Neurocritical Care

List of contributors; Preface; 1. The neurological assessment of the critically ill patient Abdo Barakat and Diana Greene-Chandos; 2. Cerebral blood flow physiology and metabolism in the neurocritical care unit Rajat Dhar and Michael Diringer; 3. Cerebral edema and intracranial pressure in the neurocritical care unit Shivani Ghosal and Kevin Sheth; 4. Hypothermia in the neurocritical care unit: physiology and applications Karina Woodling, Archana Hinduja and Michel T. Torbey; 5. Analgesia, sedation, and paralysis Yousef Hannawi and Wendy C. Ziai; 6. Airway management and mechanical ventilation in the neurocritical care unit David B. Seder and Julian Boesel; 7. Neuropharmacology in the neurocritical care unit Sarah M. Adriance; 8. Intracranial monitoring in the neurocritical care unit Chad M. Miller; 9. Electrophysiologic monitoring in the neurocritical care unit Anh T. Nguyen and Asma Zakaria; 10. The role of transcranial doppler (TCD) as a monitoring tool in the neurocritical care unit Maher Saqqur, David Zygun and Andrew Demchuk; 11. Ischemic stroke in the neurocritical care unit Julian Boesel; 12. Intracerebral hemorrhage in the neurocritical care unit Xuemei Cai and Jonathan Rosand; 13. Management of cerebral venous thrombosis in the neurocritical care unit Xiaoying Yao and Magdy Selim; 14. Subarachnoid hemorrhage in the neurocritical care unit Katja E. Wartenberg and Stephan A. Mayer; 15. Status epilepticus in the neurocritical care unit Fawaz Al-Mufti and Jan Classen; 16. Neuromuscular disorders in the ICU Christopher L. Kramer, Edward M. Manno and Alejandro A. Rabinstein; 17. Management of head trauma in the neurocritical care unit Peter Le Roux; 18. Management of autoimmune encephalitis in the neurocritical care unit Murat Sari, Diana Greene-Chandos and Michel T. Torbey; 19. Management of cerebral salt wasting syndrome and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis in the neurocritical care unit Wendy Wright; 20. Brain death in the neurocritical care unit Mark M. Landreneau and David M. Greer; 21. Neuroterrorism and drug overdose in the neurocritical care unit John J. Lewin, III, Mohit Datta and Geoffrey S. F. Ling; 22. Infections of the central nervous system in the neurocritical care unit Mohamed Sharaby and Barnett R. Nathan; 23. Management of the spinal cord injury in the neurocritical care unit epidemiology Kristine O'Phelan; 24. Postoperative management in the neurosurgical critical care unit Ryan A. Grant, Andy J. Redmond and Veronica L. Chiang; 25. Ethical considerations in the neuroscience intensive care unit Fred Rincon; 26. Pulmonary consult: management of severe hypoxia in the neurocritical care unit Rafael A. Calderon Candelario, Matthew C. Exline and Naeem A. Ali; 27. Management of refractory arrhythmias in the neurocritical care unit Mahmoud Houmsse; 28. An infectious diseases consult in the neurocritical care unit Michael Frank and Mary Beth Graham; 29. A nephrology consult in the neurocritical care unit Jason Prosek and Nabil Haddad; 30. Management of hepatic encephalopathy in the neurocritical care unit Stephen M. Riordan and Roger Williams; 31. Hypoxic encephalopathy in the neurocritical care unit Maximilian Mulder and Romergryko G. Geocadin; 32. Management of delirium in the neurocritical care unit Diana Greene-Chandos and Michel T. Torbey; 33. Generalized weakness in the intensive care unit Farrukh S. Chaudhry and Edward M. Manno; 34. Management of severely brain-injured patients recovering from coma Caroline Schnakers and Martin M. Monti; 35. Acute demyelinating disorders in the neurocritical care unit Lauren Koffman and Joao A. Gomes; 36. Building a case for a neurocritical care unit Panayiotis N. Varelas and Efstathios Papavassiliou; 37. Neurointensive (NCCU) care business planning Sarah Widing and Noah Grose; Index.