Neurologic Complications of Critical Illness
Author | : Eelco F. M. Wijdicks |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : 0195140796 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780195140798 |
Rating | : 4/5 (798 Downloads) |
Download or read book Neurologic Complications of Critical Illness written by Eelco F. M. Wijdicks and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a thoroughly revised and expanded second edition of the definitive volume on the diagnosis and management of neurologic complications during critical illness (originally published under the title Critical Illness by FA Davis in 1995). Among the new features for the second edition are chapters on the evaluation of coma focused on structural causes, neurologic complications in the critically ill pregnant patient, and withdrawal of life support. The book is intended for neurologists, intensivists, anesthesiologists, pulmonologists, neurology and ICU nurses, neurosurgeons, and transplant surgeons working in surgical and medical intensive care units, including transplant units.