Cranial Nerve Injuries and Their Management
3 Cranial Nerve Injuries and Their Management Nguyen Do and Dan Miulli Case Study A 22-year old male short-order cook is assaulted while walking to work. He is punched in…
Cerebral Perfusion
15 Cerebral Perfusion Dan Miulli and Javed Siddiqi Case Study A 20-year-old male presents after a fall from a second-story window with obvious contusions to his chest, abdomen, and head….
Altered Level of Consciousness: Pathophysiology and Management
4 Altered Level of Consciousness: Pathophysiology and Management Jeffery M. Jones and Dan Miulli Case Study A 50-year-old Caucasian female was involved in a motor vehicle accident, during which she…
Progressing Postoperative Neurologic Deficit: Cranial or Spinal
10 Progressing Postoperative Neurologic Deficit: Cranial or Spinal Ganna L. Breland and Dan Miulli Case Study A 42-year-old male is in the recovery room after a posterior lumbar fusion following…
Neuroimaging and the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient
6 Neuroimaging and the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient Ganna L. Breland and Dan Miulli Case Study A 14-year-old boy sustains a head injury during a head-on collision with a…
Introduction to the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit
1 Introduction to the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Javed Siddiqi Neurosurgery is, at the same time, the oldest form of surgery and the newest. We know that trephining, for instance,…
Approach to Acute Respiratory Failure
Chapter 1 Approach to Acute Respiratory Failure Paul N. Lanken Arguably, more than any other device, mechanical ventilators symbolize intensive care and intensive care units (ICUs). Ventilators provide the most…
Hemorrhagic Shock
Chapter 9 Hemorrhagic Shock Daniel N. Holena and Vicente H. Gracias When global tissue perfusion is inadequate to meet the body’s metabolic demand, a state of shock exists. Conceptually, shock…
Transporting the Intensive Care Unit Patient
Chapter 112 Transporting the Intensive Care Unit Patient Alix O. Paget-Brown and Robert A. Sinkin Transporting the trauma patient is a well-established part of medical education. Far different, equally necessary,…
