Seizures in Critical Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. General Section

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Status Epilepticus - Lessons and Challenges from Animal Models

      • Inna Keselman, Claude G. Wasterlain, Jerome Niquet, James W. Y. Chen

      Pages 3-17

   3. Impact of Seizures on Outcome

      • Iván Sánchez Fernández, Tobias Loddenkemper

      Pages 19-29

   4. 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

      • Gamaleldin Osman, Daniel Friedman, Lawrence J. Hirsch

      Pages 31-49

   5. Seizures and Quantitative EEG

      • Jennifer A. Kim, Lidia M. V. R. Moura, Craig Williamson, Edilberto Amorim, Sahar Zafar, Siddharth Biswal et al.

      Pages 51-75

   6. Spreading Depolarizations and Seizures in Clinical Subdural Electrocorticographic Recordings

      • Gajanan S. Revankar, Maren K. L. Winkler, Sebastian Major, Karl Schoknecht, Uwe Heinemann, Johannes Woitzik et al.

      Pages 77-90

   7. Multimodality Monitoring Correlates of Seizures

      • Jens Witsch, Nicholas A. Morris, David Roh, Hans-Peter Frey, Jan Claassen

      Pages 91-102

   8. Management of Critical Care Seizures

      • Christa B. Swisher, Aatif M. Husain

      Pages 103-119

   9. Management of Status Epilepticus in the Intensive Care Unit

      • Panayiotis N. Varelas, Jan Claassen

      Pages 121-151

3. Etiology-Specific Section

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Ischemic Stroke, Hyperperfusion Syndrome, Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis, and Critical Care Seizures

      • Panayiotis N. Varelas, Lotfi Hacein-Bey

      Pages 155-186

   3. Hemorrhagic Stroke and Critical Care Seizures

      • Ali Mahta, Jan Claassen

      Pages 187-193

   4. Traumatic Brain Injury and Critical Care Seizures

      • Georgia Korbakis, Paul M. Vespa, Andrew Beaumont

      Pages 195-209

   5. Brain Tumors and Critical Care Seizures

      • Panayiotis N. Varelas, Jose Ignacio Suarez, Marianna V. Spanaki

      Pages 211-226

   6. Global Hypoxia-Ischemia and Critical Care Seizures

      • Lauren Koffman, Matthew A. Koenig, Romergryko Geocadin

      Pages 227-242

   7. Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Multiorgan Failure and Endocrine Crisis and Critical Care Seizures

      • Julian Macedo, Brandon Foreman

      Pages 243-258

   8. Organ Transplant Recipients and Critical Care Seizures

      • Deena M. Nasr, Sara Hocker, Eelco F. M. Wijdicks

      Pages 259-268

   9. Extreme Hypertension, Eclampsia, and Critical Care Seizures

      • Michel T. Torbey

      Pages 269-276

   10. Infection or Inflammation and Critical Care Seizures

       • Andrew C. Schomer, Wendy Ziai, Mohammed Rehman, Barnett R. Nathan

       Pages 277-290

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.

• seizures
• critical care
• neurology
• neurosurgery
• emergency medicine

“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)

• Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA

  Panayiotis N. Varelas

• Neurocritical Care, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, USA

  Jan Claassen

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

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