Introduction Michel T. Torbey; Part I. Principles of Neurocritical Care: 1. Cerebral blood flow physiology and metabolism Marc Malkoff; 2. Cerebral edema and intracranial pressure Ahmed Raslan and Anish Bhardwaj; 3. Vasoactive therapy Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Kristin Santa, Marta Lopez-Vicente, and Michel T. Torbey; 4. Hypothermia: physiology and applications Carmelo Graffagnino; 5. Analgesia, sedation, and paralysis Wendy Ziai and Rehan Sajjad; 6. Mechanical ventilation and airway management Rahul Nanchal and Ahmad Khan; 7. Neuropharmacology Kristin Santa and Rebecca Shuman; Part II. Neuromonitoring: 8. Intracranial pressure and cerebral blood flow monitoring Andrew Beaumont; 9. Hemodynamic and electrophysiologic monitoring Rahul Nanchal, Ahmad Khan, and Todd Gienapp; Part III. Management of Specific Disorders in the Neurocritical Care Unit: 10. Ischemic stroke May A. Kim, Justin Wagner, Clif Segil, Reed Levine, and Gene Y. Sung; 11. Intracerebral hemorrhage Natalia Rost and Jonathan Rosand; 12. Cerebral venous thrombosis Magdy Selim; 13. Subarachnoid hemorrhage Mathew Miller and Grant Sinson; 14. Status epilepticus Marek Mirski and Panayiotis Varelas; 15. Nerve and muscle disorders Edward Manno; 16. Head trauma Fernanda Tagliaferri, Christian Compagnone, and Thomas Gennarelli; 17. Encephalopathy Angelos Katramados and Panayiotis Varelas; 18. Coma and brain death Romergryko Geocadin and Jennifer L. Berkley; 19. Neuroterrorism and drug overdose Geoffrey S. F. Ling, Scott Marshall, and John J. Lewin III; 20. CNS infection Ricardo Carhuapoma and H. A. Puttgen; 21. Spinal cord injury Dennis Maiman and Melissa Macias; 22. Postoperative management in the NCCU Andy J. Redmond and Veronica Chiang; 23. Ethical and legal consideration in the NCCU Dan Larriviere and Michael A. Williams; Part IV. Management of Medical Disorders in the Neurocritical Care Unit: 24. A pulmonary consult Wendy Zouras and Kenneth Presberg; 25. A cardiology consult Lee Biblo, James Kleczka, and Timothy Woods; 26. An infectious diseases consult Michael Frank and Mary Beth Graham; 27. A gastroenterology consult Riad Azar, Yume Nguyen, and Thomas Kerr; 28. A nephrology consult Jeffrey Wesson and Aaron Dall; 29. An endocrinology consult James Kruse.
