CRITICAL CARE NEUROLOGY PART I, VOLUME 140

• Section 1: Care in the neurosciences intensive care unit
Chapter 1: The history of neurocritical care
Chapter 2: Airway management and mechanical ventilation in acute brain injury
Chapter 3: Neuropulmonology
Chapter 4: Neurocardiology
Chapter 5: Principles of intracranial pressure monitoring and treatment
Chapter 6: Multimodal neurologic monitoring
Chapter 7: Continuous EEG monitoring in the intensive care unit
Chapter 8: Management of the comatose patient
Chapter 9: Management of status epilepticus
Chapter 10: Critical care in acute ischemic stroke
Chapter 11: Management of intracerebral hemorrhage
Chapter 12: Management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Chapter 13: Management of acute neuromuscular disorders
Chapter 14: Critical care management of traumatic brain injury
Chapter 15: Management of acute traumatic spinal cord injuries
Chapter 16: Decompressive craniectomy in acute brain injury
Chapter 17: Diagnosis and management of spinal cord emergencies
Chapter 18: Diagnosis and management of acute encephalitis
Chapter 19: Management of bacterial central nervous system infections
Chapter 20: Management of infections associated with neurocritical care
Chapter 21: Determinants of prognosis in neurocatastrophes
Chapter 22: Family discussions on life-sustaining interventions in neurocritical care
Chapter 23: Organ donation protocols

• Provides an essential neurocritical care overview for general neurologists
• Presents neurocritical care specialists with an update on severe neurological illness management
• Offers coverage of all the most frequent neurologic diseases requiring intensive care
• Includes chapters authored by global leaders in the field, providing the broadest, most expert coverage available on the topics discussed

Authors
• Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, M.D, PhD, FACP, FNCS, FANA, Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
• Andreas H Kramer, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada