Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- SECTION I PRINCIPLES OF NEUROCRITICAL CARE
- SECTION II NEUROMONITORING
- SECTION III MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC DISORDERS IN THE NEUROCRITICAL CARE UNIT
- 10 Ischemic Stroke
- 11 Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- 12 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- 13 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- 14 Status Epilepticus
- 15 Nerve and Muscle Disorders
- 16 Head Trauma
- 17 Encephalopathy
- 18 Coma and Brain Death
- 19 Neuroterrorism and Drug Overdose
- 20 Central Nervous System Infections
- 21 Spinal Cord Injury
- 22 Postoperative Management in the Neurosurgical Critical Care Unit
- 23 Ethical and Legal Considerations in Neuroscience Critical Care
- SECTION IV MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL DISORDERS IN THE NEUROCRITICAL CARE UNIT
- Index
- Plate section
18 - Coma and Brain Death
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- SECTION I PRINCIPLES OF NEUROCRITICAL CARE
- SECTION II NEUROMONITORING
- SECTION III MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC DISORDERS IN THE NEUROCRITICAL CARE UNIT
- 10 Ischemic Stroke
- 11 Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- 12 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- 13 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- 14 Status Epilepticus
- 15 Nerve and Muscle Disorders
- 16 Head Trauma
- 17 Encephalopathy
- 18 Coma and Brain Death
- 19 Neuroterrorism and Drug Overdose
- 20 Central Nervous System Infections
- 21 Spinal Cord Injury
- 22 Postoperative Management in the Neurosurgical Critical Care Unit
- 23 Ethical and Legal Considerations in Neuroscience Critical Care
- SECTION IV MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL DISORDERS IN THE NEUROCRITICAL CARE UNIT
- Index
- Plate section
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- Neurocritical Care , pp. 227 - 241Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009