Neurocritical Care

Michel T. Torbey received his training in Neurocritical Care and Vascular Neurology at The Johns Hopkins University. Since then, he has led the Stroke Critical Care program at the Medical College of Wisconsin, became Associate Chief for the Neurosciences Signature program, and later appointed as the Neurosciences Signature Program Clinical Research Director. In 2011, Dr Torbey joined the Ohio State University as the Medical Director of the Neurovascular Center and Vice Chair for Hospital Affairs. He is currently the Chair of Neurology at University of New Mexico. He is involved in both basic and clinical research with a translational focus on neuroprotection in ischemic and traumatic brain injury. He also served as the President of the Neurocritical Care Society.

• List of contributors; Preface; 1. The neurological assessment of the critically ill patient Abdo Barakat and Diana Greene-Chandos; 2. Cerebral blood flow physiology and metabolism in the neurocritical care unit Rajat Dhar and Michael Diringer; 3. Cerebral edema and intracranial pressure in the neurocritical care unit Shivani Ghosal and Kevin Sheth; 4. Hypothermia in the neurocritical care unit: physiology and applications Karina Woodling, Archana Hinduja and Michel T. Torbey; 5. Analgesia, sedation, and paralysis Yousef Hannawi and Wendy C. Ziai; 6. Airway management and mechanical ventilation in the neurocritical care unit David B. Seder and Julian Bösel; 7. Neuropharmacology in the neurocritical care unit Sarah M. Adriance; 8. Intracranial monitoring in the neurocritical care unit Chad M. Miller; 9. Electrophysiologic monitoring in the neurocritical care unit Anh T. Nguyen and Asma Zakaria; 10. The role of transcranial doppler (TCD) as a monitoring tool in the neurocritical care unit Maher Saqqur, David Zygun and Andrew Demchuk; 11. Ischemic stroke in the neurocritical care unit Julian Bösel; 12. Intracerebral hemorrhage in the neurocritical care unit Xuemei Cai and Jonathan Rosand; 13. Management of cerebral venous thrombosis in the neurocritical care unit Xiaoying Yao and Magdy Selim; 14. Subarachnoid hemorrhage in the neurocritical care unit Katja E. Wartenberg and Stephan A. Mayer; 15. Status epilepticus in the neurocritical care unit Fawaz Al-Mufti and Jan Classen; 16. Neuromuscular disorders in the ICU Christopher L. Kramer, Edward M. Manno and Alejandro A. Rabinstein; 17. Management of head trauma in the neurocritical care unit Peter Le Roux; 18. Management of autoimmune encephalitis in the neurocritical care unit Murat Sari, Diana Greene-Chandos and Michel T. Torbey; 19. Management of cerebral salt wasting syndrome and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis in the neurocritical care unit Wendy Wright; 20. Brain death in the neurocritical care unit Mark M. Landreneau and David M. Greer; 21. Neuroterrorism and drug overdose in the neurocritical care unit John J. Lewin, III, Mohit Datta and Geoffrey S. F. Ling; 22. Infections of the central nervous system in the neurocritical care unit Mohamed Sharaby and Barnett R. Nathan; 23. Management of the spinal cord injury in the neurocritical care unit epidemiology Kristine O'Phelan; 24. Postoperative management in the neurosurgical critical care unit Ryan A. Grant, Andy J. Redmond and Veronica L. Chiang; 25. Ethical considerations in the neuroscience intensive care unit Fred Rincon; 26. Pulmonary consult: management of severe hypoxia in the neurocritical care unit Rafael A. Calderón Candelario, Matthew C. Exline and Naeem A. Ali; 27. Management of refractory arrhythmias in the neurocritical care unit Mahmoud Houmsse; 28. An infectious diseases consult in the neurocritical care unit Michael Frank and Mary Beth Graham; 29. A nephrology consult in the neurocritical care unit Jason Prosek and Nabil Haddad; 30. Management of hepatic encephalopathy in the neurocritical care unit Stephen M. Riordan and Roger Williams; 31. Hypoxic encephalopathy in the neurocritical care unit Maximilian Mulder and Romergryko G. Geocadin; 32. Management of delirium in the neurocritical care unit Diana Greene-Chandos and Michel T. Torbey; 33. Generalized weakness in the intensive care unit Farrukh S. Chaudhry and Edward M. Manno; 34. Management of severely brain-injured patients recovering from coma Caroline Schnakers and Martin M. Monti; 35. Acute demyelinating disorders in the neurocritical care unit Lauren Koffman and Joao A. Gomes; 36. Building a case for a neurocritical care unit Panayiotis N. Varelas and Efstathios Papavassiliou; 37. Neurointensive (NCCU) care business planning Sarah Widing and Noah Grose; Index.

'This second edition of Neurocritical Care by editor Michel T. Torbey offers relevant, up-to-date discussions of diagnostic, therapeutic, and monitoring tools for neurologic and neurosurgical conditions commonly encountered in the Neurocritical Care unit.' Brooke E. Trainer and Nadia Lunardi, Anesthesia & Analgesia