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This extensively updated edition provides a comprehensive review of intensive care for neurologically injured patients from the emergency room and ICU through the operating room and post-surgical period in two comprehensive volumes. The Editors of this second volume present a comprehensive textbook that incorporates best practice/evidence-based medicine and performance improvement, while it champions the three characteristics needed in our neuro–ICUs: patient and family centered high-quality care, education, and discovery. This volume concentrates on perioperative management, monitoring and pharmacotherapy, examining the neurological problems most frequently seen in intensive care, and describes the various types of neurosurgery and critical features of the management of patients. General issues are discussed across the textbook, 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.
Listening to an injured brain is not easy. It takes knowledge, dedication, and understanding of the critically ill patient and their family. Textbook of Neurointensive Care Volume 2: Perioperative Management, Monitoring, Pharmacotherapy provides the reader with a detailed resource for studying this most complex area of medicine. It is thus essential reading for all trainees and professionals in critical care, neurosurgery, anesthesia and neurology.
Front Matter
Priorities in Perioperative Management
Intraoperative Neuroanesthesia
Postoperative Care for the Neurosurgical Patient: Cranial Procedures
Complex Spine Surgery
Monitoring and Procedures
Airway Management in the Neurointensive Care Unit
Critical Care Procedures
Echocardiography and Ultrasound Applications
Invasive Neurological and Multimodality Monitoring in the Neuro-ICU
Noninvasive Neuromonitoring
Integrated Approaches to Multimodality Monitoring of Cerebral Physiology
Neurological Applications of Hemodynamics and Pulmonary Monitoring
Severe Neurological Complications of Critical Illness
Systemic Illness and Multisystem Organ Failure
Environmental Injury: Toxins, Overdose, Drowning, Thermal Burns
Consultative Neurocritical Care
Pharmacotherapy
Sedation, Analgesia and Muscle Relaxation in NICU
Anticoagulants and Reversal Agents
Pharmacotherapy
Antiplatelet Agents and Platelet Function Assays
Thrombolytics and Antifibrinolytics
Osmotherapy
Steroids and Immunomodulating Agents
Anticonvulsants
Neurostimulants
Quality Improvement, Patient Safety and Systems Issues
Quality Metrics and Performance Measures in Neurocritical Care
Early Mobilization and Acute Rehabilitation in the NeuroICU
Nutrition in the Neurocritically Ill Patient
Global Neurocritical Care
Ethical and Legal Considerations of Neurocritical Care
Disaster Response
Research Challenges in the ICU
Back Matter