Neurosurgical Intensive Care

Cardiopulmonary pathophysiology; the neurological examination and neurological monitoring in the intensive care; pathophysiology and management of increased intracranial pressure; pathophysiology and management of central nervous system injury; intensive care monitoring; radiographic techniques; fluids, electrolytes and acid-base management; metabolic and nutritional management; neuroendocrine physiology and management; infectious disease; the intensive care management of severe head injury; the intensive care management of spinal cord injury; the intensive care management of multisystem injury; the intensive care management of subarachnoid hemorrhage; the intensive care management of non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage; the intensive care management of cerebral ischemia; the intensive care management of the neuro-interventional patient; the intensive care management of patients with epilepsy; the intensive care management of patients with brain tumours; the neurosurgical paediatric patient; ethical issues of care withdrawal in the intensive care unit; brain death and organ donation.