Neurological and Neurosurgical Intensive Care

This revised and expanded Third Edition of the standard text and reference on neurological and neurosurgical intensive care highlights the past five years' dramatic advances in this rapidly evolving field. More than 30 of the foremost experts offer useful and practical guidelines for managing the wide range of problems arising in postoperative neurosurgical care and care of patients with acute neurological diseases. New areas covered in this edition include stroke therapy, acute management of brain tumors, neurological complications of acute medical diseases in general intensive care units, and postoperative care after specialized procedures such as embolization of arteriovenous malformations. Other chapters, including those on head injury, myasthenia gravis, and metabolic derangements in neurological patients, have been rewritten to reflect current knowledge and practice.