorders in the intensive care unit.
• The impact of specialized neurocritical care.
• Ten things we hate about subarachnoid hemorrhage (or, the taming of the Aneurysm).
• Intensive insulin therapy reduced the incidence of neurologic complications in critically ill patients.
• Refractory status epilepticus.
• The ACNS subcommittee on research terminology for continuous EEG monitoring: proposed standardized terminology for rhythmic and periodic EEG patterns encountered in cr...
• Review: plasma exchange or intravenous immunoglobulin reduces disability in the Guillain-Barre syndrome.
• Neurogenic pulmonary edema and other mechanisms of impaired oxygenation after Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Management of rabies in humans.
• Part 2: history of 20th century neurology: decade by decade.
• Sepsis on the Brain.
• Refractory status epilepticus in 2001.
• It's time to revise the definition of status epilepticus.
• Practice guidelines for evaluating new fever in critically ill adult patients. Task Force of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Infectious Diseases Society ...
• Practice parameters for evaluating new fever in critically ill adult patients. Task Force of the American College of Critical Care Medicine of the Society of Critical ...
• Magnetic resonance imaging as a sensitive and specific predictor of neoplasms removed for intractable Epilepsy.
• Diagnostic studies for tumors in seizure patients.
• Research priorities in neurocritical care.
• Critical care neurology.
• Propofol and midazolam in the treatment of refractory status epilepticus.
• Alternatives to evidence based medicine. Different rating scale could be used.
• Central nervous system involvement in Rickettsial Diseases.
• Management approaches to prolonged seizures and status epilepticus.
• Prevalence of psychologic disorders after surgical treatment of seizures.
• Diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular causes of acute respiratory failure.
• Neurologic emergencies.
• Multiple subpial transection: a new approach to the surgical treatment of focal Epilepsy.
• Dilated pupils and Brain death.
• Convulsive disorders: the use of anticonvulsant drugs.
• Convulsive disorders: mechanisms of Epilepsy and anticonvulsant action.
• Possible induction of systemic lupus erythematosus by valproate.
• Convulsive disorders: status epilepticus.
• Convulsive disorders: Toxicity of anticonvulsants.
• Tetanus: pathophysiology, management, and prophylaxis.
• Prolonged survival following the inadvertent intrathecal administration of vincristine: clinical and electrophysiologic analyses.
• Intravenous midazolam for the treatment of refractory status epilepticus.
• Extra-axial suppurations of the central nervous system.
• Medical management of subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Status epilepticus in children and adults.

Schools

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• Rush Medical College Of Rush University

• RushPresbyterianSt Luke39s Medical Center

Procedures Preformed

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• EEG (Electroencephalogram)

Conditions Treated

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• Alzheimer's Disease
• Brain Aneurysm
• Carotid Artery Disease
• Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
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Doctors Specialties

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• Critical Care Medicine
• Vascular Neurology
• Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union WC
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Cofinity PPO
• Commercial Insurance Company
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Choice Care PPO
• Preferred PPO
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO

Awards

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• Fellow (FCCM)

Education

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• Rush University Medical Center
• Rush Medical College

Hospital

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• Rush University Medical Center

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