Neurocritical Care

Kosaku KinoshitaChair and Professor, Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine

• 1 Sedation and analgesia for patients with acute brain injury.- 2 Respiratory management in neurological intensive care.- 3 Body temperature care for comatose post cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) patients.- 4 Infection Control for Neurocritical Care.- 5 Fluid management for neurocritical care.- 6 The evaluation and management of the blood glucose for the intracranial disease.- 7 Nutritional support in neurocritical care.- 8 Pathology and Prevention of Secondary Brain Injury for Neurocritical Care Physicians.- 9 Coagulopathy and Brain Injury.- 10 Stroke.- 11 Multiple injury.- 12 Nonconvulsive status epilepticus.- 13 Post Cardiac Arrest Syndrome.- 14 Sepsis and sepsis-associated encephalopathy: Its pathophysiology from bench to bed.- 15 Acute Infections of the Central Nervous System: Focus on Bacterial Meningitis and Herpes Simplex Encephalitis.- 16 Pediatric Neurocritical Care.- 17 Post-Intensive Care Syndrome.- 18 Coping with prognostic uncertainty and end-of-life issues in neurocritical care.

“The book is meant for any practitioner with an interest in the field of neurocritical care. It provides a good, easy-to understand overview of the topics discussed and allows the more interested reader to dig deeper into topics of interest by listing a wide range of background articles.” (Isabella Meier, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 129 (6), December, 2019)“Trainees getting initial exposure to the field of neurocritical care are an appropriate audience for this work. … This is a worthy introduction to basic neurological support and related critical care principles.” (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, October 25, 2019)