Main description:

This unique book presents an authoritative guide to the medical and surgical management of complex neurosurgical problems encountered in the critical care setting. It provides straightforward summaries of each stage of patient care, guiding the reader through initial assessment, including ordering the appropriate lab work, triage procedures, such as how to manage patients with multi-system injuries, and sedation and pain management. The book also covers important nursing and medical-legal issues related to neurosurgical intensive care.
Features: -Guidance on how to manage systemic complications, diseases, and infections -Practical review of concepts in neuropharmacology and nutrition, and procedures for fluid management and ventilator management -Select case examples throughout the book that supplement discussion of the decision-making process -Recommendations for communicating with and caring for the families of neurosurgical intensive care unit patients This comprehensive book provides a wealth of information that is essential for neurosurgeons, intensive care unit nurses, house staff, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, residents at all levels, and medical students.

Contents:

1) Introduction to Neurosurgical ICU 2) Bedside exam in Neuro ICU 3) Homeostatic Mechanisms inv the NeuroICU patient 4) Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Funfamentals 5) Fluids, Electrolytes, Acid-Base Balance 6) Neuroimaging & the Neuro ICU Patient 7) Labwork: what, when, how often? 8) Neuropharmacology 9) Sedation and Pain Management in the NeuroICU Patient 10) Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics and Pathology (including Pneumocephalus) 11) Ventilator Management 12) Neurophysiology in the NeuroICU: Options/Indications/Interpretation 13) Seizure Disorders: Diagnosis & Management 14) Delayed Intracerebral Bleed 15) Infections in the NeuroICU Patient 16) Managing the Family 17) Systematic Complications in the NeuroICU Patient 18) Nursing Issues & Pearls 19) Team Management of the Multisystem-Injured NeuroICU Patient 20) Cranial Nerve Injuries and their Management 21) Restraints anr the Neurosurgery ICU Patient 22) Contemporary Controversies in NeuroICU Care: Rationales & Recommendations 23) The Spinal Cord Injured Patient 24) Altered Level of Conciousness: Pathophysiology & Management 25) Cerebral Perfusion 26) Unique Pediatric NeuroICU Issues 27) Disease-specific phenomena: -vasospasm and subarachnoid hemorrhage -malignant edema in pediatric neurosurgery patients