Neurocritical care monitoring / editors, Chad M. Miller, Michel T. Torbey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Chad M., editor.

Torbey, Michel T., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurological intensive care.

Central nervous system--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Central nervous system.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 172 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : demosMEDICAL, 2015.

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

"I commend the editors for their careful perspective on the current state of neuromonitoring.The individual chapters provide excellent overviews of specific neuromonitoring tools and paradigms" - From the Foreword by J.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Share Neurocritical Care Monitoring; Chapter 1: Intracranial Pressure Monitoring; Introduction; Intracranial Pressure; Physiology of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring; Initiation of an Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Device; ICP Thresholds; Cerebral Perfusion Threshold; Intracranial Pressure Waveforms (Lundeberg Pathological Waves); Duration of Monitoring; Types of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Devices; External Ventricular Drain EVD; Anatomy and Placement; Intraparenchymal Intracranial Pressure Monitor

Subarachnoid Intracranial Pressure MonitorEpidural Intracranial Pressure Monitors; Lumbar Catheter Intracranial Pressure Monitoring; Additional Concerns With Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Devices; Critical Care Management of Elevated Intracranial Pressure; General Measures; Specific Measures; References; Chapter 2: Transcranial Doppler Monitoring; Introduction; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Detection of Vasospasm; Technical Aspects of Transcranial Doppler; Middle Cerebral Artery Vasospasm; Anterior Cerebral Artery Vasospasm; Internal Carotid Artery Vasospasm

Vertebral and Basilar Arteries VasospasmComplete TCD Examination with Lindegaard Ratio Determination; Distal Vasospasm Detection by TCD; Transcranial Doppler in Traumatic Brain Injury: Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Perfusion Pressure; Brain Death; Acute Ischemic Stroke and Monitoring of Recanalization; Monitoring for Emboli; Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Artery Stenting; Summary; References; Chapter 3: Continuous EEG Monitoring; Introduction; EEG Techniques and Uses in the Intensive Care Unit; Quantitative EEG; Automated Seizure Detection

Depth and Surface EEG Recording with Multimodality MonitoringEEG Applications; Subclinical Seizures and Status Epilepticus; Metabolic and Infectious Encephalopathies; Traumatic Brain Injury; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; Detection of Vasospasm; Intracerebral Hemorrhage; Ischemic Stroke; Post-Cardiac Arrest; Postoperative Patients; References; Chapter 4: Cerebral Oxygenation; Introduction; Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitoring; Techniques; Placement; Interpretation and Clinical Utility; Effect of Hypoxia on Outcome; ICP-Guided Therapy Versus PbtO2-Guided Therapy

Other Potential Clinical Applications for PbtO2 MonitoringTherapeutic Strategies; Jugular Bulb Oximetry; Near-Infrared Spectroscopy; References; Chapter 5: Brain Tissue Perfusion Monitoring; Introduction; Types of Monitors Available for Brain Tissue Perfusion Assessment; Literature Supporting Cerebral Perfusion Monitoring; Pathophysiology; Clinical Aspects of Monitoring Brain Tissue Perfusion; Which Patients Would Benefit From Monitoring?; Placement of Thermal Diffusion Monitors; What Are the Conventionally Accepted Monitoring Thresholds That Should Prompt Clinical Intervention?; Summary

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

1-61705-188-8

OCLC:

894629982