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, USA. Dr Wijdicks has 15 books in print with Oxford University Press, Neurologic Complications of Critical illness 4ed (2023) Brain Death 3ed (2016),The Comatose Patient (2014) Core Principles of Acute Neurology ( 6 volumes) 2014 The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology 2ed (2016) Neurocritical Care 3ed What do I do now Series? (2016).

• Section I: Fundamentals of Critical Care 1. Respiratory Physiology in Critical Illness Richard A. Oeckler, MD, PhD 2. Basic Mechanical Ventilation Amelia A. Lowell, RRT, RCP, and Michael J. Day, RRT, RCP 3. Advanced Modes of Mechanical Ventilation Amelia A. Lowell, RRT, RCP, Pritesh K. Patel, MD, and Bhavesh M. Patel, MD 4. Cardiovascular System in Critical Illness Courtney E. Bennett, DO 5. Kidney Function in Critical Illness Pramod K. Guru, MBBS, MD 6. Nutrition in Critical Illness Mireille H. Hamdan, DCN, RDN, LD/N, and Angela N. Vizzini, RDN, LD/N Section I: Questions and Answers Section II: Fundamentals of Neurocritical Care 7. Neurologic Examination in Neurocritical Illness Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD 8. Intracranial Pressure Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD, and William D. Freeman, MD 9. Cerebrospinal Fluid Physiology Joseph Zachariah, DO, and Tia Chakraborty, MD 10. Cerebral Circulation and Cerebral Blood Flow Arnoley S. Abcejo, MD, and Jeffrey J. Pasternak, MD, MS 11. Consequences of Anoxia and Ischemia to the Brain Jennifer E. Fugate, DO, and Lauren K. Ng, MD 12. Consequences of Acute Metabolic Changes to the Brain Sherri A. Braksick, MD, and Sara E. Hocker, MD 13. Neurologic Consequences of Acute Hypertension Ahmed Koriesh, MB, BCh, and Sherri A. Braksick, MD 14. Coma and Other Altered States of Consciousness Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD 15. Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure Maximiliano A. Hawkes, MD, and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD 16. Neurogenic Breathing Patterns Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD 17. Neurogenic Cardiac Manifestations Sherri A. Braksick, MD, and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD 18. Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity Farwa Ali, MBBS, and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD Section II: Questions and Answers Section III: Critical Care Disorders Pulmonary Disorders 19. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Richard K. Patch III, MD, and Richard A. Oeckler, MD, PhD 20. Pulmonary Embolism: An Overview Brandon T. Nokes, MD, and Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, MD, MSc 21. Asthma in the Critically Ill Patient Sreeja Biswas Roy, MBBS, and Cyril Varghese, MD, MS 22. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation Abdelmohaymin A. Abdalla, MBBS, and Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, MD, MSc 23. Pleural Diseases in Critical Care Medicine Neal M. Patel, MD 24. Pulmonary Malignancy Varun Bansal, MD, and Margaret M. Johnson, MD 25. Pulmonary Hypertension and Right-Sided Heart Failure in Critically Ill Patients Hollie Saunders, MD, John E. Moss, MD, and Charles D. Burger, MD Cardiovascular Disorders 26. Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactic Shock Michael E. D'Netto, MD, Megan S. Motosue, MD, and Gerald W. Volcheck, MD 27. Cardiogenic Shock Meir Tabi, MD, and Jacob C. Jentzer, MD 28. Acute Coronary Syndrome Siva S. Ketha, MD, and Juan Carlos Leoni Moreno, MD 29. Cardiac Rhythm and Conduction Disturbances Fred Kusumoto, MD 30. Hypertensive Emergencies Luke J. Matzek, MD, Denzil R. Hill, MD, and James A. Onigkeit, MD 31. