Neurocritical Care for Neurosurgeons

Description:

This unique book discusses the management of neurocritical care patients, including basic concepts, pathophysiologic principles, monitoring, treatment indications, and factors that affect outcomes in patients requiring neurocritical care assistance. It addresses the need to improve continuing education in this area, highlighting patient care in the perioperative period. This is the first book to provide a simplified overview for neurosurgeons and neurologists to understand the neurocritical patient journey. It is divided into three parts: the first covers the basics concepts, from monitoring to the interpretation of exams; the second explores general management of specific situations encountered in intensive care and the last part includes prognostic and rehabilitation models, as well as new perspectives. Thanks to the accessible, neurosurgical specific language, the book is well suited for all professionals involved in neurocritical care, including students, but is also a valuable resource for residents and researches, as well as experienced neurosurgeons or neurologists looking for updated information and guidelines.

Table of Contents:

1. Neurocritical Care: An Overview

Part I. The Basics and Monitoring

2. Metabolism and Cerebral Blood Flow

3. Brain Edema: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

4. Intracranial Pressure: Invasive Methods of Monitoring

5. Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Monitoring

6. Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitoring

7. Brain Microdialysis Monitoring

8. Jugular Bulb Oximetry

9. Transcranial Doppler: Practical Applications

10. Electroencephalogram in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit (When a Single EEG Is Not Enough)

11. Radiological Evaluation of Postoperative Complications of Intracranial Surgery

Part II. General Management

12. Management of Intracranial Hypertension

13. Neuroprotection in Brain Injury

14. Decompressive Craniectomy: Breaking Skepticism

15. Sedation and Analgesia in Neurocritical Patients

16. Hemodynamic Management in the Neurocritical Patient

17. Blood Transfusion Strategies in Neurocritical Care

18. Ventilatory Strategies in the Neurocritical Care

19. Endotracheal Intubation, Extubation, and Tracheostomy: How, When, and Why?

20. Infections in Neurocritical Care Units

21. Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders in Neurocritical Care

22. Basic Aspects of Nutrition in Neurocritical Care

23. General Principles of Neurosurgical Postoperative Care

24. Head Injury

25. Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and the First Week After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

26. Hemorrhagic Stroke

27. Cerebral Hemorrhage and High INR

28. Ischemic Stroke

29. Emergencies in Neuro-oncology

30. Hemorrhage into a Pituitary Tumor

31. Status Epilepticus

32. Systemic (Non-neurological) Complications in the Neurocritical Patient

33. Acute Spinal Cord Disorders

34. General Principles of Awake Neurosurgery

35. TBI in Pediatric Patients

Part III. The Outcomes

36. Prognostic Models in Neurocritical Care

37. Rehabilitation and Palliative Care in Neurocritical Patients

38. Brain Death and Management of the Potential Donor

39. New Perspectives

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