Neurocritical Care

List of contents

1. Introduction: the practice of neurocritical care Andrew Naidech; 2. Measurement and treatment of intracranial pressure Tanuwong Viarasilpa and Stephan A. Mayer; 3. Disorders of temperature regulation Ameeta Karmarkar and Andrew Naidech; 4. Approach to neuroimaging of the brain, vessels, and cerebral edema Muhammad Umair, Tyler Hinkel, Alexander W. Korutz, Eric J. Russell and Alexander J. Nemeth; 5. Airway and ventilator management of the neurologically critically ill patient Howard Lee; 6. Neurocritical care pharmacology Deepika P. McConnell; 7. Intracerebral haemorrhage Brandon Francis; 8. Correction of coagulopathy Ahmed M. Salem and Tiffany R. Chang; 9. Subarachnoid hemorrhage [including stunned myocardium] H. Alex Choi and Swathi Kondapalli; 10. Subdural hematoma Peter Pruitt; 11. Critical care management of neurotrauma Giang T. Quach and Michael Shapiro; 12. Critical care management before and after open and intravascular procedures Aimee Aysenne and Martha Robinson; 13. Shared decision-making in the Neuro-ICU Kelsey Goostrey and Susanne Muehlschlegel; 14. Status epilepticus and EEG monitoring Dionne E. Swor and Deepika P. McConnell; 15. Evaluation of coma Aimee Aysenne.

About the author

Andrew M. Naidech, MD, MSPH is a Professor of Neurology (Section of Neurocritical Care) at Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

Summary

A practical manual for recognising and managing unpredictable and rapidly-changing neurological emergencies in intensive care units. Topics covered include the pathophysiology of various diseases, neuroradiology, drug therapy and best practice for difficult decision-making. Describes a variety of conditions such as haemorrhage, seizure and trauma.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew M. (Northwestern University Naidech
• Assisted by: Andrew M. Naidech (Editor), Andrew M. (Northwestern University Naidech (Editor), Naidech Andrew M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781108820868
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82086-8
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Cambridge Manuals in Neurology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology