Neurocritical Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Sedation and Analgesia for Patients with Acute Brain Injury

   • Atsushi Sakurai

   Pages 1-9

3. Respiratory Management in Neurological Intensive Care

   • Rikimaru Kogawa

   Pages 11-22

4. Body Temperature Care for Comatose Patients with Post-cardiac Arrest Syndrome

   • Takashi Moriya, Masahiro Kashiura

   Pages 23-29

5. Infection Control for Neurocritical Care

   • Yuki Uehara

   Pages 31-43

6. Fluid Management for Neurocritical Care

   • Akira Utagawa

   Pages 45-62

7. The Evaluation and Management of the Blood Glucose for the Intracranial Disease

   • Takashi Moriya

   Pages 63-70

8. Nutritional Support in Neurocritical Care

   • Kunihiro Shirai

   Pages 71-78

9. Pathology and Prevention of Secondary Brain Injury for Neurocritical Care Physicians

   • Kenji Dohi

   Pages 79-87

10. Coagulopathy and Brain Injury

    • Ryuta Nakae, Shoji Yokobori, Hiroyuki Yokota

    Pages 89-109

11. Stroke

    • Hitoshi Kobata

    Pages 111-128

12. Multiple Injury

    • Takayuki Ebihara

    Pages 129-144

13. Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus

    • Masao Nagayama, Sunghoon Yang

    Pages 145-164

14. Post-cardiac Arrest Syndrome (PCAS)

    • Yasuhiro Kuroda

    Pages 165-173

15. Sepsis and Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy: Its Pathophysiology from Bench to Bed

    • Motoki Fujita, Ryosuke Tsuruta

    Pages 175-186

16. Acute Infections of the Central Nervous System: Focus on Bacterial Meningitis and Herpes Simplex Encephalitis

    • Akihiko Morita, Masaki Ishihara

    Pages 187-194

17. Pediatric Neurocritical Care

    • Takashi Araki

    Pages 195-211

18. Post-intensive Care Syndrome

    • Toru Hifumi, Shigeaki Inoue

    Pages 213-219

19. Coping with Prognostic Uncertainty and End-of-Life Issues in Neurocritical Care

    • Yasuhiro Norisue

    Pages 221-225

This book discusses the factors that affect outcomes in patients requiring various types of neurocritical care. 


Neurocritical care was originally developed to manage patients with traumatic brain injury or stroke. Today, neurocritical care involves patients with a wide variety conditions, including not only brain injury, cerebrovascular disease and brain tumors but also post cardiac arrest syndrome, metabolic disorders, sepsis-related encephalopathy, degenerative diseases, and electrolyte abnormalities. Recently, there has been a focus on improving the outcomes and patients’ quality of life.
 
Covering the latest topics in the field, and written by specialists such as neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists and neurologists, the book provides an update on therapeutic / management strategies for disorders requiring neurocritical care for emergency physicians, intensivists and critical care physicians.

• Neurological outcomes
• Sepsis
• Perioperative management
• Traumatic brain injury
• Stroke
• Fever control

“The book is meant for any practitioner with an interest in the field of neurocritical care. It provides a good, easy-to understand overview of the topics discussed and allows the more interested reader to dig deeper into topics of interest by listing a wide range of background articles.” (Isabella Meier, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 129 (6), December, 2019)

“Trainees getting initial exposure to the field of neurocritical care are an appropriate audience for this work. … This is a worthy introduction to basic neurological support and related critical care principles.” (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, October 25, 2019)

• Department of Acute Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine , Tokyo, Japan

  Kosaku Kinoshita

Kosaku KinoshitaChair and Professor, Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine 

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