Critical Care Neurology and Neurosurgery (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781588290892)

An authoritative and comprehensive review of the most important clinical issues facing critically ill neurologic and neurosurgical patients. The authors provide pertinent basic, clinical, diagnostic, and management guidelines for all the conditions commonly encountered in the neurocritical care unit, including the management of autonomic disorders that require critical care, postoperative management, and endovascular treatment. The authors also discuss the latest developments in the monitoring of different body systems, emphasizing the management of cardiorespiratory complications and other medical conditions that may threaten the patient's life. Also detailed are the concepts of intracranial physiology and current neuromonitoring techniques, subjects whose understanding is basic to effective management of critically ill neurologic patients. Numerous tables, figures, diagrams, and radiographs simplify and explicate both the diagnostic and therapeutic processes.

Author: Jose I. Suarez
ISBN-10: 1588290891
ISBN-13: 9781588290892
Publisher: Humana
Language: English
Published: 01/13/2004
Pages: 631
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.85lbs
Size: 10.46h x 7.24w x 1.38d