Full Description
The standard text and reference on neurological and neurosurgical intensive care is now in its Fourth Edition--thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest therapeutic advances and insights from the most recent clinical trials. A team of distinguished neuro-intensivists offers practical, state-of-the-art guidelines for managing the wide range of problems arising in postoperative neurosurgical care and care of patients with acute neurological diseases. This edition focuses sharply on the details of therapeutics. The authors, from leading neuro-intensive care units, have written the book collectively, giving it more cohesiveness and more of an authoritative consensus voice than previous multiauthored editions.
Contents
Part I. General Principles of Neurological Intensive Care * Introduction to Critical Care in Neurology and Neurosurgery, 3 * Intracranial Physiology and Elevated Intracranial Pressure, 12 * Management of Intracranial Hypertension and Mass Effect, 26 * Pulmonary Aspects of Neurological Intensive Care, 52 * Cardiovascular Aspects of Neurological Intensive Care, 92 * Fluid and Metabolic Derangements, 105 * Fever and Infections in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit , 113 * Electrophysiologic Monitoring in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit, 129 * Persistent Vegetative State and Brain Death, 154 Part II. Specific Problems in Neurological Intensive Care * Postoperative Neurosurgical Care, 169 * Neurological Complications of Critical Medical Illnesses, 177 * Head Injury, 189 * Critical Care of Acute Stroke, 208 * Management of Nontraumatic Brain Hemorrhage, 217 * Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, 231 * Intensive and Postoperative Care of Intracranial Tumors, 243 * Hypoxic-Ischemic Cerebral Injury, 260 * Critical Care of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, 278 * Treatment of the Critically Ill Patient with Myasthenia Gravis, 299 * Status Epilepticus, 312 * Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis, 321 * Spinal Cord Injury, 349 * Ethical and Legal Aspects Applicable to the Neurological Intensive Care Unit, 363 Subject Index, 377
