Intensive Care for Neurological Trauma and Disease

Intensive Care for Neurological Trauma and Disease presents the progress in intensive care in terms of technological development on life-support and monitoring systems. This book discusses the ideal neurologic intensive care environment that is based on developments in other specialized care units. Organized into 24 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the problem of neurological trauma. This text then presents the accident scene management protocol for acute spinal cord injury as a standard to other forms of trauma system pre-hospital care. Other chapters consider the appropriate drugs and dosages for the management of status epilepticus in the newborn and older children. This book discusses as well the findings on the neurological examination and provides a framework for an etiological classification that has direct therapeutic implications. The final chapter deals with the clinical aspects, diagnosis, and management of neuromuscular diseases. This book is a valuable resource for clinicians and intensive care unit nurses.

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Emergency Medical Services and the Pre-Hospital Care of Spinal Cord Injuries Emergency Room Management for Neurological Trauma and Disease Intensive Care Evaluation of the Comatose Patient Panel Discussion The Multiple Injury PatientFluids, Salts and Blood Metabolic Considerations Renal Function Syndromes Panel Discussion Physiologic Basis for Monitoring Cardiovascular Systems PEEP and IMV: Definition and Utilization Surgical Intensive Care Unit Computerized Data Management System Panel Discussion The Pre- and Postoperative Patient: Intracranial Considerations Increased Intracranial Pressure: Diagnosis, Monitoring and Treatment Panel Discussion Electrophysiological Recording in the ICU Evoked Responses: Use in a Neurological Intensive Care Unit Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism Panel Discussion Head Injury Acute Spinai Cord Injury: Emergency Room Care and Diagnosis, Medical and Surgical Management Cerebrovascular Disease: A Neurosurgeon "s Perspective The Early Management of Cerebrovascular Disease: A Neurologist"s Perspective Panel Discussion Pediatric Intensive Care: General Considerations Pediatric Neurosurgical ICU: Special Issues Pediatric Neurology ICU: Special Issues - Seizure Control Panel Discussion Metabolic Encephalopathy: A Mechanistic Approach Neuromuscular Crises Panel Discussion Answers to Self-Evaluation Quizzes Author Index Subject Index