Critical Care Neurology, Part I: Neurocritical Care focuses on the care specialists and general neurologists that consult in the ICU and their work with patients in acute, life-threatening situations who are dealing with neurologic or neurosurgical crises emanating from either a preexisting neurologic syndrome or from a new neurologic complication appearing as a result of another medical or surgical critical illness.
These two separate clinical situations form the pillars of neurocritical care, hence these practices are addressed via two separate, but closely related, HCN volumes. Chapters in both focus on pathophysiology and management, and are tailored for both general neurologists and active neurocritical specialists, with a specific focus on management over diagnostics.
Part I addresses the principles of neurocritical care and the management of various neurologic diseases. Part II addresses the interplay between neurologic complications and the surgical, medical, cardiac, and trauma of critical illnesses that most typically present in the ICU.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series - p. v 6. Foreword - p. vii 7. Preface - p. ix 8. Contributors - p. xi 9. Section 1: Care in the neurosciences intensive care unit - p. xi 10. Chapter 1: The history of neurocritical care - p. xi 11. Chapter 2: Airway management and mechanical ventilation in acute brain injury - p. 14 12. Chapter 3: Neuropulmonology - p. 32 13. Chapter 4: Neurocardiology - p. 48 14. Chapter 5: Principles of intracranial pressure monitoring and treatment - p. 65 15. Chapter 6: Multimodal neurologic monitoring - p. 89 16. Chapter 7: Continuous EEG monitoring in the intensive care unit - p. 105 17. Chapter 8: Management of the comatose patient - p. 116 18. Chapter 9: Management of status epilepticus - p. 129 19. Chapter 10: Critical care in acute ischemic stroke - p. 151 20. Chapter 11: Management of intracerebral hemorrhage - p. 176 21. Chapter 12: Management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage - p. 194 22. Chapter 13: Management of acute neuromuscular disorders - p. 228 23. Chapter 14: Critical care management of traumatic brain injury - p. 237 24. Chapter 15: Management of acute traumatic spinal cord injuries - p. 274 25. Chapter 16: Decompressive craniectomy in acute brain injury - p. 298 26. Chapter 17: Diagnosis and management of spinal cord emergencies - p. 318 27. Chapter 18: Diagnosis and management of acute encephalitis - p. 335 28. Chapter 19: Management of bacterial central nervous system infections - p. 347 29. Chapter 20: Management of infections associated with neurocritical care - p. 364 30. Chapter 21: Determinants of prognosis in neurocatastrophes - p. 378 31. Chapter 22: Family discussions on life-sustaining interventions in neurocritical care - p. 395 32. Chapter 23: Organ donation protocols - p. 408 33. Index - p. I-1
Critical Care Neurology, Part I: Neurocritical Care focuses on the care specialists and general neurologists that consult in the ICU and their work with patients in acute, life-threatening situations who are dealing with neurologic or neurosurgical crises emanating from either a preexisting neurologic syndrome or from a new neurologic complication appearing as a result of another medical or surgical critical illness.
These two separate clinical situations form the pillars of neurocritical care, hence these practices are addressed via two separate, but closely related, HCN volumes. Chapters in both focus on pathophysiology and management, and are tailored for both general neurologists and active neurocritical specialists, with a specific focus on management over diagnostics.
Part I addresses the principles of neurocritical care and the management of various neurologic diseases. Part II addresses the interplay between neurologic complications and the surgical, medical, cardiac, and trauma of critical illnesses that most typically present in the ICU.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series - p. v 6. Foreword - p. vii 7. Preface - p. ix 8. Contributors - p. xi 9. Section 1: Care in the neurosciences intensive care unit - p. xi 10. Chapter 1: The history of neurocritical care - p. xi 11. Chapter 2: Airway management and mechanical ventilation in acute brain injury - p. 14 12. Chapter 3: Neuropulmonology - p. 32 13. Chapter 4: Neurocardiology - p. 48 14. Chapter 5: Principles of intracranial pressure monitoring and treatment - p. 65 15. Chapter 6: Multimodal neurologic monitoring - p. 89 16. Chapter 7: Continuous EEG monitoring in the intensive care unit - p. 105 17. Chapter 8: Management of the comatose patient - p. 116 18. Chapter 9: Management of status epilepticus - p. 129 19. Chapter 10: Critical care in acute ischemic stroke - p. 151 20. Chapter 11: Management of intracerebral hemorrhage - p. 176 21. Chapter 12: Management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage - p. 194 22. Chapter 13: Management of acute neuromuscular disorders - p. 228 23. Chapter 14: Critical care management of traumatic brain injury - p. 237 24. Chapter 15: Management of acute traumatic spinal cord injuries - p. 274 25. Chapter 16: Decompressive craniectomy in acute brain injury - p. 298 26. Chapter 17: Diagnosis and management of spinal cord emergencies - p. 318 27. Chapter 18: Diagnosis and management of acute encephalitis - p. 335 28. Chapter 19: Management of bacterial central nervous system infections - p. 347 29. Chapter 20: Management of infections associated with neurocritical care - p. 364 30. Chapter 21: Determinants of prognosis in neurocatastrophes - p. 378 31. Chapter 22: Family discussions on life-sustaining interventions in neurocritical care - p. 395 32. Chapter 23: Organ donation protocols - p. 408 33. Index - p. I-1
