Emergency management in neurocritical care [[electronic resource] /] / Edward M. Manno

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; New York, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
• Edizione: 4th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8/0425; 616.80425
• Soggetto topico: Neurological intensive care; Nervous system - Diseases - Treatment
• Altri autori: MannoEdward M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Emergency Management in Neurocritical Care; Contents; List of Contributors; Series Foreword; Preface; PART I: ACUTE MANAGEMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES; 1 Hypertensive Emergency; 2 Airway Management in the Neurological and Neurosurgical Patient; 3 Traumatic Brain Injury and Intracranial Hypertension; 4 Critical Care Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury; 5 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; 6 Acute Management of Cerebral Ischemia; 7 Neurocritical Care of Intracerebral Hemorrhage; 8 Acute Management of Status Epilepticus; PART II: CEREBROVASCULAR CRITICAL CARE ; 9 Post-procedural Management of Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage10 Care of the Neurointerventional Patient in the Neurointensive Care Unit; 11 New Treatment Strategies in the Management of Large Hemispheric Strokes and Intracerebral Hemorrhages; 12 Presentation and Management of Acute Cerebral Venous Thrombosis; PART III: INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; 13 Infections in the Neurocritical Care Unit; 14 Diagnosis and Management of Bacterial and Viral Meningitis; 15 Encephalitis: Presentation and Management ; PART IV: NEUROMUSCULAR COMPLICATIONS ENCOUNTERED IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT16 Practical Management of Guillain-Barre ́ Syndrome and Myasthenic Crisis; PART V: NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS AND CONSULTATIONS IN GENERAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; 17 Metabolic Encephalopathies; 18 Delirium and Sedation in the ICU; 19 Neurologic Complications of Cardiac Surgery; 20 Neurological Complications of Medical Illness: Critical Illness Neuropathy and Myopathy; 21 Hypothermia: Application and Use in Neurocritical Care ; 22 Etiologies of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Forms of Osmotic Demyelination SyndromePART VI: ACUTE NEUROIMAGING AND NEUROMONITORING IN NEUROCRITICAL CARE; 23 Application of MR Diffusion, CT Angiography and Perfusion Imaging in Stroke Neurocritical Care; 24 Advanced Monitoring of Brain Oxygenation and Metabolism; Index; Colour Plates
• Sommario/riassunto: Rapid response, assessment and management are crucial for neurocritical situations Acute neurological illness is traumatic for patients and their families. Physicians caring for these patients are often under great distress and need to rapidly assess the situation to allow appropriate stabilization and management. Emergency Management in Neurocritical Care gives you the tools you need to perform under pressure in the neurocritical or emergency care unit. The no-nonsense approach corresponds to the attitude needed in both acute emergencies and in the neurocritical care uni
• Titolo autorizzato: Emergency management in neurocritical care
• ISBN: 1-280-58794-6; 9786613617774; 1-118-29715-6; 1-118-29716-4; 1-118-29718-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910141289003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Neurology in practice.