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Richard K. Patch III, MD, and Alice Gallo de Moraes, MD 32. Vascular Emergencies of the Aorta Houssam Farres, MD Acute Endocrine Disorders 33. Pituitary Apoplexy Sherri A. Braksick, MD, and Tia Chakraborty, MD 34. Arginine Vasopressin Deficiency and Resistance Dana Erickson, MD, and Lucinda M. Gruber, MD 35. Hypopituitarism Lucinda M. Gruber, MD 36. Thyroid Disorders in the Intensive Care Unit Naina K. Sawal, MD, and John E. Moss, MD 37. Glycemic Control in Neurocritically Ill Patients Nayla Ahmed, MBBS, and Alice Gallo de Moraes, MD 38. Adrenal Insufficiency in Neurocritically Ill Patients Susan L. Samson, MD, PhD, Levi W. Howard, DO, and Carla P. Venegas, MD Gastrointestinal Disorders 39. Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Pablo Moreno Franco, MD, Philip E. Lowman, MD, and Michael F. Harrison, MD, PhD 40. Paralytic and Obstructive Ileus John M. Zietlow, MD 41. Acute Liver Failure Alexandra L. Anderson, MD, Sarvie Esmaeilzadeh, MB, BCh, BAO, James Y. Findlay, MB, ChB, and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD 42. Acute Perforations of the Gastrointestinal Tract Naina K. Sawal, MD, and Alice Gallo de Moraes, MD 43. Acute Vascular Disorders of the Intestine Omar Y. Mousa, MBBS, MD, and Surakit Pungpapong, MD 44. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Irving A. Jorge, MD, Peter F. Johnston, MD, and Daniel J. Johnson, MD Kidney Disorders 45. Acute Kidney Injury: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management Jacob Ninan, MD, MS, and Kianoush B. Kashani, MD, MS 46. Acid-Base Disorders Urbee Disha Peterson, DO, and Alice Gallo de Moraes, MD 47. Drug Dosing in Kidney Dysfunction Mariam Charkviani, MD, Caitlin S. Brown, PharmD, RPh, and Erin F. Barreto, PharmD, RPh 48. Principles of Kidney Replacement Therapy Swetha Reddy, MBBS, MD, and Juan Pablo Domecq Garces, MD 49. Disorders of Water and Electrolyte Balance Michael Bernaba, Suman Misra, MD, and Mira T. Keddis, MD Hematologic and Inflammatory Disorders 50. Anemia and Blood Transfusion T. N. Diem Vu, MD, John M. Zietlow, MD, and Myung S. Park, MD, MS 51. Hematologic and Oncologic Complications in the Intensive Care Unit Janhavi Athale, MD, and Leslie J. Padrnos, MD 52. Thrombocytopenia and Thrombocytopathy in the Intensive Care Unit Janhavi Athale, MD, and Leslie J. Padrnos, MD 53. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Leslie J. Padrnos, MD, and Janhavi Athale, MD 54. Diagnosis and Management of Acquired Bleeding Disorders Meera Sridharan, MD, PhD, and Rajiv K. Pruthi, MBBS 55. Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Therapy Theresa N. Kinard, MD 56. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for Acute Hematologic Disorders Jill Adamski, MD, PhD 57. Rheumatologic Conditions in Critical Care Alain Sanchez Rodriguez, MBBS, Gabriel Figueroa-Parra, MD, and Alí A. Duarte García, MD Sepsis and Other Infectious Diseases 58. Infectious Diseases Complicating Critical Care Aditya S. Shah, MBBS, and Josh Clement, PharmD, RPh 59. Antibiotics in the Intensive Care Unit Aditya S. Shah, MBBS, and Josh Clement, PharmD, RPh60. Sepsis and Septic Shock Philippe R. Bauer, MD, PhD Dermatologic Concerns 61. Dermatologic Emergencies in the Intensive Care Unit Matthew R. Hall, MD Trauma and Burns 62. Initial Approach to the Management of Multisystem Trauma David S. Morris, MD, and T. N. Diem Vu, MD 63. Chest and Abdominal Trauma Joy D. Hughes, MD, and David S. Morris, MD 64. Skeletal Trauma John M. Zietlow, MD 65. Burns and Electrical Injuries Brandon T. Nokes, MD, and Ayan Sen, MD Cardiothoracic Critical Care 66. Cardiothoracic Surgery and Postoperative Intensive Care Arun L. Jayaraman, MD, PhD 67. Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices Bhavesh M. Patel, MD 68. