By Javed Siddiqi
Decompression continues to be the mainstay of surgical intervention for neurosurgeons treating neurocritical care sufferers. even though, over the past twenty years, an evolution clear of a mechanistic strategy has remodeled neurocritical care into an more and more multidisciplinary box. Neurosurgical extensive Care, second Edition displays this new paradigm, authored through a neurosurgeon with contributions from specialists within the fields of neurology, vascular neurology, interventional neuroradiology, anesthesiology, serious care, traumatology, foodstuff, and complex perform nursing.
Neuromonitoring advances have enabled personalized interventions adapted to every patient's targeted situations. The severe care of neurosurgical sufferers has developed from an emphasis on pulmonary care (ventilation and oxygenation) to a extra nuanced figuring out of cerebral safeguard measures required to regulate a disrupted blood-brain-barrier. This version encompasses advances within the use of ICP displays, exterior ventricular units, mind tissue oxygen tracking units, cerebral microdialysis, fluid and electrolyte correction, in addition to the expanding use of continuing EEG within the ICU.
Key Features
- Straightforward summaries for every degree of sufferer care together with bedside tests, neuroimaging, lab paintings, triage techniques, sedation and ache administration, neuropharmacology, dietary wishes, management of fluids, and more.
- 159 tables and figures facilitate quick evaluate and selection making.
- Clinical pearls on a variety of ICU eventualities - from pathophysiology and administration of coma - to interventions for spinal twine harm, multisystem accidents, acute ischemic stroke, and pediatric cases.
- Insights on the best way to deal with family members communique and non secular wishes, medical-legal concerns, and discharge planning
This compact, hugely functional guide presents a stellar reference for coping with seriously sick neurosurgical sufferers within the ICU. it's a must-have source for nurses, clinical scholars, citizens, fellows, and attending physicians who deal with those patients.
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