Gupta and Gelb's Essentials of Neuroanesthesia and Neurointensive Care

This updated second edition of Gupta and Gelb's Essentials of Neuroanesthesia and Neurointensive Care contains the ideal combination of updated information for the practitioner, presented in easy-to-digest short chapters. With an essential clinical focus on key neuroanesthesia and neurointensive care knowledge, it is a practical guide for any practitioner of neuroanesthesia, beginner, occasional or experienced. The user-friendly format contains bullet points to ensure retention of important data, key points to summarize the take-home messages, suitable images to enhance understanding, and pertinent and appropriate references to allow for further exploration of the topics. This book is ideal for residents and others undergoing neuroanesthesia training. It is also a great tool for Operating Room nurses and other OR support workers, neurosurgical residents and neurointensive care professionals. This will also be a useful book to supplement knowledge for postgraduate fellowship and Board examinations.

    Updated chapters include more graphics, with contents to allow a quick overview of topics
    Key points sections at the start of each chapter allow for quick summary of information
    Includes a new chapter on anesthesia for stereotactic and endoscopic neurosurgical procedures
    Offers more chapters on intensive care management of patients

Table of Contents

Part I. Anatomy:
1. Structure and function of the brain and spinal cord
2. Cerebral circulation
Part II. Physiology:
3. Cerebral blood flow and its control
4. Cerebral metabolism
5. The intracranial compartment and intracranial pressure
6. Cerebral ischemia
7. Intraoperative brain protection
Part III. Pharmacology:
8. Intravenous anesthetic agents
9. Volatile anesthetic agents
10. Opioids and adjuvant drugs
Part IV. Neuroanesthesia:
11. Preoperative assessment
12. Basic concepts of neuroimaging
13. Neurosurgical operative approaches
14. Surgical positioning
15. Anesthesia for supratentorial surgery
16. Anesthesia for intracranial vascular lesions
17. Anesthesia for posterior Fossa lesions
18. Anesthesia for CSF diversion and endoscopic neurosurgical procedures
19. Anesthesia for epilepsy surgery and anticonvulsants
20. Perioperative management of awake craniotomy
21. Anesthesia for stereotactic and other functional neurosurgery
22. Anesthesia for pituitary surgery
23. Anesthesia for patients with head injury
24. Anesthesia for spinal surgery
25. Airway management and cervical spine disease
26. Carotid endarterectomy
27. Anesthesia and sedation for neuroimaging outside the OR
28. Anesthesia for interventional neuroradiology
29. Anesthesia for neurosurgery in infants and children
30. Anesthetic considerations for pediatric neurotraums
31. Postanesthesia care unit
Part V. Neurointensive Care:
32. Spinal cord injury
33. Head injury: initial resuscitation and transfer
34. Intensive care management of acute head injury
35. Intracranial hemorrhage: ICU management
36. Management of acute stroke
37. Central nervous systems infections
38. Central venous sinus thrombosis
39. Autonomic dysfunction
40. Fluid management
41. Electrolyte disorders
42. Status epilepticus
43. Guillain-Barre syndrome and myasthenia Gravis
44. Brain death
Part VI. Monitoring:
45. Intracranial pressure monitoring
46. Jugular venous oximetry
47. Cerebral oxygenation
48. Microdialysis
49. Electromyography and evoked potentials
50. Electroencephalography and nervous system function monitoring
51. TCDs and cerebral blood flow measurement
Part VII. Miscellaneous:
52. Neuroanesthesia in pregnancy
53. Clinical information resources
54. Case scenarios.

Ram Adapa is a consultant anaesthetist at the Department of Anaesthesia, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and is interested in the neurobiology of consciousness and sedation. Derek Duane is a consultant in Neuroanaesthesia and Neurointensive Care for the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. He has earned a Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, a Masters in Neuroscience, and Master in Medical Law and Ethics. Adrian Gelb MBChB, FRCPC, FRCA is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco. He has served as the leader in multiple national and international Anesthesia Societies having been the President of three societies including the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC). Professor Gelb is an active clinician, a funded researcher who is well published with >300 publications, and a frequent international speaker including 16 eponymous lectures. Arun Gupta is a Consultant in Neurosciences and Trauma Critical Care who in 2005 was awarded the Macintosh Professorship by the Royal College of Anaesthetists in recognition of his research program in brain oxygenation and metabolism. As Director of Postgraduate Medical Education for the Trust and multi-professional Education of the Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP) Academic Health Sciences Centre, he established the high fidelity Simulation Centre at Cambridge and the cadaveric surgical training and research centre. Whilst continuing to pursue his research interests in brain injury, Dr Gupta is also supporting a program of research in Medical Education and Simulation. Dr Gupta has recently established the CUHP Innovation Hub to support new innovations in healthcare and patient safety.