10.1055/b-0038-160255 25 Systemic Complications and Disease-Specific Phenomena Leading to Ischemic InjuryHammad Ghanchi and Dan E. Miulli Abstract The neurointensivist is first an intensivist, trained to treat all systems of the…
10.1055/b-0038-160261 31 Discharge Planning for the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit PatientDan E. Miulli, Jacob Bernstein, and Paula Snyder Abstract Discharge planning should begin at admission, taking into consideration the patient’s…
10.1055/b-0038-160240 10 Neurophysiology in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit: Options, Indications, and InterpretationsTyler Carson, Dennis Cramer, and Dan E. Miulli Abstract The neurointensivist should at all cost prevent nervous tissue…
10.1055/b-0038-160260 30 Medical-Legal Issues in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care UnitBailey Zampella, Dan E. Miulli, Silvio Hoshek, Rosalinda Menoni, and Yancey Beamer Abstract The central nervous system is the unique person….
10.1055/b-0038-160243 13 Intracranial Pressure FundamentalsTyler Carson, Dan E. Miulli, and Javed Siddiqi Abstract The Monro–Kellie hypothesis states that the skull is a solid box within which the volume of all…
10.1055/b-0038-160251 21 Cerebral Microdialysis in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care UnitJeff W. Chen, Daniella Abrams-Alexandru, and Javed Siddiqi Abstract While monitoring intracranial pressure is meaningful for a mechanical understanding of brain…
10.1055/b-0038-160259 29 Spiritual Care of the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient and FamilyJohn Spitalieri, Marc Billings, and Javed Siddiqi Abstract With all the high-tech equipment, monitoring, and imaging in the…
10.1055/b-0038-160258 28 Family CommunicationMark Krel and Dan E. Miulli Abstract No other facet of medicine is as difficult for the neurointensivist as communication. Sometimes communication occurs with the patient but…
10.1055/b-0038-160257 27 Brain DeathOmid R. Hariri and Dan E. Miulli Abstract It is difficult for the neurointensivist, who has attempted without hesitation and with all available measures to save and…
10.1055/b-0038-160256 26 Acute Ischemic StrokeRobert J. Claycomb, Luis T. Arangua, Vladimir Adriano Cortez, Glenn Fischberg, and Javed Siddiqi Abstract Approximately 87% of all strokes are ischemic (vs. hemorrhagic). Because of…
