Neurocritical Care

Eelco FM Wijdicks author Alejandro A Rabinstein author Sara E Hocker author Jennifer E Fugate author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:26th May '16

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Patients in the neurointensive care unit pose many clinical challenges for the attending physician. Even experienced clinicians occasionally arrive at the point where diagnostic, work-up, treatment, or prognostic thinking becomes stymied. In daily practice, neurocritical care pertains to managing deteriorating patients, treatment of complications but also end-of-life care assisting families with difficult decisions. Part of the "What Do I Do Now?" series, Neurocritical Care provides insight into interventions in acute neurologic disorders. Using a case-based approach, this volume emphasizes how to handle comparatively common clinical problems emergently. New to this edition are cases on monitoring and prognostication. All cases have been carefully revised, and new information, references, and practical tables have been added. Neurocritical Care is both an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases and a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"

In less than 350 pages, the authors cover central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous system dysfunction occurring in the intensive care unit setting. More than 40 cases are presented, each beginning with a brief clinical presentation... * -The Neurodiagnostic Journal *

ISBN: 9780190602659

Dimensions: 155mm x 234mm x 15mm

Weight: 726g

336 pages

2nd Revised edition