The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology serves as the definitive authoritative reference on the care of the patient with a critical neurologic disorder at risk of deterioration and in need of immediate attention. This work is an expanded new edition of the book on the managment of patients with critical neurologic disorders. This single-authored monograph is broad in scope and follows the patients from the very moment they enter the emergency department to their care in the neurosciences intensive care unit. This book condenses the essential information into several sections. These are: The General Principles of Recognition of Critically Ill Neurologic Patients in the Emergency Department, The Evaluation of Presenting Symptoms Indicating Urgency and Critical Emergency, General Principles of Management of Critically Ill Patients, Monitoring Devices and Diagnostic Tests, Complete Management of Specific Disorders in the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Postoperative Neurosurgical and Neurointerventional Complications, Management of Medical Complications and End of Life Care.
This accessibly written book differs from the conventional by specifically following the time course of clinical complexities as they emerge and change. It offers advice on how to diagnose and manage acute neuromuscular respiratory failure, acuteworrisome headache, acute febrile confusion, acute diplopia, acute movement disorders, acute paraplegia, seizures and coma of uncertain cause in the emergency department. The major disorders requiring neurocritical care are covered in great detail and include traumatic brain injury aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral hemorrhage , hemispheric ischemic stroke, basilar artery occlusion, acute bacterial meningitis and encephalitis, myasthenic crisis and severe Guillan Barre syndrome. This book comes with a pocket book of selected tables and figures. This booklet covers all essential points for quick reference and has been considered a 'survival guide' for the house staff.
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"Dr. Wijdicks has produced another superb and practical summary of the field, peppered with his own considerable experience. The unified tone and approach in the book is a great advantage, especially to those starting out. Experienced practitioners will find many important but controversial issues well addressed along with invaluable advice. This is a major reference work for all aspects of acute neurology."
- Allan H. Ropper, MD, Executive Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
"Dr. Wijdicks has successfully combined descriptions of the complexity of acute neurologic diagnosis with the spirit of urgent symptom-focused emergency treatment. This book is an excellent resource for every emergency department and intensive care unit. Furthermore, it is a must read for anyone studying for the neurocritical care boards."
- J. Claude Hemphill III, MD, MAS, Kenneth Rainin Chair in Neurocritical Care, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco and Director, Neurovascular and Neurocritical Care Program, Department of Neurology, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
I wholeheartedly recommend The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology to all those practitioners who look after acutely ill neurological patients; it is bound to become their close companion."
-- Dr Nicholas Hirsch FRCA FRCP, Consultant Neuroanaesthetist, Medical Research Council Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London
"While the book is authoritative and well referenced, the reading experience is more akin to a curbside consult with the expert than a dry recitation of facts and figures. Content is arranged in a manner reflective of the course of clinical care, beginning with evaluation of presenting signs and symptoms (e.g., terrible headache, comatose), progressing to ommonly encountered critical care management issues and discussions of specific disorders. Illustrative
figures and tables supplement the text, many now in color...This new edition belongs on the office shelf of anyone who treats patients with neurologic ergencies, where it is sure to become a well-thumbed resource." --Doody's
"The name Eelco Wijdicks is synonymous with the development of the specialty of neurocritical care and with the publication of The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology he has produced a comprehensive account of the specialty. He achieves this by combining the latest science with his wealth of personal experience and the result is a work which will appeal to neurologists, anesthesiologists, intensivists, neurosurgeons, emergency room physicians and
all allied specialties working with acutely ill neurological patients." -- American Academy of Neruology
"Practical and comprehensive are probably the best words to summarise Eelco F M Wijdicks' The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology. Wijdicks' textbook comprehensively covers the specialty of emergency and critical care neurology including differential diagnoses, the meaning of technical monitoring, and differential pharmacological and procedural therapy. At the same time, this book can be used as a practical quick reference. This is as
much a reference book for the neurointensivist as it is a teaching book for the young emergency doctor. Compared with the many other books on neurointensive care, the read is refreshingly smooth, which might be because this is a single-author book." -- Thorsten Steiner, The Lancet
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Für Beruf und Forschung
Neurologists, neurosurgeons residents in training or fellows or any newly arrived neurointensivist studying for board examinations, medical and surgical intensivists and emergency physicians. Neuroscience nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, ICU pharmacists and other allied health providers may benefit.
