Neurocritical care : a guide to practical management / John P. Adams, Dominic Bell, Justin McKinlay (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adams, John P.

Bell, Dominic.

McKinlay, Justin.

Series:

Competency-based critical care 1864-9998.

Competency-based critical care, 1864-9998

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain Injuries--therapy.

Critical Care--methods.

Neurological intensive care.

Brain--Wounds and injuries.

Brain.

Medical Subjects:

Brain Injuries--therapy.

Critical Care--methods.

Physical Description:

xvi, 177 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Springer, [2010]

Contents:

Brain injury and dysfunction : the critical role of primary management / M.D. Dominic Bell

Monitoring the injured brain / Simon Davies and Andrew Lindley

The secondary management of traumatic brain injury / Dominic Bell and John P. Adams

Critical care management of subarachnoid hemorrhage / Audrey C. Quinn and Simon P. Holbrook

Central nervous system infections / Abigail Walker and Miles Denton

Cervical spine injuries / John P. Adams, Jake Timothy, and Justin McKinlay

Recent advances in the management of acute ischemic stroke / Ahamad Hassan

Seizures on the adult intensive care unit / Morgan Feely and Nicola Cooper

Non-neurological complications of brain injury / John P. Adams

Acute weakness in intensive care / Louise Barnes and Michael Vucevic

Coma, confusion, and agitation in intensive care / Matthew Clark and Justin McKinlay

Death and donation in critical care : the diagnosis of brainstem death / Paul G. Murphy

Death and donation in critical care : management of deceased organ donation / Paul G. Murphy

Imaging the brain-injured patient / Tony Goddard and Kshitij Mankad

Ethical dilemmas within intensive care / M.D. Dominic Bell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781848820692

1848820690

9781848820708

1848820704

OCLC:

310401095