Notes in Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care

Part I. Anatomy: 1. Cerebral circulation; 2. Posterior fossa; 3. Gross anatomy: brain and spinal cord; 4. Nerves; Part II. Physiology: 5. Intracranial pressure; 6. CBF control; 7. CSF; 8. Electrophysiology - SSEP; 9. Cerebral oxygenation; Part III. Pharmacology: 10. IV anaesthetic agents; 11. Inhalational anaesthetic agents; 12. Anticonvulsants; 13. Opiods; 14. Pharmacologic neuroprotection; Part IV. Neuroanaesthesia: 15. Craniotomy for SOL; 16. Craniotomy for vascular lesions; 17. Microvascular decompression; 18. Hypophysectomy; 19. Stereotactic biopsy; 20. Epilepsy surgery and awake craniotomy; 21. Posterior fossa surgery; 22. Diagnosis and treatment of air embolism; 23. Acoustic neuroma; 24. Anaesthesia for head surgery; 25. Complex neck surgery; 26. Fibreoptic intubation; 27. Thoraco-lumbar surgery; 28. Carotid endarterectomy; 29. Anaesthesia for interventional neuroradiology; 30. Anaesthesia for MRI; 31. Anaesthesia for other imaging procedures; 32. Anaesthesia for shunt surgery; 33. Paediatric intracranial procedures; 34. Anaesthesia for congenital cranial procedures; 35. Anaesthesia for congenital spinal abnormality; 36. Anaesthesia for paediatricf craniospinal trauma; 37. Recovery/PACU: general considerations; 38. Management of acute spinal cord injury; Part V. Neurointensive Care: 39. Glasgow coma score; 40. Resuscitation and transfer of neurological injury; 41. ICU management of head injury; 42. Subarachnoid haemorrhage; 43. Neuroprotection in the ICU; 44. Electrolyte disorders; 45. Inotropes in the ICU; 46. Fluid Management; 47. Sedation; 48. Coagulation disorders; 49. Status epilepticus; 50. Guillain Barre and related diseases; 51. Acute management of thromboembolic stroke; Part VI. Monitoring: 52. ICP; 53. TCD; 54. Jugular bulb oximetry; 55. Near-infrared spectroscopy; 56. Laser Doppler; 57. Tissue oxygenation; 58. EEG/CFM; 59. Microdialysis; 60. Multimodal approach to monitoring; Part VII. Miscellaneous: 61. Anaesthesia and muscular dystrophies; 62. Myaesthenia gravis; 63. Autonomic hyperreflexia; 64. Nutrition in the ICU; 65. Tracheostomy in the ICU; 66. Brain stem death; 67. Nursing care in the ICU.