Medical Management of Neurosurgical Patients

Description:

Emerging as a new sub-specialization within the hospitalist community, the neurosurgery hospitalist provides preoperative risk stratification, advises on managing pre- and postoperative complications, and helps doctors make decisions about when to involve specialists other than neurosurgeons. This collaborative approach to the neurosurgery patient has been shown to offer effective care since hospitalists can be better attuned than specialists to multiple medical problems that most patients have. Medical Management of Neurosurgical Patients is a first of its kind textbook providing a standardized source of information for neurosurgery hospitalists in order to establish a common ground and improve their knowledge and training. The work will focus on management of CNS infections, management of bleeding in the context of CNS surgery (a potentially catastrophic complication), management of sodium and blood glucose levels including steroid-induced hyperglycemia, perioperative pain control, and management of pressure injuries and rehabilitation in the context of CNS injury.

Table of Contents:

1. Common Neurosurgical Procedures

2. Preoperative Evaluation of Neurosurgical Patients

3. Medical Management of Patients with Subarachnoid or Intracranial Hemorrhage and Increased Intracranial Pressure

4. Role of Hospital Medicine in Management of Intracranial Brain Tumors

5. Antiepileptic Medication Use in Neurosurgical Patients

6. Acute Spinal Cord Injury

7. Management of Bleeding Disorders in the Neurosurgical Patient

8. Fever in the Neurosurgical Patient

9. Diagnosis and Management of Sodium Disorders in the Neurosurgical Patient

10. Blood Glucose Management in the Neurosurgical Patient

11. Management of Pressure Injuries in Neurosurgical Patients

12. Perioperative Optimization of Pain Control in Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery Using Multimodal Analgesia

13. Rehabilitation Medicine in the Neurosurgical Patient

14. Palliative Care in the Neurosurgical Patient