Full Description
In this issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. P.B. Raksin and Laura B. Ngwenya bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Neurocritical Care of Trauma. Critical care management of individuals who have experienced a traumatic insult to the brain and/or spinal cord is essential in the acute phase post-injury to ensure appropriate resuscitation, support operative interventions, and mitigate the risk of secondary insults. This issue will review aspects of clinical care as well as explore topics of interest with respect to medical ethics and systems of care delivery.
Contains 16 relevant, practice-oriented topics including fundamentals of care for severe traumatic brain injury and acute spinal cord injury; fluids, electrolytes, and nutrition; disorders of electrophysiology following severe traumatic brain injury; rehabilitation in the ICU; neuroprognostication and ethical considerations in neurotrauma; and more
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on neurocritical care of trauma, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
Contents
Fundamentals of Care for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Induced Normality-The Battle to Restore Parameters in Critical Care Management
Fundamentals of Acute Care for Patients with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Special Pediatric Considerations in the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury
Multimodality Monitoring for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Challenges in Pulmonary Management after Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury
Fever in the Neurocritically Ill Patient
Thrombosis and Coagulopathy
Fluids, Electrolytes, and Nutrition in the Critically Ill Patient with Neurotrauma
Endocrinopathy and Dysautonomia
Disorders of Electrophysiology Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Challenges to Neurocritical Care Management in Polytrauma
Sudden Neurologic Worsening
Impaired Consciousness in the Traumatic Brain Injury Patient
Neuroprognostication and Ethical Considerations in Traumatic Brain Injury
Systems of Neurotrauma HealthCare
