Seizures in Critical Care (eBook)

Panayiotis N. Varelas, MD, PhD, FNCSDivision Head, Neurosciences Critical Care, Henry Ford Health SystemDepartments of Neurology & NeurosurgeryHenry Ford HospitalProfessor of NeurologyWayne State UniversityDetroit, MIJan Claassen, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology at Columbia University Medical CenterHead of Neurocritical Care, New York, NY

GENERAL SECTIONChapter 1: Status Epilepticus - Lessons and Challenges from Animal ModelsChapter 2: Impact of Seizures on OutcomeChapter 3: Diagnosing and Monitoring seizures in the ICU: The role of continuous EEG for detection and management of seizures in critically ill patients, including the ictal-interictal continuumChapter 4: Seizures and Quantitative EEGChapter 5: Spreading depolarizations and seizures in clinical subdural electrocorticographic recordingsChapter 6: Multimodality Monitoring Correlates of SeizuresChapter 7: Management of Critical Care SeizuresChapter 8: Management of status epilepticus ETIOLOGY-SPECIFIC SECTIONChapter 9: Ischemic Stroke, Hyperperfusion Syndrome, Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis and Critical Care SeizuresChapter 10: Hemorrhagic Stroke and Critical Care SeizuresChapter 11: Traumatic Brain Injury and ICU SeizuresChapter 12: Brain Tumors and ICU SeizuresChapter 13: Global Hypoxia-Ischemia and Critical Care SeizuresChapter 14: Seizures in Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Multiorgan Failure and Endocrine CrisisChapter 15: Seizures in Organ Transplant RecipientsChapter 16: Extreme Hypertension, Eclampsia and Critical Care SeizuresChapter 17: Infection or Inflammation and ICU SeizuresChapter 18: Electrolyte Disturbances and Critical Care SeizuresChapter 19: Alcohol Related Seizures in the Intensive Care UnitChapter 20: Drug-Induced Seizures in Critically Ill PatientsChapter 21: Seizures related to illicit drugs and toxinsChapter 22: Seizures and Status Epilepticus in Pediatric Critical Care