Seizures in Critical Care

A Guide to Diagnosis and Therapeutics
3rd Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-49555-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 11345 g

Reihe: Current Clinical Neurology

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.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Claassen, Jan

Varelas, Panayiotis N.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Intensivmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

GENERAL SECTION.- Chapter 1: Status Epilepticus - Lessons and Challenges from Animal Models.- Chapter 2: Impact of Seizures on Outcome.- Chapter 3: 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.- Chapter 4: Seizures and Quantitative EEG.- Chapter 5: Spreading depolarizations and seizures in clinical subdural electrocorticographic recordings.- Chapter 6: Multimodality Monitoring Correlates of Seizures.- Chapter 7: Management of Critical Care Seizures.- Chapter 8: Management of status epilepticus.- ETIOLOGY-SPECIFIC SECTION.- Chapter 9: Ischemic Stroke, Hyperperfusion Syndrome, Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis and Critical Care Seizures.- Chapter 10: Hemorrhagic Stroke and Critical Care Seizures.- Chapter 11: Traumatic Brain Injury and ICU Seizures.- Chapter 12: Brain Tumors and ICU Seizures.- Chapter 13: Global Hypoxia-Ischemia and Critical Care Seizures.- Chapter 14: Seizures in Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Multiorgan Failure and Endocrine Crisis.- Chapter 15: Seizures in Organ Transplant Recipients.- Chapter 16: Extreme Hypertension, Eclampsia and Critical Care Seizures.- Chapter 17: Infection or Inflammation and ICU Seizures.- Chapter 18: Electrolyte Disturbances and Critical Care Seizures.- Chapter 19: Alcohol Related Seizures in the Intensive Care Unit.- Chapter 20: Drug-Induced Seizures in Critically Ill Patients.- Chapter 21: Seizures related to illicit drugs and toxins.- Chapter 22: Seizures and Status Epilepticus in Pediatric Critical Care.

Über Autor(innen)

Panayiotis N. Varelas, MD, PhD, FNCSDivision Head, Neurosciences Critical Care, Henry Ford Health SystemDepartments of Neurology & NeurosurgeryHenry Ford HospitalProfessor of NeurologyWayne State UniversityDetroit, MI

Jan Claassen, MD, 

Associate Professor of Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center

Head of Neurocritical Care, New York, NY