Neurological and Neurosurgical Intensive Care

Part I. General Principles of Neurological Intensive Care * Introduction to Critical Care in Neurology and Neurosurgery, 3 * Intracranial Physiology and Elevated Intracranial Pressure, 12 * Management of Intracranial Hypertension and Mass Effect, 26 * Pulmonary Aspects of Neurological Intensive Care, 52 * Cardiovascular Aspects of Neurological Intensive Care, 92 * Fluid and Metabolic Derangements, 105 * Fever and Infections in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit , 113 * Electrophysiologic Monitoring in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit, 129 * Persistent Vegetative State and Brain Death, 154 Part II. Specific Problems in Neurological Intensive Care * Postoperative Neurosurgical Care, 169 * Neurological Complications of Critical Medical Illnesses, 177 * Head Injury, 189 * Critical Care of Acute Stroke, 208 * Management of Nontraumatic Brain Hemorrhage, 217 * Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, 231 * Intensive and Postoperative Care of Intracranial Tumors, 243 * Hypoxic-Ischemic Cerebral Injury, 260 * Critical Care of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, 278 * Treatment of the Critically Ill Patient with Myasthenia Gravis, 299 * Status Epilepticus, 312 * Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis, 321 * Spinal Cord Injury, 349 * Ethical and Legal Aspects Applicable to the Neurological Intensive Care Unit, 363 Subject Index, 377