Publisher's Synopsis
This comprehensive and authoritative text provides guidance on problem-solving for the neurologist faced with treating acute neurologic disorders. Presented in four parts, the text begins with a discussion of the broad spectrum of basic management issues from pain management to airway management, nursing care, and physical therpay. A detailed part 2 discusses monitoring devices and diagnostic procedures. Part 3, organized by disorder, discusses common neurologic critical care using a standardized approach. Topics such as Guillain-Barre syndrome, brain death, acute bacterial meningitis and cerebral venous thrombosis are covered in depth. The book concludes with a practical section on the management of systemtic complications in critically ill neurologic patients.
