Description
Critical Care Neurology, Part II: Neurology of Critical Illness focuses on the care specialists and general neurologists that consult in the ICU and their work with patients in acute, life-threatening situations who are dealing with neurologic or neurosurgical crises emanating from either a preexisting neurologic syndrome or from a new neurologic complication appearing as a result of another medical or surgical critical illness.These two separate clinical situations form the pillars of neurocritical care, hence these practices are addressed via two separate, but closely related, HCN volumes. Chapters in both focus on pathophysiology and management, and are tailored for both general neurologists and active neurocritical specialists, with a specific focus on management over diagnostics.Part I addresses the principles of neurocritical care and the management of various neurologic diseases. Part II addresses the interplay between neurologic complications and the surgical, medical, cardiac, and trauma of critical illnesses that most typically present in the ICU.- Provides an essential neurocritical care overview for general neurologists- Presents neurocritical care specialists with an update on severe neurological illness management- Offers coverage of all the most frequent neurologic diseases requiring intensive care- Includes chapters authored by global leaders in the field, providing the broadest, most expert coverage available on the topics discussed
Table of Contents
Section 2: Neurologic complications of critical illness24. The scope of neurology of critical illness25. Delirium in critically ill patients26. Posterior reversible encephalopathy in the intensive care unit27. Acute neurotoxicology of drugs of abuse28. Seizures in the critically ill29. Intensive care unit-acquired weakness30. Neurologic complications of transplantation31. Neurologic complications of cardiac and vascular surgery32. Neurology of cardiopulmonary resuscitation33. Therapeutic hypothermia protocols34. Neurologic complications of polytrauma35. Neurologic complications in critically ill pregnant patients36. Neurologic complications of sepsis37. Neurologic complications of acute environmental injuries38. Neurologic manifestations of major electrolyte abnormalities39. Management of neuro-oncologic emergencies40. Management of neurologic complications of coagulopathies41. Prognosis of neurologic complications in critical illness
