Critical care neurology and neurosurgery
By: edited by Jose I. Suarez.
Contributors: Suarez, Jose I.
Series: Current clinical neurology
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 631
Subjects: Neurological intensive care.; Nervous system -- Surgery.; Critical Care -- methods.; Nervous System Diseases -- therapy.; Critical Illness -- therapy.; Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological.; Intensive Care Units.; Neurosurgical Procedures.
Description: Provides an authoritative review of diagnostic, clinical, and management issues in neurocritical care; up-to-date treatment guidelines based on available literature and years of experience; inclusion of both neurologic and neurosurgical conditions; guidelines for organizing a neurosciences critical care unit; extensive references for further reading; discussion of outcomes research in neurocritical care; numerous tables, figures, diagrams, and radiographs; coverage of the bioethical issues that arise in neurocritical care; and an appendix of different useful equations for neurointensivists and house officers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.