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Comprehensive coverage of the neurocritical management of both neurologic disease and neurologic complications that arise from critical illnesses in the ICU

Table of Contents

Section 1: Care in the neurosciences intensive care unit
1. The history of neurocritical care
2. Airway management and mechanical ventilation in acute brain injury
3. Neuropulmonology
4. Neurocardiology
5. Principles of intracranial pressure monitoring and treatment
6. Multimodal neurologic monitoring
7. Continuous EEG monitoring in the intensive care unit
8. Management of the comatose patient
9. Management of status epilepticus
10. Critical care in acute ischemic stroke
11. Management of intracerebral hemorrhage
12. Management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
13. Management of acute neuromuscular disorders
14. Critical care management of traumatic brain injury
15. Management of acute traumatic spinal cord injuries
16. Decompressive craniectomy in acute brain injury
17. Diagnosis and management of spinal cord emergencies
18. Diagnosis and management of acute encephalitis
19. Management of bacterial central nervous system infections
20. Management of infections associated with neurocritical care
21. Determinants of prognosis in neurocatastrophes
22. Family discussions on life-sustaining interventions in neurocritical care
23. Organ donation protocols

About the Author

Eelco F.M. Wijdicks MD is Professor of Neurology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Chair of the Division of Critical Care Neurology and attending in the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit at Saint Marys Hospital (Mayo Clinic Rochester).He is the founding editor of the journal Neurocritical care, the official journal of the Neurocritical Care Society. He has single authored 12 books on Neurocritical Care and edited or co-authored 7 additional books all currently in print. He has over 750 research papers, topic reviews and editorials to his credit. Dr. Kramer is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary. He is an academic critical care physician and neurocritical care consultant at the Foothills Medical Centre, and also serves as the Medical Director of the Southern Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation Program. He has a wide range of research interests in neurocritical care, especially pertaining to the prevention and treatment of secondary brain injury, increasing accuracy and transparency of neuroprognostication, and promoting excellence in practices related to organ and tissue donation. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of Neurocritical Care and Critical Care Medicine.