Seizures in Critical Care

1. Front Matter

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2. Presentation and Pathophysiology of Seizures in the Critical Care Environment: An Overview

   • Marek A. Mirski

   Pages 1-20

3. Diagnosing and Monitoring Seizures in the ICU: The Role of Continuous EEG for Detection and Management of Seizures in Critically Ill Patients

   • Daniel Friedman, Lawrence J. Hirsch

   Pages 21-47

4. Stroke and Critical Care Seizures

   • Panayiotis N. Varelas, Lotfi Hacein-Bey

   Pages 49-118

5. Traumatic Brain Injury and Seizures in the ICU

   • Andrew Beaumont

   Pages 119-136

6. Brain Tumors and ICU Seizures

   • Efstathios Papavassiliou, Panayiotis Varelas

   Pages 137-156

7. Global Hypoxia–Ischemia and Critical Care Seizures

   • Matthew A. Koenig, Romergryko Geocadin

   Pages 157-178

8. Seizures in Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Multiorgan Failure, and Endocrine Crisis

   • Andrew Beaumont, Paul M. Vespa

   Pages 179-201

9. Seizures in Organ Transplant Recipients

   • Tarek Zakaria, Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, Greg A. Worrell

   Pages 203-218

10. Extreme Hypertension, Eclampsia and Critical Care Seizures

    • Errol Gordon, Michel T. Torbey

    Pages 219-231

11. Infection or Inflammation and ICU Seizures

    • Wendy C. Ziai, Mohammed Rehman

    Pages 233-261

12. Electrolyte Disturbances and Critical Care Seizures

    • Jenice Robinson, Jose I. Suarez

    Pages 263-282

13. Alcohol-Related Seizures in the Intensive Care Unit

    • Zachary Webb, Panayiotis Varelas

    Pages 283-306

14. Drug-Induced Seizures in Critically Ill Patients

    • Denise H. Rhoney, Panayiotis N. Varelas

    Pages 307-340

15. Critical Care Seizures Related to Illicit Drugs and Toxins

    • Andreas R. Luft

    Pages 341-354

16. Management of Status Epilepticus and Critical Care Seizures

    • Panayiotis N. Varelas, Marianna V. Spanaki

    Pages 355-422

17. Back Matter

    Pages 423-431

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The first edition of Seizures in Critical Care: A Guide to Diagnosis and Therapeutics, which appeared in 2005, filled an important need in the ar- mentarium of the neurological, neurosurgical, and medical intensivists who deal with seriously ill patients in the ICU setting. Unlike epilepsy, as it u- ally presents in the outpatient department, seizures in ICU patients are nearly always secondary phenomena that signify that something is seriously amiss in very ill patients with primary medical or surgical disease. The job of the int- sivist is to identify the cause of the seizure or seizures, examine the myriad of potential contributing factors, and provide appropriate management and tre- ment that takes all aspects of the patient’s illness into consideration. As in the first edition, Dr. Varelas and his associates recognize the extreme importance of prompt recognition, diagnosis, and sophisticated management of seizures in this group of seriously ill patients. Dr. Varelas has now recollected his group of contributors and produced a new and up to date compendium of what one needs to know in order to work effectively in this difficult and demanding area. A welcome addition to the new edition is the chapter by Friedman and Hirsch on the role of continuous monitoring in the ICU which is essential for the diagnosis and treatment of nonconvulsive seizures as these may be the most common form of seizures in this setting but are often missed in the evaluation of patients in stupor or coma.

• Continuous EEG
• Drug-induced seizures
• Fulminant Hepatic Failure
• Global Hypoxia-Ischemia
• Hypertension
• Organ Transplant
• Seizure Pathophysiology
• Status Epilepticus
• Stroke
• Trauma
• Traumatic Brain Injury

• Dept. Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, U.S.A.

  Panayiotis Varelas

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