Challenging Topics in Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Traumatic and Spinal Cord Injury

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Intracranial Compliance, Traumatic Brain Injury and Management

      • Zahid Hussain Khan, Pooya Kalani

      Pages 3-25

   3. Advanced Monitoring in Neurocritical Care: Brain Tissue Oxygen Pressure

      • Rafael Badenes, Armando Maruenda

      Pages 27-41

   4. Predictors of Outcome in Traumatic Brain Injury

      • Angels Lozano, Rafael Badenes

      Pages 43-54

   5. Brain Death: Understanding the Process of Brain Death Declaration Through Real-Life Case Scenarios

      • Abhijit Lele, Michael Souter

      Pages 55-67

   6. Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity Following Acute Acquired Brain Injury

      • Parmod Kumar Bithal, Keshav Goyal

      Pages 69-81

   7. Spinal Cord Injury

      • K. H. Kevin Luk, Michael J. Souter

      Pages 83-95

   8. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

      • Pratik V. Patel, Michael J. Souter

      Pages 97-106

3. Airway and Pain Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. Airway Management in Neurosurgical Procedures (Along with Ventilation Management)

      • Isabel Gracia, Anna M. López, Ricard Valero

      Pages 109-121

   3. A New Airway Assessment Classification for Edentulous Patients and Its Potential Role in Neurocritical Care

      • Zahid Hussain Khan, Ramooz Hussain Khan

      Pages 123-127

   4. Airway Management in Neurocritical Care

      • Mohammad Jalili

      Pages 129-138

   5. Postoperative Pain Management After Craniotomy

      • Ramani Vijayan, Loh Pui San

      Pages 139-145

4. Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. Anesthesia for Awake Craniotomy

      • Luca Titi, Shaun E. Gruenbaum, Federico Bilotta

      Pages 149-154

   3. TIVA for Neurosurgery

      • Andreia Martins Costa, Francisco Lobo

      Pages 155-166

   4. Anesthetic Challenges in Pediatric Craniofacial Surgeries

      • Lucy Chan

      Pages 167-178

   5. Acromegalic Patients: Do They Pose Airway Problems?

      • Zahid Hussain Khan, Razmeh Hussain Khan

      Pages 179-186

   6. Airway and Fluid Management of Patients in a Prone Position

      • Mathieu Asselin, Orlando Hung

      Pages 187-201

This book focuses on controversial issues in neuroanesthesia and neurocritical care that in general have been subjected to insufficient professional scrutiny. The book is in three parts, the first of which is devoted to topics relating to traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, such as brain tissue oxygenation, the role of biomarkers, and diagnosis of brain death. Aspects of airway and pain management are then addressed, covering, for example, airway management in an emergency setting, airway evaluation in the edentulous patient, and pain management in neurosurgery and after craniotomy. The final part of the book considers a wide range of other challenging subjects in the field of neuroanesthesia and neurocritical care. Throughout, much information is provided on the latest, state of the art management. The authors are acknowledged experts in the issues they discuss, and the book will be of interest for graduate and undergraduate students, residents, neuroanesthetists, neurointensivists, emergency medicine residents and specialists, fellows in neurocritical care and all those directly involved in the perioperative care of patients with head and neck pathology.

• Acute spinal cord injury
• Airway management
• Neurointensive care
• Neurorehabilitation
• Neurotrauma
• Pain management
• Perioperative care
• Traumatic brain injury
• Neuroanesthesia

“Challenging Topics in Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care, is the result of an international collaboration of authors from ten countries. … trainees starting a rotation in neuroanesthesia or neurocritical care could certainly use this book as an introduction to the many challenging situations they will be confronting.” (D. Chartrand, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie, March, 2018)

• Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

  Zahid Hussain Khan

Zahid Hussain Khan, MD, FCPS, is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran. He has previously been a Visiting Professor to the University of Alberta, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Khan has been the recipient of various honors, including the prestigious Hakim Gorjani Award in Medicine, which he received at the Avicenna Festival (Tehran University of Medical Sciences) in 2008. He is a member of the Medical Council of Iran, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council, the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society, and various other professional organizations. Dr. Khan’s previous publications include the 2014 Springer book Airway Management, of which he was the sole editor.

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