Lori Shutter, MD, FNCS, FCCM, is the Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA. She is also a Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, as well as the Director of Neurocritical Care Fellowship Training Program and Medical Director of the Neurovascular and Neurotrama Intensive Care Units (ICU).Bradley J. Molyneaux, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Critical Care Medicine in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

• Section 1: Neurological ConditionsChapter 1: Coma and Low Arousal States Namir Khandker and Lori ShutterChapter 2: Encephalopathy and Delirium Joshua Keegan and Colleen MoranChapter 3: Acute Ischemic Stroke Cynthia L. Kenmuir and Tudor G. JovinChapter 4: Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome Krystle Shafer and Bradley MolyneauxChapter 5: Intercerebral Hemorrhage Opeolu AdeoyeChapter 6: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Sherry Hsiang-Yi ChouChapter 7: Anoxic Brain Injury Jonathan Elmer and Jon C. RittenbergerChapter 8: Seizures and Status Epilepticus Michael E. Reznik and Jan ClaassenChapter 9: The Management of Traumatic Brain Injury Jeremy G. Stone, David M. Panczykowski, and David O. OkonkwoChapter 10: The Management of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury David M. Panczykowski, Jeremy G. Stone, and David O. OkonkwoChapter 11: Meningitis and Encephalitis Ruchira JhaChapter 12: Inflammation and Demyelination Daniel Rubin and Henrikas VaitkeviciusChapter 13: Neuromuscular ConditionsDeepa Malaiyandi and Sa%sa A. %Zivkovi? Chapter 14: Movement Disorders Emergencies and Movement Disorders in the ICU Mihai C. Sandulescu and Edward A. Burton Section 2: Interventions and MonitoringChapter 15: Multimodality Monitoring Maranatha Ayodele and Kristine O'PhelanChapter 16: External Ventricular Drainage: Clinical Indications, Surgical Technique, and Management Nitin Agarwal and Andrew F. DucruetChapter 17: Neuroimaging and Neuro-interventional Procedures Cynthia L. Kenmuir and Ashutosh P. JadhavChapter 18: Hypothermia and Fever Control in Neurocritical Care Kees H. PoldermanChapter 19: Neuropharmacotherapy Gretchen M. Brophy and Theresa Human Section 3: General Management and Special PopulationsChapter 20: General ICU Care of the Neurological Patient Samuel A. Tisherman and Sara HeftonChapter 21: Managing the Postoperative Neurosurgical PatientColleen Moran and Daniel RipepiChapter 22: Pediatric Neurocritical Care Dennis Simon and Ericka L. FinkChapter 23: Neurocritical Care in Pregnancy Marie Baldisseri and Krystle ShaferChapter 24: Management of Intracranial Hypertension in Fulminant Hepatic Failure Sajid Kadir and Raghavan MuruganChapter 25: Prognostication and Ethics David Y. Hwang and Douglas B. WhiteChapter 26: Brain Death, Organ Donation and Transplantation Hilary H. Wang and David M. GreerChapter 27: Rehabilitation in Neurocritical Care Michael E. Reznik and Amy K. Wagner

[The book] is compact, portable, and easily digestible - whether for a quick fact check on the way to a consult or to enrich one's understanding of the scope of neurocritical care practice.