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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962857803321

Autore

Bachan Moses

Titolo

Decision Making in Neurocritical Care : Neurosurgical Operative Atlas / / by: Frontera, Jennifer A.

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Thieme, c2009

ISBN

9786612845109

9781638532835

1638532834

9781604061635

1604061634

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 340 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

616.8/0428

Soggetti

Neurological intensive care - Decision making

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Subarachnoid hemorrhage / Harshpal Singh, Jennifer A. Frontera, and Joshua B. Bederson -- Traumatic brain injury / Chad Miller -- Intracerebral hemorrhage / Stanley Tuhrim -- Antiplatelet and anticoagulation associated intracranial hemorrhage / Fred Rincon, Andres Fernandez, and Stephan Mayer -- Status epilepticus / Jan Claassen and Lawrence J. Hirsch -- Malignant ischemic stroke / Katja E. Wartenberg -- Cerebral sinus thrombisis / Isabel Fragata and Aman Patel -- Acute spinal cord injury / Scott Meyer ... [et al.] -- Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy / Adam Webb and Owen Samuels -- Neurological infections / Stephen Krieger -- Myasthenic crisis / Mark Sivac -- Guillain-Barre syndrome / Jennifer A. Frontera -- Critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy / Valerie Dechant, Eduardo Adonias De Sousa, and Kiwon Lee -- Brain death and organ donation / Jennifer A. Frontera -- Management of elevated intracranial pressure / David Seder, Stephan Mayer, and Jennifer A. Frontera -- Airway management and sedation / David C. Kramer, Irene Osborn, and Meagen Gaddis -- Ventilator management / Mariana Nunez ... [et al.] -- Prophylaxis / Sherry Hsiang-Yi Chou -- Glucose management and nutrition / Jennifer A. Frontera -- Induced normothermia and



hypothermia / Katja Wartenberg and Stephan Mayer -- Basics of neuroimaging / Chitra Venkatasubramanian and Christine A. J. Wijman -- Grades of recommendations / Jennifer A. Frontera.

Sommario/riassunto

This pocketbook provides a solid introduction to the evidence-based management of patients in the neurological intensive care unit.