Seizures in Critical Care A Guide to Diagnosis and Therapeutics / edited by Panayiotis Varelas.

This fully revised second edition of Seizures in Critical Care: A Guide to Diagnosis and Therapeutics is an essential guide for ICU professionals and neurologists. Incorporating the last five years of advances in the field, this invaluable title keeps the same structure as the previous edition, with...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Varelas, Panayiotis (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2010.
Edition:2nd ed. 2010.
Series:Current Clinical Neurology,
Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Presentation and Pathophysiology of Seizures in the Critical Care Environment: An Overview
  • Diagnosing and Monitoring Seizures in the ICU: The Role of Continuous EEG for Detection and Management of Seizures in Critically Ill Patients
  • Stroke and Critical Care Seizures
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Seizures in the ICU
  • Brain Tumors and ICU Seizures
  • Global Hypoxia–Ischemia and Critical Care Seizures
  • Seizures in Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Multiorgan Failure, and Endocrine Crisis
  • Seizures in Organ Transplant Recipients
  • Extreme Hypertension, Eclampsia and Critical Care Seizures
  • Infection or Inflammation and ICU Seizures
  • Electrolyte Disturbances and Critical Care Seizures
  • Alcohol-Related Seizures in the Intensive Care Unit
  • Drug-Induced Seizures in Critically Ill Patients
  • Critical Care Seizures Related to Illicit Drugs and Toxins
  • Management of Status Epilepticus and Critical Care Seizures.