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Title Neurocritical care : a guide to practical management / John P. Adams, Dominic Bell, Justin McKinlay (eds.)
Published London ; New York : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 177 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Competency-based critical care, 1864-9998
Competency-based critical care.
Contents Brain injury and dysfunction : the critical role of primary management / M.D. Dominic Bell -- Monitoring the injured brain / Simon Davies and Andrew Lindley -- The secondary management of traumatic brain injury / Dominic Bell and John P. Adams -- Critical care management of subarachnoid hemorrhage / Audrey C. Quinn and Simon P. Holbrook -- Central nervous system infections / Abigail Walker and Miles Denton -- Cervical spine injuries / John P. Adams, Jake Timothy, and Justin McKinlay -- Recent advances in the management of acute ischemic stroke / Ahamad Hassan -- Seizures on the adult intensive care unit / Morgan Feely and Nicola Cooper -- Non-neurological complications of brain injury / John P. Adams -- Acute weakness in intensive care / Louise Barnes and Michael Vucevic -- Coma, confusion, and agitation in intensive care / Matthew Clark and Justin McKinlay -- Death and donation in critical care : the diagnosis of brainstem death / Paul G. Murphy -- Death and donation in critical care : management of deceased organ donation / Paul G. Murphy -- Imaging the brain-injured patient / Tony Goddard and Kshitij Mankad -- Ethical dilemmas within intensive care / M.D. Dominic Bell
Summary Neurocritical Care: A Guide to Practical Management provides clear and concise guidelines for the clinician, on the management of adult brain injured patients. It steers the clinician through the complicated decisions that are demanded in these cases, involving initial assessment, interpretation of radiological investigations, referral to a Regional Neurosurgical Center, prevention of secondary brain injury and the management of complex clinical scenarios such as Status epilepticus. This book will prove an indispensible aid for making these critical decisions. Including tried and tested proformas for swift and accurate communication of information to Regional Neurosurgical Centers, this book equips the clinician to get the most out of these specialist services. This book also addresses the difficult area of defining futility and withdrawal of care, ranging from the role of neuro-radiological imaging in aiding these decisions to a discussion of the complex ethical dilemmas that the clinician is inevitably faced with. A comprehensive easy-reference, Neurocritical Care is essential reading for those working within the primary referring centre in Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Surgery. John P. Adams, MB ChB MRCP FRCA ATLS PGD - MedSch (Anesthesia) is Consultant Anesthetist with an interest in Neuroanesthesia and Anesthesia for Endocrine Surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. Dominic Bell, FFA. RCS MB ChB MPhil is Consultant in Intensive Care and Anesthesia at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. Justin McKinlay, MA (Oxon) BM Bch FRCA is Consultant Anesthetist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Neurological intensive care.
Brain -- Wounds and injuries.
Brain damage.
Brain Injuries -- therapy
Critical Care -- methods
Brain Damage, Chronic
Brain Injuries
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- Neurosurgery.
Médecine.
Brain damage
Brain -- Wounds and injuries
Neurological intensive care
Form Electronic book
Author Adams, John P.
Bell, Dominic.
McKinlay, Justin.
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