
Neurocritical Care, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 43-1 - November 18, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Alejandro A. Rabinstein
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 0 7 3 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 0 7 4 - 8
In this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editor Dr. Alejandro A. Rabinstein brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Neurocritical Care. Top experts cover key topics in… Read more

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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editor Dr. Alejandro A. Rabinstein brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Neurocritical Care. Top experts cover key topics in the field, including ICU delirium: a neurological perspective; prolonged monitoring of brain electrical activity in the ICU; AI applications in neurocritical care; brain injury after cardiac arrest: refining prognosis; advances in the critical care of ischemic brain infarction; and many more.
- Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including curing coma: current realities and future promises; SRSE: therapeutic options and prognosis; potentially severe TBI; emergency priorities in the treatment of cerebral hemorrhage: CODE ICH; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on neurocritical care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Neurology, critical care
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- ICU Delirium
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definition
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Etiology
- Clinical presentation
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Nonpharmacological management
- Prognostic implications
- Summary: what to remember at the bedside
- Clinics care points
- Refractory and Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus: Therapeutic Options and Prognosis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Status epilepticus treatment
- Special situation: hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
- Prognosis
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Prolonged Monitoring of Brain Electrical Activity in the Intensive Care Unit
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications for continuous electroencephalogram monitoring in the critically ill
- Electroencephalogram interpretation
- Electrographic seizures and electrographic status epilepticus
- Ictal-interictal continuum
- Clinical uses of continuous electroencephalogram in the intensive care unit setting
- Traumatic brain injury
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Intracerebral hemorrhage
- Ischemic stroke
- Cardiac arrest
- Central nervous system inflammation
- Acute encephalopathy in systemic critical illness
- Logistical challenges
- Expanding access to monitoring
- A word on quantitative electroencephalogram
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Neuroworsening in Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury
- Key points
- Introduction
- Neuroworsening: what are we talking about?
- Causes and timing of neuroworsening after moderate traumatic brain injury
- How often does neuroworsening occur in moderate traumatic brain injury?
- Risk factors for neuroworsening in moderate traumatic brain injury
- Do biomarkers have a role in neuroworsening prediction?
- What is the impact of neuroworsening on the outcome of patients with traumatic brain injury?
- How to approach patients with neuroworsening?
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Contemporary Management of Subdural Hematoma
- Key points
- Introduction
- Management
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Brain Injury after Cardiac Arrest: Refining Prognosis
- Key points
- Earlier studies on prognostication
- Recent reviews and algorithms
- The clinical evaluation
- Laboratory tests
- Controversies
- Criticism
- Summary
- Advances in the Critical Care of Ischemic Brain Infarction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- High-Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Beyond Guidelines
- Key points
- Introduction
- Respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Emergency Priorities in the Treatment of Cerebral Hemorrhage: Code-Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Key points
- Introduction
- Bundled care for intracerebral hemorrhage
- Clinics care points
- The Spectrum of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
- Key points
- Background
- Etiology
- Clinical presentation
- Radiologic findings
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Advancing Neurocritical Care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: The Promise, Practicalities, and Pitfalls ahead
- Key points
- Introduction
- Artificial intelligence application on big data analysis
- Artificial intelligence applications on medical data
- AI–ML examples outside health care that can be assimilated into health care
- Importance of artificial intelligence in advancing neurologic care
- Artificial intelligence in neurocritical care
- Artificial intelligence in medical education
- Innovations and challenges
- Summary
- Declaration of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process
- Clinics care points
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 43-1
- Published: November 18, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443130731
- eBook ISBN: 9780443130748
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Alejandro A. Rabinstein
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester Minnesota