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Acute neurological illness is traumatic for patients and their families. Physicians caring for these patients are often under great distress and need to rapidly assess the situation to allow appropriate stabilization and management.
Emergency Management in Neurocritical Care gives you the tools you need to perform under pressure in the neurocritical or emergency care unit. The no-nonsense approach corresponds to the attitude needed in both acute emergencies and in the neurocritical care unit. Packed with handy tips to improve your care of patients, and written by internationally renowned experts, the book covers:
Clinical in approach, practical in execution, Emergency Management in Neurocritical Care will help you perform better in pressure situations.
List of Contributors vi
Series Foreword viii
Preface ix
PART I: ACUTE MANAGEMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES
1 Hypertensive Emergency 3Laurie McWilliams
2 Airway Management in the Neurological and Neurosurgical Patient 12Michael J. Souter
3 Traumatic Brain Injury and Intracranial Hypertension 21Iain J. McCullagh and Peter J.D. Andrews
4 Critical Care Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury 32Edward M. Manno
5 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 37Muhammad A. Taqi and Michel T. Torbey
6 Acute Management of Cerebral Ischemia 45Leonid Groysman and Gene Sung
7 Neurocritical Care of Intracerebral Hemorrhage 55James M. Gebel Jr
8 Acute Management of Status Epilepticus 63Jan Claassen
PART II: CEREBROVASCULAR CRITICAL CARE
9 Post-procedural Management of Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 73Tomoko Rie Sampson and Michael N. Diringer
10 Care of the Neurointerventional Patient in the Neurointensive Care Unit 84Rishi Gupta
11 New Treatment Strategies in the Management of Large Hemispheric Strokes and Intracerebral Hemorrhages 92Edward M. Manno
12 Presentation and Management of Acute Cerebral Venous Thrombosis 99Patrycia Canhao and Jose M. Ferro
PART III: INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
13 Infections in the Neurocritical Care Unit 111Denise H. Rhoney, Karen J. McAllen, and Dennis Parker
14 Diagnosis and Management of Bacterial and Viral Meningitis 123Maxwell S. Damian
15 Encephalitis: Presentation and Management 132Ali E. Elsayed and Barnett R. Nathan
PART IV: NEUROMUSCULAR COMPLICATIONS ENCOUNTERED IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
16 Practical Management of Guillain–Barre Syndrome and Myasthenic Crisis 143Alejandro A. Rabinstein
PART V: NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS AND CONSULTATIONS IN GENERAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
17 Metabolic Encephalopathies 155Edward M. Manno
18 Delirium and Sedation in the ICU 162Jennifer A. Frontera
19 Neurologic Complications of Cardiac Surgery 174Cathy Sila
20 Neurological Complications of Medical Illness: Critical Illness Neuropathy and Myopathy 182Edward M. Manno
21 Hypothermia: Application and Use in Neurocritical Care 188Edward M. Manno
22 Etiologies of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Forms of Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome 197J. Javier Provencio
PART VI: ACUTE NEUROIMAGING AND NEUROMONITORING IN NEUROCRITICAL CARE
23 Application of MR Diffusion, CT Angiography and Perfusion Imaging in Stroke Neurocritical Care 207Carlos Leiva-Salinas, Wade Smith and Max Wintermark
24 Advanced Monitoring of Brain Oxygenation and Metabolism 214Bharath R. Naravetla and J. Claude Hemphill III
Index 225
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