Textbook of Neurointensive Care

About this book

This updated and refined new edition is the only book to provide a comprehensive approach to the intensive care of neurologically injured patients from the emergency room and ICU through the operating room and post-surgical period. It reviews neuroanatomy neuroradiology and neurophysiology examines the neurological problems most frequently seen in intensive care and describes the various types of neurosurgery. General issues are discussed such as cardiac care fluids and electrolytes nutrition and monitoring as well as more specific conditions and complications including elevated intracranial pressure seizures and altered mental states.