Optimizing Neurologic Care: The Ultimate Guide for Critical Illness

Neurologic consultations play a vital role in patient outcomes, providing essential diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic advice while directing care to the patient. In the field of critical care medicine, Neurologic Complications of Critical Illness is the go-to resource for neurologists entering the intensive care unit (ICU).

Comprehensive Guidance for Neurologists and Intensivists

This extensively updated fourth edition acknowledges the vast advancements in neurology and neurocritical care, offering a wealth of practical advice on managing complex neurologic emergencies. From coma and outcome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to failure to awaken after surgery, delirium, new onset seizures, generalized weakness, and acute paraplegia, this comprehensive guide covers it all.

Additional topics include movement disorders, complications after organ transplantation, neurologic complications of invasive procedures and devices, complications from cardiac surgery, traumatic brain, spine and peripheral nerve injury, and environmental injuries such as hypothermia and near drowning. Each chapter is complemented by helpful tables, precise algorithms, and a curated selection of neuroimaging to facilitate informed decision-making.

What’s New in the Fourth Edition

This edition features new chapters on the interpretation of focal findings and acute movement disorders in critical illness, as well as cancer immunotherapy and ethical dilemmas. These additions provide critical insights for healthcare providers, intensivists, and general neurologists managing complex medical disorders, surgeries, and co-morbidities.

With 592 pages of expert guidance, this clinical text is an indispensable resource for anyone navigating the complexities of neurologic care in the ICU.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Edition: 4th edition (July 11, 2023)

Language: English

Pages: 592

ISBN-10: 0197585019

ISBN-13: 978-0197585016