Neuropharmacotherapy in Critical Illness

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2018
Rutgers University Press Medicine (Verlag)
978-0-8135-9035-6 (ISBN)

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In the treatment of neurocritical disease states, pharmacotherapeutic strategies are increasingly relevant. This is the first book to provide this information in a high-yield format for the busy healthcare provider. This book provides practitioners with clinical pearls on neuropharmacology, dosing strategies, monitoring, adverse events, drug interactions, and evidence-based pharmacotherapy.

The field of research related to neurocritical care has grown significantly in recent years, and the clinical demands for current and dependable expertise has followed suit. It can be a challenge for the neurocritical practitioner to keep up with cutting-edge evidence-based research and best practices, especially regarding the role of pharmacotherapeutics.

In the treatment of neurocritical disease states, pharmacotherapeutic strategies are increasingly relevant. Neuropharmacotherapy in Critical Illness is the first book that provides this information in a high-yield format for the busy healthcare provider. Edited and authored by leading experts in the field, this book provides practitioners with clinical pearls on neuropharmacology, dosing strategies, monitoring, adverse events, drug interactions, and evidence-based pharmacotherapy.

GRETCHEN M. BROPHY, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FCCM, FNCS, is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and professor of pharmacotherapy and outcomes science and neurosurgery at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. She has received Presidential Citations and a Presidential Service Award in recognition for her outstanding contributions to the Society of Critical Care Medicine and Neurocritical Care Society. She is also the vice president for the Neurocritical Care Society, and has published more than sixty peer-reviewed articles.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Hyperosmolar Therapy in Traumatic Brain Injury
H. Gibbs, J. Garcia, and R. Neyens
2. Sedation and Neuromuscular Blockade for Neurocritical Care Patients
K. Chester and K. Greene
3. Antithrombotic Therapy for Ischemic Stroke
E.P. Tesoro and E. Durr
4. Coagulopathy Reversal Agents for Intracranial Hemorrhage
K. Berger, N.G. Panos, and J.J. Lewin III
5. Pharmacotherapy for Cerebral Vasospasm Prophylaxis and Treatment in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
D.H. Rhoney, K. Morbitzer, and J. Hatton-Kolpek
6. Pharmacotherapy of Acute Spinal Cord Injury
K. Bledsoe and C. Morrison
7. Hemodynamic Management
T.A. Allison and A. Castle
8. Antiepileptic Agents for the Prevention and Treatment of Seizures
A.M. Cook, N. Liang, and V. Nguyen
9. Neuropharmacologic Therapies for Recovery Following Traumatic Brain Injury and Ischemic Stroke
A. Shaun Rowe and L. Kurczewski
10. Intracerebroventricular and Intrathecal Drug Therapies
T. Human, J. Bushwitz, and O. Falana
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.06.2017
Reihe/Serie	Updates in Neurocritical Care
Co-Autor	Teresa A Allison, Karen Berger, Kathleen A. Bledsoe, Jennifer Bushwitz
Zusatzinfo	15 line drawings
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Intensivmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
	Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Anästhesie / Intensivmedizin
ISBN-10	0-8135-9035-3 / 0813590353
ISBN-13	978-0-8135-9035-6 / 9780813590356
Zustand	Neuware