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Humana Press Handbook of Neurocritical Care 1st Editon 2004 Softbound by Anish Bhardwaj, Marek A. Mirski, John A. Ulatowski
Neurocritical care as a subspecialty has grown rapidly over the last 20 years with the advent of newer monitoring and diagnostic techniques and therapeutic modalities in a variety of brain and spinal cord injury paradigms. This handbook will serve as a quick reference guide to all health care providers in a neurocritical care setting. Since time is of the essence in the rapid diagnosis and timely therapeutic interventions for these patients, this book provides an algorithmic approach to making a clinical diagnosis using ancillary investigations to confirm the diagnosis and provide appropriate management of acute neurologic diseases. Tables and illustrations help provide a quick and easy bedside reference and give a practical approach to the management of these patients. Coma and Altered Consciousness.- Encephalopathy.- Intracerebral Hemorrhage.- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Cerebral Edema and Intracranial Hypertension.- Traumatic Brain Injury.- Postoperative Care.- Ischemic Stroke.- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis.- Brain Tumors.- Hydrocephalus.- Spinal Cord Injury.- Infectious Disorders.- Neuromuscular Disorders.- Status Epilepticus.- Blood Pressure Management.- Airway Management.- Analgesia, Sedation, and Paralysis in the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit.- Neurologic Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit.- Nutrition.- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome.- Brain Death and Organ Donation.- Ethical Issues and Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapies.