The Barrow Neurological Institute is proud of its reputation as a medical research facility and is home to some of the most sophisticated research programs outside of an academic setting in the Southwestern United States. Researchers in the Barrow Neurosurgery Research Center are devoted to learning more about the causes of and treatments for a wide range of disorders, such as stroke, aneurysms, spinal cord injury, and hydrocephalus. Our research has led to treatments that are being used around the world. Within the Department are neurosurgeons who subspecialize in cerebrovascular and skull base, functional and stereotactic, pediatric, spine, tumor, and endovascular neurosurgery.
Physicians, scientists, and expert clinical staff come together with a commitment to developing new techniques for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of neurological illnesses and injuries. The leadership of internationally respected physicians keeps Barrow at the forefront of neuroscience. The compassionate expertise of its extensive staff of nurses, technologists, therapists and support personnel is evident in every aspect of care provided.
Our mission is to advance the knowledge and practice of medicine in neuroscience through basic and clinical research, education of medical professionals, and innovation in clinical techniques and technology.
Submissions from 2023
Resilience Room Use and Its Effect on Distress Among Nurses and Allied Staff, Virginia Prendergast, Sandra Elmasry, Natasha A. Juhl, and Kristina M. Chapple
Submissions from 2021
Evaluation and Acceptance of an Electric Toothbrush Designed for Dependent Patients, Virginia Prendergast and Kristina M. Chapple
Submissions from 2019
Scholarship in Neuroscience Nursing, Joanne Hickey, Lisa V. Duffy, Janice L. Hinkle, Virginia Prendergast, Lori M. Rhudy, Cindy Sullivan, and Nancy E. Villanueva
Submissions from 2018
Validation of The Critical-care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) for the detection of oral-pharyngeal pain in critically ill adults, Craig M. Dale, Virginia Prendergast, Céline Gélinas, and Louise Rose
Oral Care Assessment Tools and Interventions After Stroke, Virginia Prendergast and Janice L. Hinkle
Submissions from 2015
Interprofessional practice: translating evidence-based oral care to hospital care, Virginia Prendergast and Cindy Kleiman
Submissions from 2013
The Bedside Oral Exam and the Barrow Oral Care Protocol: translating evidence-based oral care into practice, Virginia Prendergast, Cindy Kleiman, and Mary King
Submissions from 2012
Effects of a standard versus comprehensive oral care protocol among intubated neuroscience ICU patients: results of a randomized controlled trial, Virginia Prendergast, Ulf Jakobsson, Stefan Renvert, and Ingalill Rahm Hallberg
Submissions from 2011
Electric versus manual tooth brushing among neuroscience ICU patients: is it safe?, Virginia Prendergast, Peter Hagell, and Ingalill Rahm Hallberg
Submissions from 2009
Oral health, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and intracranial pressure in intubated patients in a neuroscience intensive care unit, Virginia Prendergast, Ingalill Rahm Hallberg, Heidi Jahnke, Cindy Kleiman, and Peter Hagell
Submissions from 2003
Colored pain drawings: preliminary observations in a neurosurgical practice, Roberto Masferrer, Virginia Prendergast, and Peter Hagell
Submissions from 2000
Acute spinal cord injury. Nursing considerations for the first 72 hours, V Prendergast and C Sullivan
Submissions from 1997
Stroke and women, M K. Bader and V Prendergast
Profiles of cognitive functioning in subjects with neurological disorders, M Cammermeyer and V Prendergast
Submissions from 1995
Intrahospital transport of neuro ICU patients, B J. Kalisch, P A. Kalisch, S M. Burns, M J. Kocan, and V Prendergast
Submissions from 1994
Current trends in research and treatment of intracranial hypertension, V Prendergast
Submissions from 1991
Spinal cord damage with diving injuries. Considerations for nursing care, C M. Browner and V Prendergast
Effects of auditory stimuli on comatose patients with head injury, V Prendergast and J Archibald
Submissions from 1987
Bacterial meningitis update, V Prendergast