Ebook: Textbook of Neurointensive Care

This updated and refined new edition is the only book to provide a comprehensive approach to the intensive care of neurologically injured patients from the emergency room and ICU through the operating room and post-surgical period. It reviews neuroanatomy, neuroradiology, and neurophysiology, examines the neurological problems most frequently seen in intensive care, and describes the various types of neurosurgery. General issues are discussed, such as cardiac care, fluids and electrolytes, nutrition, and monitoring as well as more specific conditions and complications including elevated intracranial pressure, seizures, and altered mental states.

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Listening to an injured brain is not easy.

It takes knowledge, dedication, and understanding of the critically ill patient and their family. It takes an appreciation of the logistics of care in these difficult times of imbalance between more and sicker patients and fewer medical specialists. The impact of the right personnel, whose interest and training is in neurocritical care, has shown promise, both in terms of improving patient outcome and quality.

The editors have updated this second edition with the latest knowledge and trends. Gathering together a group of international experts who champions the three characteristics – Patient and Family Centered High Quality Care, Education, and Discovery – needed in our Neuro–ICUs, the editors present to the reader a comprehensive textbook of neurocritical care, incorporating best practice / evidence-based medicine and performance improvement.

This book is not an effort to embellish the shelf of a medical library; it is a practical bedside friend to be used to improve the neurological outcomes of those for whom we are honored to care: our patients.

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Listening to an injured brain is not easy.

It takes knowledge, dedication, and understanding of the critically ill patient and their family. It takes an appreciation of the logistics of care in these difficult times of imbalance between more and sicker patients and fewer medical specialists. The impact of the right personnel, whose interest and training is in neurocritical care, has shown promise, both in terms of improving patient outcome and quality.

The editors have updated this second edition with the latest knowledge and trends. Gathering together a group of international experts who champions the three characteristics – Patient and Family Centered High Quality Care, Education, and Discovery – needed in our Neuro–ICUs, the editors present to the reader a comprehensive textbook of neurocritical care, incorporating best practice / evidence-based medicine and performance improvement.

This book is not an effort to embellish the shelf of a medical library; it is a practical bedside friend to be used to improve the neurological outcomes of those for whom we are honored to care: our patients.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Neurocritical Care Organization....Pages 3-8
Quality Improvement and Neurocritical Care....Pages 9-17
Neurointensive Care Medicine as an Emerging ICU Subspecialty....Pages 19-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Basic Neuroanatomy for the Neurointensivist....Pages 33-63
The Functional Organization of the Nervous System....Pages 65-87
Introduction to Basic Neuropathology....Pages 89-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Noninvasive Monitoring in the Neurointensive Care Unit: EEG, Oximetry, TCD....Pages 109-126
Invasive Neurological and Multimodality Monitoring in the NeuroICU....Pages 127-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Prehospital Care of the Neurologically Injured Patient....Pages 149-165
Airway Management in the Neurointensive Care Unit....Pages 167-216
Neurologic Injury and Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 217-240
Blood Pressure Management After Central Nervous System Injury....Pages 241-254
Cardiac Implications of Neurological Disease....Pages 255-280
Sedation and Analgesia in Neurointensive Care....Pages 281-291
Endocrine Issues in Neurocritical Care....Pages 293-319
Hematologic and Coagulation Implications of Neurologic Disease....Pages 321-341
Venous Thromboembolism in the Neurologic Intensive Care Unit....Pages 343-353
Water and Electrolyte Management in Neurological Disease....Pages 355-378
Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Replacement Therapy in the Neurologically Injured Patient....Pages 379-389
Nutrition in the Neurointensive Care Unit....Pages 391-407
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Neurologic Implications of Critical Illness and Organ Dysfunction....Pages 409-425
Central Nervous System Infections....Pages 427-517
Front Matter....Pages 519-519
Diagnosis and Treatment of Altered Mental Status....Pages 521-540
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Evidence-Based Medicine, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Complications....Pages 541-563
Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Evidence-Based Medicine, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Complications....Pages 565-577
Arteriovenous Malformations: Evidence-Based Medicine, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Complications....Pages 579-590
Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence-Based Medicine, Diagnosis, and Treatment....Pages 591-599
Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence-Based Medicine, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Complications....Pages 601-618
Spinal Cord Injury: Evidence-Based Medicine, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Complications....Pages 619-641
Complex Spine Surgery....Pages 643-666
Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation and the ICU....Pages 667-680
Special Issues in Pediatric Neurocritical Care After Neurosurgery....Pages 681-692
Acute Ischemic Stroke: Therapy and Guidelines....Pages 693-706
Central Nervous System Neoplasia: Evidence-Based Medicine, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Complications....Pages 707-728
Elevated Intracranial Pressure....Pages 729-742
Therapeutic Hypothermia in Neurocritical Care....Pages 743-754
Cerebral Resuscitation from Cardiac Arrest....Pages 755-776
Neuromuscular Disorders in the ICU....Pages 777-798
Seizures....Pages 799-814
Front Matter....Pages 815-815
Neuroradiological Imaging....Pages 817-841
Front Matter....Pages 815-815
Intraoperative Neuroanesthesia....Pages 843-861
Postoperative Neurosurgical Care: Recovery Room Misadventures and Immediate Concerns....Pages 863-877
Neurorehabilitation....Pages 879-894
Brain Death and Management of the Potential Organ Donor....Pages 895-917
Ethical Issues in the Neurointensive Care Unit....Pages 919-939
Pharmacotherapy in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit....Pages 941-963
Back Matter....Pages 965-988