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.
Section 1: Neurological Conditions Chapter 1: Coma and Low Arousal States Namir Khandker and Lori Shutter Chapter 2: Encephalopathy and Delirium Joshua Keegan and Colleen Moran Chapter 3: Acute Ischemic Stroke Cynthia L. Kenmuir and Tudor G. Jovin Chapter 4: Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome Krystle Shafer and Bradley Molyneaux Chapter 5: Intercerebral Hemorrhage Opeolu Adeoye Chapter 6: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Sherry Hsiang-Yi Chou Chapter 7: Anoxic Brain Injury Jonathan Elmer and Jon C. Rittenberger Chapter 8: Seizures and Status Epilepticus Michael E. Reznik and Jan Claassen Chapter 9: The Management of Traumatic Brain Injury Jeremy G. Stone, David M. Panczykowski, and David O. Okonkwo Chapter 10: The Management of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury David M. Panczykowski, Jeremy G. Stone, and David O. Okonkwo Chapter 11: Meningitis and Encephalitis Ruchira Jha Chapter 12: Inflammation and Demyelination Daniel Rubin and Henrikas Vaitkevicius Chapter 13: Neuromuscular Conditions Deepa Malaiyandi and Sa%sa A. %Zivkovi? Chapter 14: Movement Disorders Emergencies and Movement Disorders in the ICU Mihai C. Sandulescu and Edward A. Burton Section 2: Interventions and Monitoring Chapter 15: Multimodality Monitoring Maranatha Ayodele and Kristine O'Phelan Chapter 16: External Ventricular Drainage: Clinical Indications, Surgical Technique, and Management Nitin Agarwal and Andrew F. Ducruet Chapter 17: Neuroimaging and Neuro-interventional Procedures Cynthia L. Kenmuir and Ashutosh P. Jadhav Chapter 18: Hypothermia and Fever Control in Neurocritical Care Kees H. Polderman Chapter 19: Neuropharmacotherapy Gretchen M. Brophy and Theresa Human Section 3: General Management and Special Populations Chapter 20: General ICU Care of the Neurological Patient Samuel A. Tisherman and Sara Hefton Chapter 21: Managing the Postoperative Neurosurgical Patient Colleen Moran and Daniel Ripepi Chapter 22: Pediatric Neurocritical Care Dennis Simon and Ericka L. Fink Chapter 23: Neurocritical Care in Pregnancy Marie Baldisseri and Krystle Shafer Chapter 24: Management of Intracranial Hypertension in Fulminant Hepatic Failure Sajid Kadir and Raghavan Murugan Chapter 25: Prognostication and Ethics David Y. Hwang and Douglas B. White Chapter 26: Brain Death, Organ Donation and Transplantation Hilary H. Wang and David M. Greer Chapter 27: Rehabilitation in Neurocritical Care Michael E. Reznik and Amy K. Wagner
Lori Shutter, MD, FNCS, FCCM, is the Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA. She is also a Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, as well as the Director of Neurocritical Care Fellowship Training Program and Medical Director of the Neurovascular and Neurotrama Intensive Care Units (ICU). Bradley J. Molyneaux, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Critical Care Medicine in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA.
Reviews for Neurocritical Care
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 *
