Part I. General Principles of Neurological Intensive Care1. Introduction to Critical Care in Neurology and Neurosurgery2. Intracranial Physiology and Elevated Intracranial Pressure3. Management of Intracranial Hypertension and Mass Effect4. Pulmonary Aspects of Neurological Intensive Care5. Cardiovascular Aspects of Neurological Intensive Care6. Fluid and Metabolic Derangements7.
Fever and Infections in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit8. Electrophysiologic Monitoring in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit9. Persistant Vegetative State and Brain DeathPart II. Specific Problems in Neurological Intensive Care10. Postoperative Neurosurgical Care11. Neurological Complications of Critical Medical Illnesses12. Head Injury13. Critical Care of Acute Stroke14.
Management of Nontraumatic Brain Hemorrhage15. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage16. Intensive and Postoperative Care of Intracranial Tumors17. Hypoxic-Ischemic Celebral Injury18. Critical Care of Guillain-Barre Syndrome19. Treatment of the Critically Ill Patient with Myasthenia Gravis20. Staus Epilepticus21. Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis22.
Spinal Cord Injury23. Ethical and Legal Aspects Applicable to the Neurological Intensive Care Unit.