Main description:

This comprehensive, evidence-based book is intended to serve as a reference for medical practitioners involved in the perioperative care of neurosurgical patients. Fundamental aspects of neuroanesthesiology and neurocritical care are thoroughly examined across 101 chapters, outlining key elements that are crucial to a care provider's knowledge of the practice. These elements include specific diagnostic procedures and treatment options, concepts and applicable details of the available neurosurgical interventions and techniques, and mechanisms necessary to provide top of the line care for patients. Each chapter features definitive and distinct areas of this multi-specialty discipline, and is designed to guide the reader from problem to solution in situations that can arise in the clinical setting.

Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care, 2nd edition is a problem-oriented approach textbook that will aid a wide variety of readers in handling day-to-day issues and developments relevant to the perioperative care of neurosurgical patients.

Contents:

Section I. Basics of Neuroanesthesia CarChapter 1 - The Adult Central Nervous System: Anatomy and Physiology - Punita Sharma and Frederick Sieber

Chapter 2 - Neuroendocrine Physiology: Fundamentals and Common Syndromes - Jason D. Walls, Mitchell L. Weinstein and Joshua H. Atkins

Chapter 3 - Cerebral Edema: Pathophysiology and Principles of Management - Ross Martini and Andrea Orfanakis

Chapter 4 - Management of Fluids, Electrolytes and Blood Products in Neurosurgical Patients - Pratik V. Patel and Sadeq A. Quraishi

Chapter 5 - Key Monitoring in Neuroanesthesia: Principles, Techniques and Indications - Martin Smith

Chapter 6 - Assessing the Anesthetized State with the Electroencephalogram - George A. Mashour

Section II. Preoperative Concerns of the Neuroanesthesiologist

Chapter 7 - Cardiovascular Risk and Instability: Evaluation, Management and Triage - Justin D. Ramos and Jeffrey R. Kirsch

Chapter 8 - Risk Assessment and Treatment of Critical Carotid Stenosis: Suggestions for Perioperative Management - Kory S. Herrick

Chapter 9 - Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Risk Assessment and Perioperative Complications - Chanhung Z. Lee, Pekka Talke and Nerissa U. Ko

Chapter 10 - Traumatic Brain Injury: Risk Assessment and Perioperative Management - Jonathan Z. Pan and Lingzhong Meng

Chapter 11 - Rare Neurologic Disorders and Neuromuscular Diseases: Risk Assessment and Perioperative Management - Nicholas Hirsch and Ugan Reddy

Chapter 12 - Perioperative Pharmacotherapy in Neurosurgery: Risk Assessment and Planning - Alejandro E. Delfino, Javiera Benavides Tala and Hernan Munoz

Chapter 13 - Specific Considerations Regarding Consent and Communication with Patients and Family Prior to Neurosurgery - Kenneth Abbey and Chloe Allen-Maycock

Chapter 14 - Neurotoxicity of General Anesthetics - Margaret K. Menzel Ellis and Ansgar M. Brambrink

Chapter 15 - Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorders in the Geriatric Patient - Katie J. Schenning and Miles Berger

Chapter 16 - The Chronic Pain Patient Scheduled For Neurosurgery - Sydney E. Rose and Kimberly Mauer

Chapter 17 - Anesthesia for Patients Scheduled for Intraoperative Electrophysiological Monitoring - Antoun H. Koht and Tod B. Sloan

Chapter 18 - Factors Influencing Outcome in Neurosurgical Anesthesia - R. Ryan Field

Chapter 19 - A Comparison of Inhaled Anesthesia and Total Intravenous Anesthesia with Target-Controlled Infusion for Neuroanesthesia - Pablo O. Sepulveda V. and Francisco A. Lobo

Section III. Fundamentals of Adult Neurosurgery / Neuroanesthesia

Chapter 20 - Preparing for Anesthesia in Neurosurgical Patients - Melissa Brockerville and Pirjo Manninen

Chapter 21 - Basics of Neurosurgical Techniques and Procedures - Jennifer D. Sokolowski, Tony R. Wang and Kenneth C. Liu

Chapter 22 - Positioning the Patient for Neurosurgical Operations - Katherine O. Heller, Monica S. Vavilala and Irene Rozet

Chapter 23 - The Intraoperative Team: Getting the Most out of Collaborative Care in the

Operating Room - Debra A. Reeves

Chapter 24 - Next Level Communication - Debra A. Reeves and Haley Sands

Section IV. Critical Situations During Anesthesia for Brain Surgery in Adults

Chapter 25 - The "Tight Brain": Cerebral Herniation Syndrome - Leslie C. Jameson, Paul D. Mongan, Daniel J. Janik and Tod B. Sloan

Chapter 26 - Cerebral Ischemia: Options for Perioperative Neuroprotection - Martin Soehle

Chapter 27 - Massive Hemorrhage During Craniotomy: Emergency Management - Elizabeth Dryland and Audree A. Bendo

