Solving Critical Consults [Paperback]

Core Principles of Acute Neurology is a series of short volumes that handles major topics not found in sufficient detail elsewhere and provides useful context.Solving Critical Consultsprovide practical information on how to evaluate complicated neurology consults in the ICU. The diagnosis and management of neurologic complications of acutely ill hospitalized patients remains challenging. The modern intensive care unit is a different place with different patients, and consultants may require a specific expertise in handling complications associated with critical illness. Some of these requests for consultation include not only diagnosis of the neurologic state, but also assistance with management at all levels. Prognostication in devastating situations or when the critical illness has come under control is a common request.

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction to Series
Chapter 1: Consulting in the Intensive Care Unit
Chapter 2: Acute Confusion in the Critically Ill
Chapter 3: Encephalopathies of Organ Dysfunction
Chapter 4: The Postoperative Cardiac Patient
Chapter 5: Neurologic Urgencies after Vascular Surgery
Chapter 6: Postcardiac Arrest Support and the Brain
Chapter 7: Acquired Weakness in the Intensive Care Unit
Chapter 8: Neurology of Polytrauma
Chapter 9: Neurooncology Emergencies
Chapter 10: Troubleshooting: ICU Neurotoxicology
Index

This is the latest in a unique set of contributions from an outstanding expert in the field. Dr. Wijdicks effectively introduces many key concepts in neurological critical care in a few pages. Reading this brief work is an excellent investment in better patient outcomes. --Doody's Health SciencesBook Review

The combination of basic science and neuroanatomy linked to guidelines for clinical assessment and management of these complex patients is a distinctive feature of this book. It sets this book apart from textbooks or books on managelc