In recent years, neurocritical care has grown and matured as a subspecialty of Critical Care Medicine with the advent of new monitoring, diagnostic, and therapeutic capabilities. The goal of neurocritical care is to rapidly deliver acute medical therapies and appropriate interventions through effective monitoring of both neurological and end organ function. Neurocritical Care provides 'at the bedside' guidance on the medical knowledge and technical skills required to care for critically ill patients with neurologic conditions such as cerebrovascular disorders, neurotrama, neuro-oncology, refractory seizures, neuromuscular diseases, infections, alterations in consciousness, and perioperative neurosurgical care. Part of the Pittsburgh Critical Care Medicine series, this compact volume is an ideal reference for physicians and trainees working in either a general ICU or specialty Neuro ICU unit. Readers will gain an understanding of background knowledge and concrete solutions to questions and situations encountered in daily practice.
"Health care providers involved in the care of critically ill patients with neurological conditions would do well to read this book, which fits into every coat pocket." — Lea C. Kistler, MD and Markus M. Luedi, MD, Anesthesia & Analgesia
"This book can be recommended for its concise but effective text. Providers caring for neurological patients in the critical care unit will find at least brief discussions of the vast majority of problems seen in this setting." — Doody's Review
Author(s): Lori Shutter, Bradley Molyneaux, John A. Kellum
Series: Pittsburgh Critical Care Medicine
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 329
Tags: Neurocritical Care
Cover......Page 1
Series......Page 3
Neurocritical Care......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Contributors......Page 14
Section 1......Page 22
1 Coma and Low Arousal States ......Page 24
2 Encephalopathy and Delirium ......Page 36
3 Acute Ischemic Stroke ......Page 44
4 Intracerebral Hemorrhage ......Page 58
5 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ......Page 65
6 Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome ......Page 75
7 Anoxic Brain Injury ......Page 79
8 Seizures and Status Epilepticus ......Page 89
9 The Management of Traumatic Brain Injury ......Page 104
10 The Management of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ......Page 118
11 Meningitis and Encephalitis ......Page 126
12 Inflammation and Demyelination ......Page 140
13 Neuromuscular Conditions ......Page 152
14 Movement Disorder Emergencies and Movement
Disorders in the ICU......Page 162
Section 2......Page 174
15 Multimodality Monitoring ......Page 176
16 External Ventricular Drainage: Clinical Indications,
Surgical Technique, and Management......Page 186
17 Neuroimaging and Neurointerventional Procedures ......Page 194
18 Hypothermia and Fever Control in Neurocritical Care ......Page 206
19 Neuropharmacotherapy ......Page 216
Section 3......Page 232
20 General ICU Care of the Neurological Patient ......Page 234
21 Managing the Postoperative Neurosurgical Patient ......Page 245
22 Pediatric Neurocritical Care ......Page 254
23 Neurocritical Care in Pregnancy ......Page 268
24 Management of Intracranial Hypertension in Fulminant
Hepatic Failure......Page 277
25 Prognostication and Ethics ......Page 286
26 Brain Death, Organ Donation, and Transplantation ......Page 297
27 Rehabilitation in Neurocritical Care ......Page 307
Index......Page 318
