Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Nicholas S. Abend, MD
Mark A. Helfaer, MD
"Pediatric Neurocritical Care is by far the most comprehensive book I have read dealing with this topic... This text will provide an excellent reference for those interested in the pediatric intensive care cases or pediatrics in general. It is written very well and is chock-full of information that Practioners in a pediatric ICU setting would use." --Donna Jacobs, R. EEG T., CNIM, The Neurodiagnostic Journal
Caring for children with neurocritical illness often requires multi-specialty collaboration and the understanding of an ever-expanding body of data. This book gives clinicians the up-to-date, concise, and clinically relevant guidance they need to provide optimal care to children with these acute neurologic disorders. The chapters in Pediatric Neurocritical Care are authored by experts in each individual topic, and co-edited by a neurologist and intensivist to ensure that all topics have been fully addressed from both perspectives.
The book covers the complete continuum of care from assessment, monitoring, and condition specific management through rehabilitation. Early chapters present differential diagnosis and management approaches to common overarching problems such as coma, headache, and elevated intracranial pressure, followed by chapters focusing on the evaluation and management of specific conditions including traumatic brain injury, stroke, seizures, central nervous system infections, and demyelinating disorders. The final chapters address important associated psychological, social, and ethical issues.
To reflect the full spectrum of specialties involved in the burgeoning field of pediatric neurocritical care, the book brings together an international group of experts from multiple disciplines including critical care medicine, anesthesiology, neurology, neurosurgery, rehabilitation medicine, psychology, and pediatric subspecialties.
Pediatric Neurocritical Care features:
- Every topic is addressed from a neurologic and critical care perspective.
- Comprehensive coverage includes the evaluation of common overarching problems and management of specific conditions, in addition to discussion of related psychological, ethical, and social issues.
- Chapters are written by internationally known experts from the fields of critical care medicine, anesthesiology, neurology, neurosurgery, rehabilitation medicine, and many affiliated specialties.
Chapter 1. Approach to Acute Encephalopathy and Coma by Sudha K. Kessler, Daniel J. Licht, and Nicholas S. Abend
Chapter 2. Approach to Acute Headache, Christina L. Szperka, and Sona Narula
Chapter 3. Approach to Intracranial Pressure Management by Elena Cavazzoni and Stephen Jacobe
Chapter 4. Mechanical Ventilation and Blood Pressure Management by Todd J. Kilbaugh, Alexis A. Topjian, and Stuart H. Friess
Chapter 5. Nutrition and Glucose Management by Vijay Srinivasan
Chapter 6. Temperature Management & Hypothermic Neuroprotection by Alexis A. Topjian
Chapter 7. Traumatic Brain Injury by Stuart H. Friess, Todd J. Kilbaugh, and Jimmy Huh
Chapter 8. Status Epilepticus & Seizures by Joshua Goldstein and Melissa G. Chung
Chapter 9. Electroencephalography in Critically Ill Children by Nicholas S. Abend and Dennis J. Dlugos
Chapter 10. Arterial Ischemic Stroke by David Z. Rose, Sabrina E. Smith, and Lauren A. Beslow
Chapter 11. Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis by Sally M. Sultan, Rebecca N. Ichord, and Lauren A. Beslow
Chapter 12. Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Lauren A. Beslow, Gregory G Heuer, and Lori C Jordan
Chapter 13. Diagnosis and Endovascular Management of Cerebrovascular Malformations by Bryan Pukenas and Robert Hurst
Chapter 14. Acquired Demyelinating Syndromes of the Central Nervous System by Amy T. Waldman, Michael J. Shumski, and Gihan I. Tennekoon
Chapter 15. Acute Spinal Cord Disease and Injury by Lauren A. Beslow and Shih-Shan Lang
Chapter 16. Central Nervous System Infections by Jennifer L. McGuire and Abby M. Green
Chapter 17. Neurotoxicology by Colleen M. Rivers, Fred Henretig, and Lewis S. Nelson
Chapter 18. Hyperthermic Drug Induced Disorders by Saba Ahmad, and Nicholas S. Abend
Chapter 19. Acute Metabolic Encephalopathy by Can Ficicioglu
Chapter 20. Movement Disorders by Saba Ahmad and Nicholas S. Abend
Chapter 21. Neuromuscular Problems by Basil T. Darras and H Royden Jones
Chapter 22. Neurosurgical Post-Operative Monitoring and Complications by Michael J. Kramarz, Stacey J. Jacovini, and Phillip B. Storm
Chapter 23. Neurologic Complications of Cardiac Surgery and Congenital Heart Disease by Daniel Licht, Lauren A. Beslow, and Kimberly Lin
Chapter 24. Rehabilitation: Indications, Management and Timing by Tom Drake
Chapter 25. Psychology and Family Relationships with Stress by Paul M. Robins and Mary Rourke
Chapter 26. End of Life Care by Vanessa Madrigal and Wynne Morrison
Chapter 27. Brain Death by Mudit Mathur and Stephen Ashwal
Chapter 28. Ethical Issues by Matt Kirschen and Chris Feudtner
- Release Date: November 28, 2012
- Hardback
- 528 Pages
- Trim Size: 10in x 8in
- Number of Illustrations: 40
- ISBN: 9781936287352
- eBook ISBN: 9781617050695
