Neurointensive Care

Katja E. Wartenberg, MD PhDCo-Director of the Neurological Intensive Care UnitMartin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle (Saale)GermanyResearch interests: subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, hypothermia, large hemispheric strokeAcademic activities: previous chair of the international committee and board member of the Neurocritical Care Society, current secretary of the German Society of Neurocritical Care Khalid Shukri, MD FCCMSenior Consultant Neuro-Critical CareDept Critical CareMedinah National HospitalMedinah MunnawarahSaudi ArabiaResearch Interests: sepsis, critical care management, neurocritical care developmentAcademic activities: President of Transcontinental Elite Alliance for Intensive care Excellence; member of the World Sepsis Day (WSD) Steering Committee; Guideline Committee Survival Sepsis  Tamer Abdelhak, MDDirector of Neurocritical Care at Departments Neurology and NeurosurgeryAssociate Professor of Adult Neurology and Neurocritical CareSouthern Illinois University School of MedicineSpringfield, Illinois USAResearch Interests: traumatic brain injuryAcademic activities: Vice President of the North America region for the International Pan-Arab Critical Care Medicine Society, chair of the advocacy committee of the Neurocritical Care Society

• Patient Safety Standards in the Neuro-ICU.- Airway Safety in the Neurocritical Care Unit.- Mechanical Ventilation in the Neuro-ICU.- Nutrition in Neuro-ICU.- Monitoring in the Neurocritical Care Unit.- Intracranial Pressure Monitoring.- Postoperative Care in Neurooncology.- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Intracerebral Hemorrhage.- Patient Safety in Acute Ischemic Stroke.- Cerebral Venous Thrombosis.- Bacterial Meningitis.- Brain Abscess.- Seizures and Status Epilepticus in the Neurologic Intensive Care Unit.- Traumatic Brain Injury.- Patient Safety in Guillain Barre Syndrome and Acute Neuromuscular Disorders.- Acute Spinal Disorders.- Care for Complications after Catastrophic Brain Injury.- Neuroimaging in the Neuro-ICU.- Brain Death.- Ethics in the Neuro-ICU.

"The purpose is to provide an overview of the interaction between care for the brain and optimal care for other organs where multiorgan dysfunction may be present in ICU patients. ... This is a remarkable contribution that balances the needs of critically injured organs outside the neurological system with the best brain care. ... the authors provide superb, high-level guidance to trained critical care providers or senior ICU trainees." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2015)