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Eelco Wijdicks is Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Chair of the Division of Critical Care Neurology, and Consultant, Neurological Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Saint Marys Hospital, Mayo Clinic

• Part I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF RECOGNITION OF CRITICALLY ILL NEUROLOGIC PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT Chapter 1 The Presenting Neurologic Emergency Chapter 2 Criteria of Triage Part II. EVALUATION OF PRESENTING SYMPTOMS INDICATING URGENCY Chapter 3 "Confused and Febrile" Chapter 4 "A Terrible Headache"Chapter 5 "Blacked Out and Slumped Down" Chapter 6 "See Nothing, See Double, See Shapes"Chapter 7 "Spinning" Chapter 8 "Moving, Jerking, and Spasm" Part III. EVALUATION OF PRESENTING SYMPTOMS INDICATING CRITICAL EMERGENCY Chapter 9 "Can't Walk or Stand"Chapter 10 "Short of Breath"Chapter 11 "Seizing"Chapter 12 "Comatose" Part V. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OF CRITICALLY ILL NEUROLOGIC PATIENTS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Chapter 15 General Perspectives of Care Chapter 16 Agitation and PainChapter 17 Mechanical VentilationChapter 18 NutritionChapter 19 Volume Status and Blood PressureChapter 20 Anticoagulation and Thrombolysis Chapter 21 Fever and Cooling Chapter 22 Increased Intracranial Pressure Part VI. TECHNOLOGIES IN THE NEUROSCIENCES INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Chapter 23 Monitoring DevicesChapter 24 Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound and Neurophysiology Part VII. MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC DISORDERS IN CRITICAL CARE NEUROLOGY Chapter 26 Aneurysmal Subarachnoid HemorrhageChapter 27 Ganglionic and Lobar HemorrhagesChapter 28 Cerebellum and Brainstem HemorrhagesChapter 29 Major Hemispheric Ischemic Stroke SyndromesChapter 30 Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion Chapter 31 Cerebellar Infarct Chapter 32 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Chapter 33 Acute Bacterial Meningitis Chapter 34 Brain Abscess Chapter 35 Acute EncephalitisChapter 36 Acute Spinal Cord Disorders Chapter 37 Acute White Matter DisordersChapter 38 Acute Obstructive HydrocephalusChapter 39 Malignant Brain TumorsChapter 40 Status EpilepticusChapter 41 Traumatic Brain InjuryChapter 42 Guillain-Barré Syndrome Chapter 43 Myasthenia Gravis Part VIII. POSTOPERATIVE NEUROSURGICAL AND NEUROINTERVENTIONAL COMPLICATIONS Chapter 44 Complications of Craniotomy and Biopsy Chapter 45 Complications of Carotid Endarterectomy and StentingChapter 46 Complications of Interventional Neuroradiology Part IX. EMERGENCY CONSULTS IN THE GENERAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Chapter 47 Neurology of Transplant MedicineChapter 48 Neurology of Cardiac and Aortic SurgeryChapter 49 Neurology of Resuscitation Medicine Chapter 50 Neurology of Pregnancy Part X. CRITICAL CARE SUPPORT Chapter 51 ShockChapter 52 Cardiopulmonary arrest Chapter 53 Acute Kidney Injury Chapter 54 Endocrine Emergencies Part XI. MANAGEMENT OF SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS Chapter 55 Management of Pulmonary ComplicationsChapter 56 Management of Cardiac ComplicationsChapter 57 Management of Acid-Base Disorders, Sodium and Glucose HandlingChapter 58 Management of Gastrointestinal Complications Chapter 59 Management of Nosocomial InfectionsChapter 60 Management of Hematologic Complications and TransfusionChapter 62 Management of Drug Reactions Part XII. DECISIONS AT THE END OF LIFE AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES Chapter 63 The Diagnosis of Brain Death Chapter 64 Donation after Cardiac DeathChapter 65 Organ ProcurementChapter 66 Ethical and Legal Matters Part XIII. FORMULAS AND SCALES Part XIV. GUIDELINES