Modern critical care neurology is rooted in the iron lung units created during the polio epidemics of the 1940s and 1950s. Since that time, the need for discrete intensive care units specializing for critically ill neurologic patients increased while the therapies advanced tremendously. The topics of the book are selected from areas that showed significant advances in knowledge in that area. This may be the reason why myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune postsynaptic disease, which is a frequent topic in muscle disease books is also a chapter in the current volume. This book deals with a variety of neurological complications that characteristically or commonly occur in critically ill patients.
Heavy emphasis is placed on patient management.
Some chapters also provide a more general discussion of the disorders such as functional neuroanatomy, pathology, immunology, or clinical features. This book is intended primarily for clinicians who encounter patients with neurological problems in critical care settings. Medical libraries should purchase this book. Inc. All rights reserved.