The Jefferson Manual for Neurocritical Care

Jack I. Jallo, Jacqueline Urtecho, Jack I. Jallo, Jacqueline S. Urtecho

• Editore: Thieme
• Anno: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781626234956
• Edizione: 1
• Argomento: Médecine
• Categoria: Neurochirurgie

The quintessential reference for bedside medical management of neurocritical care patients

Medical management of patients in the neurocritical care unit (NCCU) often spells the difference between life or death and return to normal function or a lifetime disability. As such, it is vital that patients with life-threatening neurological and neurosurgical illnesses receive prompt diagnosis and rapid interventions in the NCCU.

The Jefferson Manual for Neurocritical Care by renowned neurosurgeon Jack I. Jallo, neurointensive care physician Jacqueline S. Urtecho, and distinguished colleagues is a high-yield pocket resource ideal for the bedside care of patients with serious, life-altering diseases. Nineteen concise chapters encompass cerebrovascular, neuromuscular, oncologic, and traumatic conditions, as well as core clinical topics applicable to the care of neurocritical patients.

Key Highlights

• Evidence-based management strategies created at Thomas Jefferson University's Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience presented in reader-friendly algorithms, pictures, and charts
• General chapters cover brain death, sodium dysregulation, nutrition, sedation, pain management, neuromonitoring, and ventilation strategies
• Disease-specific chapters featuring succinct, bulleted format include epidemiology, causes, diagnostic tests, treatment options, symptoms, common clinical presentation, risk factors, differential diagnoses, and more

This manual is an indispensable resource for neurocritical care residents and fellows, NCCU nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, general intensive care physicians, and neurointensivists.

Indice dei contenuti

• The Jefferson Manual for Neurocritical Care
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Contributors
• 1. Encephalopathy and Delirium
• 2. Cerebrovascular Emergency: Acute Stroke Diagnosis and Management
• 3. Cerebrovascular Emergency: Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)
• 4. Cerebrovascular Emergencies: Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)
• 5. Transfusion Medicine and Anticoagulation
• 6. Cerebral Edema and Elevated Intracranial Pressure
• 7. Fevers and Infections in the Neuro-ICU
• 8. Treatment of Status Epilepticus in Adults
• 9. Trauma
• 10. Neuromuscular and Other Neurologic Emergencies
• 11. Brain Tumor Postoperative Management
• 12. Brain Death in Adults
• 13. Sodium Dysregulation
• 14. Nutrition
• 15. Sedation
• 16. Pain Management in the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
• 17. Advanced Hemodynamic and Neurological Monitoring in the Neuro-ICU
• 18. Neuroimaging
• 19. Ventilation Strategies in Neuro-ICU
• Index