Seizures in critical care : a guide to diagnosis and therapeutics /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Varelas, Panayiotis N.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Humana Press, [2010]
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Current clinical neurology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Presentation and pathophysiology of seizures in the critical care environment: an overview
  • Diagnosing and monitoring seizures in the ICU: the role of continuous EEG for detection and management of seizures in critically ill patients
  • Stroke and critical care seizures
  • Traumatic brain injury and seizures in the ICU
  • Brain tumors and ICU seizures
  • Global hypoxia-ischemia and critical care seizures
  • Seizures in fulminant hepatic failure, multiorgan failure, and endocrine crisis
  • Seizures in organ transplant recipients
  • Extreme hypertension, eclampsia and critical care seizures
  • Infection or inflammation and ICU seizures
  • Electrolyte disturbances and critical care seizures
  • Alcohol-related seizures in the intensive care unit
  • Drug-induced seizures in critically ill patients
  • Critical care seizures related to illicit drugs and toxins
  • Management of status epilepticus and critical care seizures.