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Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care

Strategies for Prevention, Early Detection, and Successful Management of Perioperative Complications

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Editors:
  1. Ansgar M. Brambrink

    1. Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA

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  2. Jeffrey R. Kirsch

    1. Department of Anesthesiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA

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  • Provides a comprehensive update on neuroanesthesiology and neurocritical care

  • Serves as a reference for medical practitioners involved in the perioperative care of neurosurgical patients

  • Features sections on specific diagnostic procedures and treatment options, concepts and applicable details of the available neurosurgical interventions and techniques, and mechanisms necessary to provide top of the line care for patients

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Table of contents (100 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Basics of Neuroanesthesia Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Adult Central Nervous System: Anatomy and Physiology

      • Punita Tripathi, Frederick Sieber
      Pages 3-13

    3. Neuroendocrine Physiology: Fundamentals and Common Syndromes

      • Jason D. Walls, Mitchell L. Weinstein, Joshua H. Atkins
      Pages 15-24

    4. Cerebral Edema: Pathophysiology and Principles of Management

      • Ross Martini, Andrea Orfanakis
      Pages 25-30

    5. Management of Fluids, Electrolytes, and Blood Products in Neurosurgical Patients

      • Pratik V. Patel, Sadeq A. Quraishi
      Pages 31-34

    6. Key Monitoring in Neuroanesthesia: Principles, Techniques, and Indications

      • Martin Smith
      Pages 35-42

    7. Assessing the Anesthetized State with the Electroencephalogram

      • George A. Mashour
      Pages 43-47

  3. Preoperative Concerns of the Neuroanesthesiologist

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Cardiovascular Risk and Instability: Evaluation, Management, and Triage

      • Justin D. Ramos, Jeffrey R. Kirsch
      Pages 51-55

    3. Risk Assessment and Treatment of Critical Carotid Stenosis: Suggestions for Perioperative Management

      • Kory S. Herrick
      Pages 57-62

    4. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Risk Assessment and Perioperative Complications

      • Chanhung Z. Lee, Pekka Talke, Nerissa U. Ko
      Pages 63-66

    5. Traumatic Brain Injury: Risk Assessment and Perioperative Management

      • Jonathan Z. Pan, Lingzhong Meng
      Pages 67-75

    6. Rare Neurologic Disorders and Neuromuscular Diseases: Risk Assessment and Perioperative Management

      • Nicholas Hirsch, Ugan Reddy
      Pages 77-82

    7. Perioperative Pharmacotherapy in Neurosurgery: Risk Assessment and Planning

      • Alejandro E. Delfino, Javiera Benavides Tala, Hernán R. Muñoz
      Pages 83-88

    8. Specific Considerations Regarding Consent and Communication with Patients and Family Prior to Neurosurgery

      • Kenneth Abbey, Chloe Allen-Maycock
      Pages 89-90

    9. Neurotoxicity of General Anesthetics

      • Margaret K. Menzel Ellis, Ansgar M. Brambrink
      Pages 91-104

    10. Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorders in the Geriatric Patient

      • Katie J. Schenning, Miles Berger
      Pages 105-107

    11. The Chronic Pain Patient Scheduled for Neurosurgery

      • Sydney E. Rose, Kimberly Mauer
      Pages 109-113

    12. Anesthesia for Patients Scheduled for Intraoperative Electrophysiological Monitoring

      • Antoun H. Koht, Tod B. Sloan
      Pages 115-122
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About this book

This comprehensive, evidence-based book is intended to serve as a reference for medical practitioners involved in the perioperative care of neurosurgical patients. Fundamental aspects of neuroanesthesiology and neurocritical care are thoroughly examined across 101 chapters, outlining key elements that are crucial to a care provider’s knowledge of the practice. These elements include specific diagnostic procedures and treatment options, concepts and applicable details of the available neurosurgical interventions and techniques, and mechanisms necessary to provide top of the line care for patients. Each chapter features definitive and distinct areas of this multi-specialty discipline, and is designed to guide the reader from problem to solution in situations that can arise in the clinical setting.

Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care, 2nd edition is a problem-oriented approach textbook that will aid a wide variety of readers in handling day-to-day issues and developments relevant to the perioperative care of neurosurgical patients.  

  

 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA

    Ansgar M. Brambrink

  • Department of Anesthesiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA

    Jeffrey R. Kirsch

About the editors

Ansgar M. Brambrink, MD, PhD

E.M. Papper Professor and Chair

Department of Anesthesiology

College of Physicians & Surgeons

Columbia University Medical Center / NewYork Presbyterian Hospital

New York, NY 10032, USA

Jeffrey R. Kirsch, MD


Professor, Chair-Emeritus


Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine 


Oregon Health & Science University


Portland, OR 97239






Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care

  • Book Subtitle: Strategies for Prevention, Early Detection, and Successful Management of Perioperative Complications

  • Editors: Ansgar M. Brambrink, Jeffrey R. Kirsch

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17410-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17408-8Published: 11 October 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17410-1Published: 27 September 2019

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 671

  • Number of Illustrations: 55 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Anesthesiology, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Neurosurgery, Neurology

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