Rapid response, assessment and management are crucial for neurocritical situations
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:
- Acute Management of Neurological Emergencies
- Cerebrovascular Critical Care
- Infections of the Nervous System
- Neuromuscular Complications Encountered in the Intensive Care Unit
- Neurological Complications and Consultations in General Intensive Care Units
- Acute Neuroimaging and Neuromonitoring in Neurocritical Care
Clinical in approach, practical in execution, Emergency Management in Neurocritical Care will help you perform better in pressure situations.
Content:
Chapter 1 Hypertensive Emergency (pages 1β11): Laurie McWilliams
Chapter 2 Airway Management in the Neurological and Neurosurgical Patient (pages 12β20): Michael J. Souter
Chapter 3 Traumatic Brain Injury and Intracranial Hypertension (pages 21β31): Iain J. McCullagh and Peter J. D. Andrews
Chapter 4 Critical Care Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury (pages 32β36): Edward M. Manno
Chapter 5 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (pages 37β44): Muhammad A. Taqi and Michel T. Torbey
Chapter 6 Acute Management of Cerebral Ischemia (pages 45β54): Leonid Groysman and Gene Sung
Chapter 7 Neurocritical Care of Intracerebral Hemorrhage (pages 55β62): James M. Gebel
Chapter 8 Acute Management of Status Epilepticus (pages 63β70): Jan Claassen
Chapter 9 Post?Procedural Management of Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (pages 71β83): Tomoko Rie Sampson and Michael N. Diringer
Chapter 10 Care of the Neurointerventional Patient in the Neurointensive Care Unit (pages 84β91): Rishi Gupta
Chapter 11 New Treatment Strategies in the Management of Large Hemispheric Strokes and Intracerebral Hemorrhages (pages 92β98): Edward M. Manno
Chapter 12 Presentation and Management of Acute Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (pages 99β107): Patricia Canhao and Jose M. Ferro
Chapter 13 Infections in the Neurocritical Care Unit (pages 109β122): Denise H. Rhoney, Karen J. McAllen and Dennis Parker
Chapter 14 Diagnosis and Management of Bacterial and Viral Meningitis (pages 123β131): Maxwell S. Damian
Chapter 15 Encephalitis: Presentation and Management (pages 132β140): Ali E. Elsayed and Barnett R. Nathan
Chapter 16 Practical Management of GuillainβBarre Syndrome and Myasthenic Crisis (pages 141β151): Alejandro A. Rabinstein
Chapter 17 Metabolic Encephalopathies (pages 153β161): Edward M. Manno
Chapter 18 Delirium and Sedation in the ICU (pages 162β173): Jennifer A. Frontera
Chapter 19 Neurologic Complications of Cardiac Surgery (pages 174β181): Cathy Sila
Chapter 20 Neurological Complications of Medical Illness: Critical Illness Neuropathy and Myopathy (pages 182β187): Edward M. Manno Manno
Chapter 21 Hypothermia: Application and Use in Neurocritical Care (pages 188β196): Edward M. Manno
Chapter 22 Etiologies of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Forms of Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome (pages 197β203): J. Javier Provencio
Chapter 23 Application of MR Diffusion, CT Angiography and Perfusion Imaging in Stroke Neurocritical Care (pages 205β213): Carlos Leiva?Salinas, Wade Smith and Max Wintermark
Chapter 24 Advanced Monitoring of Brain Oxygenation and Metabolism (pages 214β224): Bharath R. Naravetla and J. Claude Hemphill