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Höhe: 262 mm
Breite: 188 mm
Dicke: 47 mm
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978-0-19-539402-3 (9780195394023)
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Eelco Wijdicks is Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Chair of the Division of Critical Care Neurology, and Consultant, Neurological Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Saint Marys Hospital, Mayo Clinic
Part I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF RECOGNITION OF CRITICALLY ILL NEUROLOGIC PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Chapter 1. The Presenting Neurologic Emergency
Chapter 2. Criteria of Triage
Part II. EVALUATION OF PRESENTING SYMPTOMS INDICATING URGENCY
Chapter 3. Confused and Febrile
Chapter 4. A Terrible Headache
Chapter 5. Blacked out and Slumped down
Chapter 6. See Nothing, See Double, See Shapes
Chapter 7. Spinning
Chapter 8. Moving, Jerking and Spasm
Part III. EVALUATION OF PRESENTING SYMPTOMS INDICATING CRITICAL EMERGENCY
Chapter 9. Can't Walk or Stand
Chapter 10. Short of Breath
Chapter 11. Seizing
Chapter 12. Comatose
Part IV. ORGANIZATION OF THE NEUROSCIENCES INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chapter 13. The responsibilities of the Neurointensivist
Chapter 14. Organization of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit
Part V. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OF CRITICALLY ILL NEUROLOGIC PATIENTS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chapter 15. General Perspectives of Care
Chapter 16. Agitation and Pain
Chapter 17. Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 18. Nutrition
Chapter 19. Volume Status and Blood Pressure
Chapter 20. Anticoagulation and Thrombolytics
Chapter 21. Intracranial Pressure
Part VI. TECHNOLOGIES IN THE NEUROSCIENCES INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chapter 22. Monitoring Devices
Chapter 23. Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound and Neurophysiology
Part VII. MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC DISORDERS IN CRITICAL CARE NEUROLOGY
Chapter 24. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Chapter 25. Ganglionic and Lobar Hemorrhages
Chapter 26. Cerebellum and Brainstem Hemorrhages
Chapter 27. Major Hemispheric Ischemic Stroke syndromes
Chapter 28. Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion
Chapter 29. Cerebellar Infarct
Chapter 30. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Chapter 31. Acute Bacterial Meningitis
Chapter 32. Brain Abscess
Chapter 33. Acute Encephalitis
Chapter 34. Acute Spinal Cord Disorders
Chapter 35. Acute White Matter Disorders
Chapter 36. Acute Obstructive Hydrocephalus
Chapter 37. Malignant Brain Tumors
Chapter 38. Status Epilepticus
Chapter 39. Traumatic Brain Injury
Chapter 40. Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Chapter 41. Myasthenia Gravis
Part VIII. POSTOPERATIVE NEUROSURGICAL AND NEUROINTERVENTIONAL COMPLICATIONS
Chapter 42. Complications of Craniotomy and Biopsy
Chapter 43. Complications of Carotid Endarterectomy
Chapter 44. Complications of Neuroradiologic Procedures
Part IX. MANAGEMENT OF SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS
Chapter 45. Management of Pulmonary Complications
Chapter 46. Management of Cardiac Complications
Chapter 47. Management of Acid-Base Disorders, Sodium and Glucose handling
Chapter 48. Management of Gastrointestinal Complications
Chapter 49. Management of Nosocomial Infections
Chapter 50. Management of Hematologic Complications and Transfusion
Chapter 51. Management of Complications Associated with Venous Access
Part X. DECISIONS AT THE END OF LIFE AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
Chapter 52. Brain Death and Organ Procurement
Chapter 53. Donation after Cardiac Death
Chapter 54. Ethical and Legal Matters
Part XI. FORMULAS AND TABLES FOR TITRATING THERAPY
GUIDELINES
APPENDIX
Index