The Jefferson Manual for Neurocritical Care

• Main Authors: Jallo, Jack I. (Author), Urtecho, Jacqueline S. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York, United States Thieme Medical Publishers Inc 2021
• Subjects: Nervous System Diseases; Critical Care
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The quintessential reference for bedside medical management of neurocritical care patients Medical management of patients in the neurocritical care unit (NCCU) often spells the difference between life or death and return to normal function or a lifetime disability. As such, it is vital that patien...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Encephalopathy and Delirium - 2 Cerebrovascular Emergency: Acute Stroke Diagnosis and Management - 3 Cerebrovascular Emergency: Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) - 4 Cerebrovascular Emergency: Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) - 5 Transfusion Medicine and Anticoagulation - 6 Cerebral Edema and Elevated Intracranial Pressure - 7 Fevers and Infectious in the Neuro-ICU - 8 Treatment of Status Epilepticus in Adults - 9 Trauma - 10 Neuromuscular and Other Neurologic Emergencies - 11 Brain Tumor Postoperative Management - 12 Brain Death in Adults - 13 Sodium Dysregulation - 14 Nutrition - 15 Sedation - 16 Pain Management in the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit (ICU) - Advanced Hemodynamic and Neurological Monitoring in the Neuro-ICU - 18 Neuroimaging - 19 Ventilation Strategies in Neuro-ICU - Index