Medical Management of Neurosurgical Patients

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. COMMON NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES Kevin Hines, Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, Pascal M. Jabbour, Robert H. Rosenwasser, and M. Reid Gooch 2. PRE-OPERATIVE EVALUATION OF NEUROSURGICAL PATIENTS Aditya Munshi and Geno Merli 3. MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE OR INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE AND INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE Ahmad Sweid, Pascal M. Jabbour, Sage P. Rahm, Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, Michael R. Gooch, and Robert H. Rosenwasser 4. ROLE OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE IN MANAGEMENT OF INTRACRANIAL BRAIN TUMORS Donald Y. Ye, Thana Theofanis, Tomas Garzon-Muvdi, and James J. Evans 5. ANTIEPILEPTIC MEDICATION USE IN NEUROSURGICAL PATIENTS Megan Margiotta and Timothy Ambrose 6. ACUTE SPINAL CORD INJURY Geoffrey Stricsek, Omaditya Khanna, Alexandra Emes, and James Harrop 7. MANAGEMENT OF BLEEDING DISORDERS IN THE NEUROSURGICAL PATIENT Vedavyas Gannamani and Sanaa Rizk 8. FEVER IN THE NEUROSURGICAL PATIENT Rakhshanda Akram, Crystal Benjamin, Linda Mwamuka, and Katherine A. Belden 9. DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF SODIUM DISORDERS IN THE NEUROSURGICAL PATIENT Jesse Edwards, Sharad Sharma, and Rakesh Gulati 10. BLOOD GLUCOSE MANAGEMENT IN THE NEUROSURGICAL PATIENT Kevin Furlong and Satya Villuri 11. MANAGEMENT OF PRESSURE INJURIES IN NEUROSURGICAL PATIENTS Rene Daniel and Barak Abai 12. PERIOPERATIVE OPTIMIZATION OF PAIN CONTROL IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SPINAL SURGERY USING MULTIMODAL ANALGESIA Newton Mei and Ashwini D. Sharan 13. REHABILITATION MEDICINE IN THE NEUROSURGICAL PATIENT Catriona M. Harrop, Kristin Gustafson, Swathi Maddula, James Bresnahan, and Philip Koehler 14. PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE NEUROSURGICAL PATIENT Michael Liquori, Kathleen Mechler, John Liantonio, and Adam Pennarola