Seizures in Critical Care: A Guide to Diagnosis and Therapeutics

By Panayiotis Varelas

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319841874
• ISBN13: 9783319841878
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 11.0"