The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology
ISBN: 9780195394023 | 019539402X
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 6/22/2010
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The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology serves as the definitive authoritative reference on the care of the patient with a critical neurologic disorder at risk of deterioration and in need of immediate attention. This work is an expanded new edition of the book on the managment of patients with critical neurologic disorders. This single-authored monograph is broad in scope and follows the patients from the very moment they enter the emergency department to their care in the neurosciences intensive care unit. This book condenses th... MORE
| General Principles of Recognition of Critically Ill Neurologic Patients in the Emergency Department | |
| The Presenting Neurologic Emergency | |
| Criteria of Triage | |
| Evaluation of Presenting Symptoms Indicating Urgency | |
| Confused and Febrile | |
| A Terrible Headache | |
| Blacked out and Slumped down | |
| See Nothing, See Double, See Shapes | |
| Spinning | ... MORE|
| Moving, Jerking and Spasm | |
| Evaluation of Presenting Symptoms Indicating Critical Emergency | |
| Can't Walk or Stand | |
| Short of Breath | |
| Seizing | |
| Comatose | |
| Organization of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit | |
| The responsibilities of the Neurointensivist | |
| Organization of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit | |
| General Principles of Management of Critically Ill Neurologic Patients in the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit | |
| General Perspectives of Care | |
| Agitation and Pain | |
| Mechanical Ventilation | |
| Nutrition | |
| Volume Status and Blood Pressure | |
| Anticoagulation and Thrombolytics | |
| Intracranial Pressure | |
| Technologies in the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit | |
| Monitoring Devices | |
| Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound and Neurophysiology | |
| Management of Specific Disorders in Critical Care Neurology | |
| Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | |
| Ganglionic and Lobar Hemorrhages | |
| Cerebellum and Brainstem Hemorrhages | |
| Major Hemispheric Ischemic Stroke syndromes | |
| Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion | |
| Cerebellar Infarct | |
| Cerebral Venous Thrombosis | |
| Acute Bacterial Meningitis | |
| Brain Abscess | |
| Acute Encephalitis | |
| Acute Spinal Cord Disorders | |
| Acute White Matter Disorders | |
| Acute Obstructive Hydrocephalus | |
| Malignant Brain Tumors | |
| Status Epilepticus | |
| Traumatic Brain Injury | |
| Guillain-Barré Syndrome | |
| Myasthenia Gravis | |
| Postoperative Neurosurgical and Neurointerventional Complications | |
| Complications of Craniotomy and Biopsy | |
| Complications of Carotid Endarterectomy | |
| Complications of Neuroradiologic Procedures | |
| Management of Systemic Complications | |
| Management of Pulmonary Complications | |
| Management of Cardiac Complications | |
| Management of Acid-Base Disorders, Sodium and Glucose handling | |
| Management of Gastrointestinal Complications | |
| Management of Nosocomial Infections | |
| Management of Hematologic Complications and Transfusion | |
| Management of Complications Associated with Venous Access | |
| Decisions at the End of Life and Other Responsibilities | |
| Brain Death and Organ Procurement | |
| Donation after Cardiac Death | |
| Ethical and Legal Matters | |
| Formulas and Tables For Titrating Therapy | |
| Guidelines | |
| Appendix | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Eelco Wijdicks is Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Chair of the Division of Critical Care Neurology, and Consultant, Neurological Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Saint Marys Hospital, Mayo Clinic
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