Part 1 General Principles; 1 Martin Smith: Introduction to neurocritical care; 2 RajaNandini Muralidharan and W Andrew Kofke: Applied neuropathophysiology and neuropharmacology; 3 Chandril Chugh and W Andrew Kofke: Cerebral blood flow physiology, pharmacology and pathophysiology; 4 Paolo Pelosi, Maria Vargas, and Iole Brunetti: Cardiorespiratory support in neurologic critically ill patients; 5 Jonathan Ball: Fluid management; 6 Mauro Oddo and Luzius A Steiner: Sedation and analgesia in the neurocritical care unit; 7 Andrea Lavinio: Intracranial hypertension; 8 Leslie M Whetstine, David W Crippen, and W Andrew Kofke: Ethical and legal issues in neurocritical care; Part 2 Monitoring; 9 Federico Villa and Giuseppe Citerio: Intracranial pressure monitoring; 10 Chandril Chugh and W Andrew Kofke: Monitoring cerebral blood flow; 11 Matthew A Kirkman and Martin Smith: Cerebral oxygenation monitoring; 12 Imoigele Aisiku and Claudia Robertson: Brain tissue biochemistry; 13 Hooman Kamel and Claude Hemphill III: Multimodal brain monitoring and neuroinformatics; 14 Neha S Dangayach and Jan Claassen: Electrophysiology in the intensive care unit; 15 Yanrong Zhang, Peter Komlosi, Mingxing Xie, and Max Wintermark: Neuroimaging; Part 3 Specific Conditions; 16 Nicolas Bruder and Lionel Velly: Postoperative care; 17 Hayden White and Bala Venkatesh: Traumatic brain injury; 18 Pouya Tahsili-Fahadan and Michael N Diringer: Subarachnoid haemorrhage; 19 Candice Delcourt and Craig Anderson: Intracerebral haemorrhage; 20 Barry M Czeisler, Daniel Sahlein, and Stephan A Mayer: Acute ischaemic stroke; 21 Jefferson R Wilson, Newton Cho, and Michael G Fehlings: Traumatic spinal cord injury; 22 Nicola Latronico and Nazzareno Fagoni: Neuromuscular disorders & acquired neuromuscular weakness; 23 Jan Novy and Andrea O Rossetti: Status epilepticus in adults; 24 Erich Schmutzhard, Ronny Beer, Raimund Helbok, and Bettina Pfausler: Central nervous system infection and inflammation; 25 Jerry P Nolan: Post cardiac arrest sydnrome; 26 Olivier Bodart, Aurore Thibaut, Steven Laureys, and Olivia Gosseries: Disorders of consciousness; 27 Derek J Roberts and David A Zygun: Non-neurological complications of acquired brain injury; 28 Adikarige Haritha Dulanka Silva, Antonio Belli, and Martin Smith: Electrolyte and endocrine disturbances; 29 Jeanne Teitelbaum and Sam Shemie: Brain death; 30 Ivan Rocha Ferreira da Silva and Jennifer A Frontera: Principles of organ donation; 31 Lakshmi P Chelluri and Jayaram Chelluri: Outcome after neurointensive care