BookKatja E. Wartenberg, Khalid Shukri, Tamer Abdelhak, editors.
Summary: This book provides guidance for physicians confronted with acute neurological crises in the context of patient safety centred practice standards. It highlights how the implementation of patient safety standards in the neurointensive care unit leads to better clinical outcomes and emphasizes the importance of utilizing appropriate resources, ensuring evidence-based practice is followed. Cost effectiveness, continuous performance improvement and the creation of a non-punitive culture are also discussed. Neurointensive Care: A Clinical Guide to Patient Safety is aimed at physicians around the world caring for critically ill neurological patients either in the emergency department or intensive care unit, and may also be valuable for nurses working in these settings. Neurointensivists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists, general intensivists, emergency physicians, and trainees dealing with neurological catastrophes will find this book of interest.
Contents:
Patient Safety Standards in the Neuro-ICU
Airway Safety in the Neurocritical Care Unit
Mechanical Ventilation in the Neuro-ICU
Nutrition in Neuro-ICU
Monitoring in the Neurocritical Care Unit
Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
Postoperative Care in Neurooncology
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Patient Safety in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Bacterial Meningitis
Brain Abscess
Seizures and Status Epilepticus in the Neurologic Intensive Care Unit
Traumatic Brain Injury
Patient Safety in Guillain Barre Syndrome and Acute Neuromuscular Disorders
Acute Spinal Disorders
Care for Complications after Catastrophic Brain Injury
Neuroimaging in the Neuro-ICU
Brain Death
Ethics in the Neuro-ICU.