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Table of Contents:

Preface
Pt. I General Principles of Neurological Intensive Care
1 Introduction to Critical Care in Neurology and Neurosurgery 3
2 Intracranial Physiology and Elevated Intracranial Pressure 12
3 Management of Intracranial Hypertension and Mass Effect 26
4 Pulmonary Aspects of Neurological Intensive Care 52
5 Cardiovascular Aspects of Neurological Intensive Care 92
6 Fluid and Metabolic Derangements 105
7 Fever and Infections in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit 113
8 Electrophysiologic Monitoring in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit 129
9 Persistent Vegetative State and Brain Death 154
Pt. II Specific Problems in Neurological Intensive Care
10 Postoperative Neurosurgical Care 169
11 Neurological Complications of Critical Medical Illnesses 177
12 Head Injury 189
13 Critical Care of Acute Stroke 208
14 Management of Nontraumatic Brain Hemorrhage 217
15 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 231
16 Intensive and Postoperative Care of Intracranial Tumors 243
17 Hypoxic-Ischemic Cerebral Injury 260
18 Critical Care of Guillain-Barre Syndrome 278
19 Treatment of the Critically Ill Patient with Myasthenia Gravis 299
20 Status Epilepticus 312
21 Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis 321
22 Spinal Cord Injury 349
23 Ethical and Legal Aspects Applicable to the Neurological Intensive Care Unit 363
Subject Index 377