Textbook of Neurointensive Care: Volume 1

Dr A. Joseph Layon is Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and Medical Director of the Medical-Surgical ICU at HCA-Florida-Lake City Hospital. He has worked throughout the US and in countries as disparate as Nicaragua and Nigeria, the latter with Medecins sans Frontieres. His most recent published work has been on the sociology and philosophy of medicine, and he is involved with groups such as Physicians for a National Health System and Jewish Voice for Peace.

Dr Andrea Gabrielli is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, and Pain Management at the University of Miami Miller School of Surgery. He is currently the Chief of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Rome and trained at the Cleveland Clinic and the University of Florida. He is board-certified in General Surgery (EC) and Anesthesiology with board-specialty qualifications in Critical Care Medicine and  Neurointensive Care. His academic interests have included research in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, neurotrauma, respiratory care, and health care innovation.

Dr Peter Le Roux received his medical degree and doctorate in neuroscience from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and trained in Neurosurgery at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA. This included training at Atkinson Morley Hospital in London, England and research at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, France.  He currently is Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Rochester.

Dr Le Roux has a longstanding record in translational research in brain resuscitation and recovery and is an internationally known expert in subarachnoid hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury management and in neurocritical care. His basic science focused on factors that mediate neuronal dendrite growth. He has contributed to the traumatic brain injury guidelines for Emergency Neurological Life Supportand the International Olympic Committee. Dr Le Roux has given more than 330 invited lectures in 15 countries.

He has been recognized with the Young Neurosurgeon Award from the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, the Charles A. Elsberg Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and is listed in US News and World Report's 'Top Doctors'; Best Doctors in America, Who's Who in the World, America's Top Surgeons and Philadelphia's Top Doctors. In 2015 he received the Presidential Service Award from the Neurocritical Care Society.

Dr Kristine O'Phelan received her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in neurology at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, and fellowship training in Neurotrauma and Neurocritical Care at the University of California, Los Angeles Center for Health Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery. She is certified by The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. Her major subspecialty interest is in critical care of neurotrauma, subarachnoid hemorrhage and other neurosurgical illnesses. Dr O'Phelan is a Professor of Clinical Neurology and has been with the Department of Neurology in the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine and Director of Neurocritical Care since 2008.

Dr Elizabeth Mahanna Gabrielli is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, and Pain Management at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Division Chief of Geriatric Anesthesiology. She completed her medical doctorate at the University of Texas at Southwestern in 2007 and her residency in Anesthesiology at Rush University in 2011. She completed fellowships in Critical Care Medicine and Neuroanesthesiology at the University of Florida and an NIH T32 research fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania focusing on Perioperative Brain Health in the geriatric population. She is board certified in An

The Functional Organization of the Nervous System.- Multidisciplinary Approach to Neurointensive care.- Fundamentals of Neuroradiological imaging.- Clinical Neuroimaging in the Intensive Care Unit.- Altered Mental Status.- Convulsions and Seizures.- Intracranial Hypertension.- Acute Focal Deficit.- Dyspnea and Respiratory Distress In the Neuro ICU.- Hypotension and Shock.- Uncontrolled Hypertension.- Chest Pain and Arrhythmias in the Neurointensive Care Unit.- Bodily Water and Electrolyte Abnormalities in Neurological Disease.- Oliguria, acute kidney injury and principles of blood purification.- Acid and Base abnormalities.- Dysfunctional hemostasis.- Jaundice and Abnormal liver function tests.- Gastrointestinal emergencies.- Fever and Hypothermia.- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Overview of Management.- Intracerebral Hemorrhage.- Arteriovenous Malformations: Evidence-Based Medicine, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Complications.- Vasculitis.- Acute Ischemic Stroke: Therapy and Guidelines.- Cerebral venous thrombosis.- Traumatic Brain Injury.- Traumatic Neurovascular Injury.- Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.- Central Nervous System Neoplasia.- Autoimmune Encephalopathies presenting in the ICU.- Central Nervous System Infections.- Status epilepticus.- Neuromuscular Disorders.- Cardiac Implications of Neurological Disease.- Endocrine Issues in Neurocritical Care.- Cardiac arrest and post-arrest management.- Neuroprognostication.- Brain Death.- Management of the Organ Donor.