Handbook of Neuroanesthesia

Part 1 General considerations: physiology and metabolism of the brain and spinal cord, Ira S. Kass; effects of anaesthesia on cerebral and spinal cord physiology, Rosemary Hickey; neurophysiologic monitoring, Arthur M. Lam; cerebral protection and resuscitation, Janet Pittman and James E. Cottrell; preoperative evaluation, Roger E. Traill; complications in the postanaesthesia care unit, Jean G. Charchaflieh; perioperative pain management in the neurosurgical patient, Timothy R. Deer. Part 2 Anaesthetic management: anaesthetic management of head trauma, Takefumi Sakabe; anaesthesia for supratentorial tumors, Patrick A. Ravussin and O.H.G. Wilder-Smith; anaesthesia for posterior fossa surgery, Deborah J. Culley and Gregory Crosby; anaesthetic management of intracranial aneurysms, Philippa Newfield; ischaemic cerebrovascular disease, Ian A. Herrick and Adrian W. Gelb; neuroendocrine procedures, M. Jane Matjasko; epileptic patients and epilepsy surgery, Pirjo Helen Manninen; disruption of the blood-brain barrier, Paolo Bolognese; spinal cord - injury and procedures, Gary R. Stier et al; paediatric neuroanaesthesia, Rukaiya K.A. Hamid and Philippa Newfield; neurosurgery in the pregnant patient, David J. Wlody; induced hypotension, Wiebke Gogarten and Hugo Van Aken; anaesthetic management of diagnostic and therapeutic interventional neuroradiologic procedures, Shailendra Joshi and William L. Young; diagnostic neuroradiology, Patricia H. Petrozza. Part 3 Intensive care: respiratory care of the neurosurgical patient, Karen B. Domino; cardiovascular therapy, Steven J. Allen and C. Lee Parmley; fluid management, Concesione Tommasino; nutritional support, Linda L. Liu; head injury, Audree A. Bendo.