Anesthesia Key

28 Brain Death Dan Miulli Case Study A 72-year-old female presented with acute loss of consciousness while sitting in a chair at home. Her workup included a computed tomography (CT)…

Section I Initial Assessment 2 Bedside Exam in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit John D. Cantando, Daniel Hutton, and Dan Miulli Patients admitted to the neurosurgical intensive care unit (NICU)…

17 Intracranial Pressure Fundamentals Daniel Hutton, Javed Siddiqi, and Dan Miulli Case Study A 42-year-old male is brought to the emergency department after rear-ending another vehicle at a high speed….

33 Medical-Legal Issues in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Dan Miulli, Silvio F. Hoshek, and Rosalinda M. Menoni Case Study The police bring into the emergency room an adult Asian…

9 The Spinal Cord–Injured Patient Jeffery M. Jones and Dan Miulli Case Study A 77-year-old female was admitted 5 hours after a fall down three steps, with strength of her…

23 Seizure Disorders: Diagnosis and Management Margaret R. Wacker Case Study A 23-year-old patient underwent a subfrontal craniotomy for craniopharyngioma. She developed transient diabetes insipidus. Several days later, her sodium…

Section V Specific Diseases 26 Disease-Specific Phenomena John D. Cantando and Javed Siddiqi Case Study A 56-year-old woman of Vietnamese origin presented to the emergency room, complaining of the “worst…

Section III Pathophysiology 13 Homeostatic Mechanisms in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient Gayatri Sonti, Dan Miulli, and Javed Siddiqi Case Study A 28-year-old right-handed Caucasian male had a pituitary…

16 Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics and Pathology Lynn M. Serrano, John D. Cantando, and Dan Miulli Case Study A 21-year-old female was struck in the head by falling objects resulting in…

34 Discharge Planning in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient Paula Snyder Discharge planning in the neurosurgical intensive care unit (NICU) should begin upon admission. Neurologic patients often have increased…