Seizures in Critical Care

A Guide to Diagnosis and Therapeutics
Herausgegeben:Varelas, Panayiotis N.; Claassen, Jan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Updated and expanded to provide the neurologic, intensive and critical care communities a comprehensive guide to common critical care illnesses and seizures, this third edition remains the premier resource on seizures in critical care. In addition to covering etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment options, chapters feature the latest technologies and treatments and integrate current literature. This unique and specialized text offers neurologists, intensivists, neurosurgeons, trauma surgeons, epileptologists, electrophysiologists and residents in various specialties clarity on this challenging set of comorbidities.

Produktdetails

• Current Clinical Neurology
• Verlag: Humana / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-49555-2
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 285mm x 215mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1117g
• ISBN-13: 9783319495552
• ISBN-10: 3319495550
• Artikelnr.: 46430499

Autorenporträt

Panayiotis N. Varelas, MD, PhD, FNCS Division Head, Neurosciences Critical Care, Henry Ford Health System Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery Henry Ford Hospital Professor of Neurology Wayne State University Detroit, MI Jan Claassen, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center Head of Neurocritical Care, New York, NY

Inhaltsangabe

GENERAL SECTION.- Chapter 1: Status Epilepticus - Lessons and Challenges from Animal Models.- Chapter 2: Impact of Seizures on Outcome.- Chapter 3: Diagnosing and Monitoring seizures in the ICU: The role of continuous EEG for detection and management of seizures in critically ill patients, including the ictal-interictal continuum.- Chapter 4: Seizures and Quantitative EEG.- Chapter 5: Spreading depolarizations and seizures in clinical subdural electrocorticographic recordings.- Chapter 6: Multimodality Monitoring Correlates of Seizures.- Chapter 7: Management of Critical Care Seizures.- Chapter 8: Management of status epilepticus.- ETIOLOGY-SPECIFIC SECTION.- Chapter 9: Ischemic Stroke, Hyperperfusion Syndrome, Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis and Critical Care Seizures.- Chapter 10: Hemorrhagic Stroke and Critical Care Seizures.- Chapter 11: Traumatic Brain Injury and ICU Seizures.- Chapter 12: Brain Tumors and ICU Seizures.- Chapter 13: Global Hypoxia-Ischemia and Critical Care Seizures.- Chapter 14: Seizures in Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Multiorgan Failure and Endocrine Crisis.- Chapter 15: Seizures in Organ Transplant Recipients.- Chapter 16: Extreme Hypertension, Eclampsia and Critical Care Seizures.- Chapter 17: Infection or Inflammation and ICU Seizures.- Chapter 18: Electrolyte Disturbances and Critical Care Seizures.- Chapter 19: Alcohol Related Seizures in the Intensive Care Unit.- Chapter 20: Drug-Induced Seizures in Critically Ill Patients.- Chapter 21: Seizures related to illicit drugs and toxins.- Chapter 22: Seizures and Status Epilepticus in Pediatric Critical Care.

Rezensionen

"This publication is a very timely and much needed update to the last volume of Seizures in Critical Care published in 2010. ... This is an excellent compendium that expands our knowledge of both the physiology and treatment of seizures in most all critically ill patient populations. It is an essential read for all those entrusted with the care of these patients." (William Brian Gormley, Neurosurgery, Vol. 83 (2), August, 2018)

"A collection of literature reviews describe the impact of seizures on critical care outcomes in a wide range of patient groups and include the varied presentations and treatment options. Critical care providers, neurointensivists, senior critical care trainees, and others involved in critical care practice where seizures may be an issue are an appropriate audience for this book ... ." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2017)