Chapter 28 - Challenges During Anesthesia for Awake Craniotomy - Judith Dinsmore

Chapter 29 - Perioperative Challenges During Stereotactic Neurosurgery and Deep Brain Stimulator Placement - Mitchell Y. Lee and Marc J. Bloom

Chapter 30 - Perioperative Challenges During Posterior Fossa Surgery - Martin Schott, Dieter Suhr and Jan-Peter A. H. Jantzen

Chapter 31 - Perioperative Challenges During Surgical Evacuation of Subdural and Epidural Hematomas - Walter M. van den Bergh, Anthony R. Absalom and Olaf L. Cremer

Chapter 32 - Perioperative Challenges During Cerebrovascular Surgery - Panagiotis Mastorakos, Daniel M. S. Raper and Kenneth C. Liu

Chapter 33 - Perioperative Challenges During Pituitary Surgery - Shuji Dohi

Chapter 34 - Perioperative Challenges During Craniotomy for Space-Occupying Brain Lesions - Chanannait Paisansathan and Verna L. Baughman

Section V. Critical Situations During Anesthesia for Spinal Surgery in Adults

Chapter 35 - Perioperative Challenges in Patients With Unstable Spine - Carl Helge Nielsen

Chapter 36 - Airway Crisis Associated with Cervical Spine Surgery - Edward Crosby

Chapter 37 - Spinal Cord Injury During Spinal Surgery - Hironobu Hayashi and Masahiko Kawaguchi

Chapter 38 - Blood Loss During Spinal Surgery - Matthew TV Chan and Patricia KY Kan

Chapter 39 - Coagulopathy in Spinal Surgery - Andrew H. Milby, Casey H. Halpern and James M. Schuster

Chapter 40 - Postoperative Visual Loss Following Spinal Surgery - Lorri A. Lee

Section VI. Critical Situations During Anesthesia for Other Procedures in Adult Neurosurgery

Chapter 41 - Perioperative Challenges During Diagnostic and Perioperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - Girija Prasad Rath and Deepak Sharma

Chapter 42 - Perioperative Challenges During Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) - Carrie Bowman-Dalley and James G. Hilliard

Chapter 43 - Perioperative Challenges During Carotid Artery Revascularization - Ursula Schulz

VII. Specific Perioperative Concerns in Adult Neuroanesthesia

Chapter 44 - Venous Air Embolism During Neurosurgery - Chris C. Lee, Anshi Wu and Min Li

Chapter 45 - Arterial Hypotension, Hypertension - Kirstin M. Erickson and Daniel J. Cole

Chapter 46 - Hyperthermia and Hypothermia During Neurosurgical Procedures - Eric Tesoriero, Evgeni Brotfain and Akiva Leibowitz

Chapter 47 - Challenges Associated with Perioperative Monitoring During Neurosurgery - Viraat Harsh, Shankar P. Gopinath and Claudia S. Robertson

Chapter 48 - Unintended Wake-up During Neurosurgery - Chris C. Lee, Tian-Long Wang and Susan Ironstone

Chapter 49 - Cardiac Arrest/Code - Jurgen Knapp, Michael Bernhard and Bernd W. Boettiger

Chapter 50 - Arousal from Anesthesia: Failure to Emerge - W. Scott Jellish

Chapter 51 - Communication Challenges During the Perioperative Period - David J. Murray

Section VIII. Fundamentals of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neuroanesthesia

Chapter 52 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Central Nervous System in Children - Benjamin B. Bruins and Todd J. Kilbaugh

Chapter 53 - Pediatric Anesthetic Care Requirements - Mali Hetmaniuk and Gregory J. Latham

Chapter 54 - The Pediatric Airway in Neurosurgery - Debra Elayne Morrison and Zeev N. Kain

Chapter 55 - Specific Aspects of Positioning, Fluids, Glucose Control and Temperature Management - Gerhard K. Wolf, Sulpicio G. Soriano and John H. Arnold

Section IX. Critical Situations During Anesthesia for Pediatric Neurosurgery

Chapter 56 - Challenges During Surgery for Hydrochephalus - Inger Aliason and Jeffrey L. Koh

Chapter 57 - Challenges During Surgery for Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adults - Giuliana Geng-Ramos and Dolores B. Njoku

Chapter 58 - Challenges During Surgery for Meningomyelocele and Encephalomyelocele - Brad M. Taicher and Allison Kinder Ross

Chapter 59 - Challenges During Cranial Decompression - Benjamin B. Bruins and Todd J. Kilbaugh

Chapter 60 - Challenges During Surgery for Craniosynostosis and Craniofacial Surgery - Heike Gries and Jeffrey L. Koh

Chapter 61 - Challenges During Tumor Surgery in Children and Infants - Jonida Zeqo, Gregory W. Albert and Jayant Deshpande

Chapter 62 - Challenges During Surgery for Vascular Anomalies in Pediatrics - Edward R. Smith, Craig D. McClain and Sulpicio G. Soriano

