32 Spiritual Care of the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient and Family John R. Spitalieri There can be no more completely upsetting and frightening event than to find that a…
27 Unique Pediatric Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Issues Lynn M. Serrano and Dan Miulli Case Study A 5-year-old girl falls off a golf cart and sustains what appears to be…
Section VII Family Issues 31 Family Communication Theresa Longo and Dan Miulli Care of the neurosurgical intensive care unit (NICU) patient is more than managing the clinical situation. There are…
Section VI Nursing Issues 29 Nursing Issues Paula Snyder The performance of a thorough neurologic history and physical examination is of paramount importance and will enable the neuroscience team to…
22 Ventilator Management Dan Miulli and Javed Siddiqi Case Study A 43-year-old male presents after a motor vehicle accident with obvious contusions to his chest, abdomen, and head. At the…
24 Infections Darryl M. Warner and Dan Miulli Case Study A 14-year-old, right-handed female is brought to the emergency room by paramedics with complaints of flulike symptoms over the past…
11 Delayed Intracerebral Hemorrhage Lynn M. Serrano Case Study A 35-year-old male fell from a 6 foot ladder. His family describes a brief 2 to 3 minute loss of consciousness…
28 Brain Death Dan Miulli Case Study A 72-year-old female presented with acute loss of consciousness while sitting in a chair at home. Her workup included a computed tomography (CT)…
Section I Initial Assessment 2 Bedside Exam in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit John D. Cantando, Daniel Hutton, and Dan Miulli Patients admitted to the neurosurgical intensive care unit (NICU)…
17 Intracranial Pressure Fundamentals Daniel Hutton, Javed Siddiqi, and Dan Miulli Case Study A 42-year-old male is brought to the emergency department after rear-ending another vehicle at a high speed….
