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Neurocritical care has grown rapidly over the last two decades to become a complex multidisciplinary specialty requiring rapid diagnosis and therapeutic interventions. In Handbook of Neurocritical Care, leading neurocritical care and intensive care specialists from the Neurosciences Critical Care Un...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bhardwaj, Anish, Mirski, Marek Alexander Z., Ulatowski, John Alan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2004]
Series:Current clinical neurology.
Subjects:
Neurological intensive care > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nervous System Diseases > therapy > Handbooks.
Critical Care > methods > Handbooks.
Intensive Care Units > Handbooks.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Nervous System (incl. Brain)
MEDICAL > Neurology.
Neurological intensive care.
Electronic books.
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Coma and altered consciousness / Wendy C. Ziai
  • Encephalopathy / Wendy L. Wright
  • Intracerebral hemorrhage / Romergryko G. Geocadin
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage / Anish Bhardwaj
  • Cerebral edema and intracranial hypertension / Anish Bhardwaj
  • Traumatic brain injury / Romergryko G. Geocadin
  • Postoperative care / Robert D. Stevens
  • Ischemic stroke / Agnieszka A. Ardelt
  • Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis / Connie L. Chen
  • Brain tumors / Agnieszka A. Ardelt
  • Hydrocephalus / Geoffrey S.F. Ling
  • Spinal cord injury / Robert D. Stevens
  • Infectious disorders / Wendy C. Ziai
  • Neuromuscular disorders / Michel T. Torbey
  • Status epilepticus / Marek A. Mirski
  • Blood pressure management / Michel T. Torbey
  • Airway management / Lauren Berkow
  • Analgesia, sedation, and paralysis in the neuro-intensive care unit / Mitzi K. Hemstreet
  • Neurologic monitoring in the intensive care unit / Connie L. Chen
  • Nutrition / Wendy L. Wright
  • Neuroleptic malignant syndrome / Connie L. Chen
  • Brain death and organ donation / Chere M. Chase and Michael A. Williams
  • Ethical issues and withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies / Chere M. Chase and Michael A. Williams.