Edward M. Manno, MD, FCCM, FAAN, FAHA, Head, Neurological Intensive Care Unit, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

• List of Contributors viSeries Foreword viiiPreface ixPart I: Acute Management of Neurological Emergencies1 Hypertensive Emergency 3Laurie McWilliams2 Airway Management in the Neurological and Neurosurgical Patient 12Michael J. Souter3 Traumatic Brain Injury and Intracranial Hypertension 21Iain J. McCullagh and Peter J.D. Andrews4 Critical Care Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury 32Edward M. Manno5 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 37Muhammad A. Taqi and Michel T. Torbey6 Acute Management of Cerebral Ischemia 45Leonid Groysman and Gene Sung7 Neurocritical Care of Intracerebral Hemorrhage 55James M. Gebel Jr8 Acute Management of Status Epilepticus 63Jan ClaassenPart II: Cerebrovascular Critical Care9 Post-procedural Management of Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 73Tomoko Rie Sampson and Michael N. Diringer10 Care of the Neurointerventional Patient in the Neurointensive Care Unit 84Rishi Gupta11 New Treatment Strategies in the Management of Large Hemispheric Strokes and Intracerebral Hemorrhages 92Edward M. Manno12 Presentation and Management of Acute Cerebral Venous Thrombosis 99Patrícia Canhão and José M. FerroPart III: Infections of the Nervous System13 Infections in the Neurocritical Care Unit 111Denise H. Rhoney, Karen J. McAllen, and Dennis Parker14 Diagnosis and Management of Bacterial and Viral Meningitis 123Maxwell S. Damian15 Encephalitis: Presentation and Management 132Ali E. Elsayed and Barnett R. NathanPart IV: Neuromuscular Complications Encountered in the Intensive Care Unit16 Practical Management of Guillain–Barré Syndrome and Myasthenic Crisis 143Alejandro A. RabinsteinPart V: Neurological Complications and Consultations in General Intensive Care Units17 Metabolic Encephalopathies 155Edward M. Manno18 Delirium and Sedation in the ICU 162Jennifer A. Frontera19 Neurologic Complications of Cardiac Surgery 174Cathy Sila20 Neurological Complications of Medical Illness: Critical Illness Neuropathy and Myopathy 182Edward M. Manno21 Hypothermia: Application and Use in Neurocritical Care 188Edward M. Manno22 Etiologies of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Forms of Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome 197J. Javier ProvencioPart VI: Acute Neuroimaging and Neuromonitoring in Neurocritical Care23 Application of MR Diffusion, CT Angiography and Perfusion Imaging in Stroke Neurocritical Care 207Carlos Leiva-Salinas, Wade Smith and Max Wintermark24 Advanced Monitoring of Brain Oxygenation and Metabolism 214Bharath R. Naravetla and J. Claude Hemphill IIIIndex 225The color plate can be found facing page 54.

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