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Pramod Guru, MBBS, MD, and Gregory J. Schears, MD 69. Cardiac Pacing in the Intensive Care Unit Joshua M. Hauser, MD, MPH, Michael R. Boswell, MD, and Harish Ramakrishna, MD Transplant Critical Care 70. Clinical Management of Heart Transplant Senthil Anand, MBBS, and Lisa M. LeMond, MD 71. Clinical Management of Heart-Lung and Lung Transplant Sadia Z. Shah, MD, and Francisco Alvarez, MD 72. Clinical Management of Liver Transplant Amanda F. Ambrose, MD, and Bhargavi Gali, MD, MHA 73. Clinical Management of Kidney Transplant James A. Onigkeit, MD, Ryan M. Benjamin, DO, and Kyle J. Haselton, MD 74. Small Intestinal Transplant Ayan Sen, MD Toxicity and Toxins 75. Serotonin Syndrome Farwa Ali, MBBS, and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD 76. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Hyperthermia John A. Fanous, MBBS, and Aaron B. Skolnik, MD 77. Toxicology of Selected Illicit Substances and Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Matthew D. Sztajnkrycer, MD, PhD Section III: Questions and Answers Section IV: Neurocritical Illness Acute Cerebrovascular Disorders 78. Diagnosis and Management of Hemispheric Infarction Carlos Perez Vega, MD, Sanjeet S. Grewal, MD, and W. Christopher Fox, MD 79. Basilar Artery Occlusion Maximiliano A. Hawkes, MD, and Jennifer E. Fugate, DO 80. Carotid Artery Disease Samir Kashyap, DO, Al-Wala A. Awad, MD, Nnenna Mbabuike, MD, and Rabih G. Tawk, MD 81. Adult Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis Carlo Salvarani, MD, Robert D. Brown Jr, MD, MPH, and Gene G. Hunder, MD 82. Intracerebral and Intraventricular Hemorrhage Oana M. Dumitrascu, MD 83. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Kristen M. Scheitler, MD, and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD 84. Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations Kelly D. Flemming, MD, and Giuseppe Lanzino, MD 85. Cerebral Venous and Dural Sinus Thrombosis Christopher R. Marcellino, MD, and Sara E. Hocker, MD 86. Cervical Arterial Dissection Gyanendra Kumar, MD, and Bart M. Demaerschalk, MD Traumatic Brain and Spine Injury 87. Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Nikita Lakomkin, MD, and Jeremy L. Fogelson, MD 88. Traumatic Intracranial Epidural and Subdural Hematomas in Adults Kristen M. Scheitler, MD, and John L. D. Atkinson, MD 89. Unstable Spinal Fractures Zachary A. Pennington, MD, William E. Clifton III, MD, and Mark A. Pichelmann, MD Acute Central Nervous System Infections 90. Encephalitis Allen J. Aksamit Jr, MD 91. Acute Bacterial Meningitis Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD 92. Brain Abscess and Spinal Epidural Abscess Cristina G. Corsini Campioli, MD, and John C. O'Horo, MD, MPH Acute Neuromuscular Disorders 93. Myasthenia Gravis Maximiliano A. Hawkes, MD, and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD 94. Guillain-Barré Syndrome Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD 95. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Jennifer M. Martinez-Thompson, MD, and Nathan P. Staff, MD, PhD 96. Rhabdomyolysis, Myopathies in Intensive Care, and Toxic Myopathies Margherita Milone, MD, PhD, and Justin C. Kao, MB, ChB 97. Myopathy and Neuropathy Acquired in the Intensive Care Unit Priya S. Dhawan, MD, and Jennifer A. Tracy, MDDR Miscellaneous Disorders of Acute Brain Injury 98. Status Epilepticus Pouya A. Ameli, MD, MS, Christopher Robinson, DO, MS, and Sara E. Hocker, MD 99. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Jennifer E. Fugate, DO 100. Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System Caitlin S. Jackson-Tarlton, MD, and W. Oliver Tobin, MB, BCh, BAO, PhD101. Prion Disease and Evaluation of Rapidly Progressive Dementia J. Brent Peel, MD, Levi W. Howard, DO, and Dennis W. Dickson, MD Neuro-oncology 102. Brain and Spine Tumors Mithun G. Sattur, MD, Devi P. Patra, MBBS, Maciej M. Mrugala, MD, PhD, Ayan Sen, MD, and Bernard R. Bendok, MD 103. Leptomeningeal Metastasis David N. Abarbanel, MD, and Alyx B. Porter, MD 104. Autoimmune Encephalitis in Critical Care Eslam Shosha, MB, BCh, and Sean J. Pittock, MD 105. Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for Central Nervous System Tumors Ugur T. Sener, MD, Sameer R. Keole, MD, and Sani H. Kizilbash, MD, MPH Postoperative Neurosurgery 106. Intensive Care After Spinal Surgery Anthony L. Mikula, MD, and Benjamin D. Elder, MD, PhD 107. Intensive Care After Craniotomy Lina Marenco Hillembrand, MD, and Kaisorn L. Chaichana, MD108. Intensive Care After Neuroendovascular Procedures Brian W. Chong, MD, Chandan Krishna, MD, and Bernard R. Bendok, MD Section IV: Questions and Answers Section V: Imaging in Critical Illness 109. Chest Imaging Carlos A. Rojas, MD, and Barbara L. McComb, MD 110. Abdominal Radiographs Frank K. Chen, MD, David J. DiSantis, MD, and Joseph G. Cernigliaro, MD 111. Ultrasonography Christopher M. Kyper, MD, and Lauren K. Ng, MD112. Transesophageal Echocardiography Joshua M. Hauser, MD, MPH, Scott J. Heller, MD, and Harish Ramakrishna, MD Section V: Questions and Answers Section VI: Procedures Airway Procedures and Modes of Ventilation 113. Basics of Airway and Oxygen Delivery Devices Andrew W. Murray, MD 114. Endotracheal Intubation Procedures Juan G. Ripoll Sanz, MD, and Matthew J. Ritter, MD 115. Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Arvind Balavenkataraman, MBBS, and John E. Moss, MD 116. Tracheostomy Cody J. Smith, MD, Saba Ghorab, MD, and David G. Lott, MD 117. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Bronchoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit John A. Fanous, MBBS, and Kenneth K. Sakata, MD Cardiovascular and Cardiopulmonary Monitoring and Access 118. Electrocardiographic Monitoring Sumedh K. Iyengar, MBBS, Shruti K. Iyengar, MBBS, and Komandoor Srivathsan, MD 119. Hemodynamic Monitoring Hannelisa E. Callisen, PA-C, and Ayan Sen, MD 120. Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Philip E. Lowman, MD, and Christan D. Santos, APRN, DNP 121. Thoracentesis and Chest Tubes Staci E. Beamer, MD 122. Central Line Placement Luke J. Matzek, MD, and W. Brian B. Beam, MD 123. Interventional Radiology Procedures Rahmi Oklu, MD, PhD, and Harish Narayanan, MD Neuromonitoring and Procedures 124. Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and External Ventricular DrainageAmanda D. Tomlinson, APRN, DNP, and William D. Freeman, MD 125. Lumbar Puncture Christina I. Collins, APRN, DNP, and Karen A. Pratt, APRN 126. Lumbar Drain Jamie J. Van Gompel, MD 127. Intraventricular Drug Administration William W. Horn Jr, APRN, and Benjamin L. Brown, MD 128. Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography Michelle P. Lin, MD, MPH, and Josephine F. Huang, MD 129. Electroencephalography Amy Z. Crepeau, MD 130. Essentials of Multimodal Brain Monitoring Jennifer E. Fugate, DO 131. Essentials of Cranial Neuroimaging Vishal N. Patel, MD, PhD, and Sukhwinder S. Sandhu, MD Section VI: Questions and Answers Section VII: Pharmacotherapeutics 132. Sedation and Analgesia Kevin H. Luk, MD 133. Inotropes, Vasopressors, and Antihypertensive Agents Juan N. Pulido Sierra, MD 134. Antibiotics, Antivirals, and Antifungals Christopher F. Saling, MD Section VII: Questions and Answers Section VIII: End-of-Life Considerations 135. Palliative and End-of-Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit Maisha T. Robinson, MD 136. Assessing Decisional Capacity Ahmed A. Alhassan, MBBS, David C. Fipps, DO, and Christopher L. Sola, DO 137. Brain Death Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD 138. Disorders of Consciousness Amanda L. Porter, MD, and Gregory S. Day, MD 139. Concerns and Care Before Organ Donation Diane C. McLaughlin, APRN, and Lauren K. Ng, MD 140. Medical Professionalism Thomas Gossard, BA, and Erik K. St. Louis, MD 141. Informed Consent for Treatment or Research Thomas Gossard, BA, and Erik K. St. Louis, MD Section VIII: Questions and Answers