Table of Contents

Brain Injury and Dysfunction: The Critical Role of Primary Management.- Monitoring the Injured Brain.- The Secondary Management of Traumatic Brain Injury.- Critical Care Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Central Nervous System Infections.- Cervical Spine Injuries.- Recent Advances in the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke.- Seizures on the Adult Intensive Care Unit.- Non-Neurological Complications of Brain Injury.- Acute Weakness in Intensive Care.- Coma, Confusion, and Agitation in Intensive Care.- Death and Donation in Critical Care: The Diagnosis of Brainstem Death.- Death and Donation in Critical Care: Management of Deceased Organ Donation.- Imaging the Brain-Injured Patient.- Ethical Dilemmas Within Intensive Care.

Reviews

From the reviews: “This review of resuscitation and critical care principles for patients in neurologic crisis is part of the Competency-Based Critical Care series. … Emergency and critical care staff in general hospitals are an appropriate audience for this work … . majority of authors are neurologists, neurosurgeons, and neuroradiologists. … This is one of several newly available books in this area. I recommend this one for its concise and clear presentation, excellent illustrations, and protocols. … a good clinical quick read for the neuro intensive care unit.” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Review Service, June, 2010)