Thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition, this handbook is an essential guide to perioperative management of neurosurgical patients. In a quick-reference outline format, the book provides detailed information about the anesthetic management of neuro-surgical and neuroradiologic procedures and the intensive care of neurosurgical patients and those who have sustained traumatic brain and spinal cord injury.
• Interventional neuroradiology
• Treatment of cerebral and spinal cord ischemia
• Awake craniotomy for tumor and epilepsy
• Pediatric neurosurgery and neuroradiology
• Cerebral protection and stroke therapy
• Diagnosis of brain death
• Anesthetic management of organ harvest