Chapter 63 - Challenges During Epilepsy Surgery in Pediatric Patients - R. Ryan Field, Abraham Rosenbaum and Zeev N. Kain

Chapter 64 - Challenges During Pediatric Endoscopic Neurosurgery - Nina Deutsch

Chapter 65 - Challenges During Diagnostic and Perioperative Imaging in Children with Brain Pathology - James Peyton, Mary Landrigan-Ossar and Craig D. McClain

Section X. Postoperative Concerns in Pediatric Neuroanesthesia

Chapter 66 - Emergence from Anesthesia Following Pediatric Neurosurgery - Kirk Lalwani

Chapter 67 - Postanesthesia Care Unit Risks Following Pediatric Neurosurgery - Balvindar Kaur and Andrew Davidson

Chapter 68 - Intensive Care Risks of Pediatric Neurosurgery - Craig D. McClain and Michael L. McManus

Section XI. Fundamentals of Interventional Neuroradiology

Chapter 69 - Radiation Safety in Interventional Neuroradiology - Justin P. Dodge, Neil E. Roundy and Kenneth C. Liu

Chapter 70 - Understanding Basic Techniques and Procedures in Interventional Neuroradiology - Daniel M. S. Raper and Kenneth C. Liu

Chapter 71 - Basics of Image Interpretation in Interventional Neuroradiology - Wibke S. Muller-Forell

Section XII. Specific Concerns Regarding Anesthesia for Interventional Neuroradiology

Chapter 72 - Procedural Challenges in Interventional Neuroradiology - Huong G. Nguyen, Catherine B. Barden and David L. McDonagh

Chapter 73 - Anesthesiological Challenges During Neuroradiological Interventions - Michael Aziz and Ansgar M. Brambrink

Chapter 74 - Specific Challenges during Neuroradiologic Interventions in Pediatric Patients - F. Cole Dooley and Timothy W. Martin

Section XIII. Challenges During Postoperative Anesthesia Care After Neurosurgery

Chapter 75 - Surgical Emergencies After Neurosurgery - Jason D. Walls and R. Alexander Schlichter

Chapter 76 - Postoperative Respiratory Complications - Yulia Ivashkova and Karen B. Domino

Chapter 77 - Neurologic Emergencies After Neurosurgery - G.S. Umamaheswara Rao and M. Radhakrishnan

Chapter 78 - Hemodynamic Complications After Neurosurgery - Jeffrey Yoder, Umeshkumar Athiraman and Rene Tempelhoff

Chapter 79 - Endocrinologic Emergencies After Neurosurgery - Ola Harrskog and Robert E. Shangraw

Chapter 80 - Postoperative Paralysis, Skin Lesions and Corneal Abrasions After Neurosurgery - Martin H. Dauber and Steven Roth

Chapter 81 - Postoperative Pain Management in Patients After Neurosurgical Operations - Mary Newton and Tacson Fernandez

Chapter 82 - Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Neurosurgery - Concezione Tommasino

Chapter 83 - The Intrahospital Transport of Neurosurgical Patients - Amy S. Odefey and Laurel E. Moore

Chapter 84 - Acute Post-op Brain Edema: Treatment Strategies - Ross Martini and Andrea Orfanakis

Section XIV. Challenges in Neurocritical Care of Neurosurgical Patients

Chapter 85 - Altered Mental Status in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Christoph S. Burkhart and Luzius A. Steiner

Chapter 86 - Cerebrovascular Vasospasm, Normal Pressure Breakthrough Edema, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Sanjeev Sivakumar and Jose I. Suarez

Chapter 87 - Sedation, Analgesia, and Neuromuscular Blockade in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Travis Melin and Miko Enomoto

Chapter 88 - Airway and Pulmonary Management in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Edward M. Manno

Chapter 89 - Myocardial and Vascular Management in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Valerie Sera and E. Paige Gerbic

Chapter 90 - Nutrition and Glucose Management - Michael J. Souter and Arthur M. Lam

Chapter 91 - Fluid and Electrolyte Management in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Guillermo Bugedo and Maria Magdalena Vera Alarcon

Chapter 92 - Temperature Management in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Martin H. Dauber

Chapter 93 - Coagulation Management in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Irene Dehghan-Paz, Sarice Bassin and Thomas Bleck

Chapter 94 - Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Corey R. White and Kamila Vagnerova

Chapter 95 - Intracranial Monitors in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Matthew A. Kirkman

Chapter 96 - Central Nervous System Infection in Neurosurgical Critical Care - David W. Van Wyck and Michael L. James

Chapter 97 - Antiepileptic Drug Therapy in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Panayiotis N. Varelas and Denise H. Rhoney

Chapter 98 - Withdrawal of Mechanical Ventilation in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Paul B. Bascom

Chapter 99 - Brain Death in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Amit Prakash and Basil Matta

Chapter 100 - Organ Donation - Pamela A. Lipsett

Chapter 101 - Interaction with Family and Friends in Neurosurgical Critical Care - Amy E. Guthrie, Robert Hugo Richardson and Mary Denise Smith