Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care ─ Strategies for Prevention, Early Detection, and Successful Management of Perioperative Complications

This handbook is aimed at first-line health care providers involved in the perioperative care of adult and pediatric neurosurgical patients. It is unique in its systematic focus on how to deal with common and important clinical challenges encountered in day-to-day practice in the OR, the PACU, and the ICU and is designed as a problem-solving tool for all members of the perioperative medicine team: trainees and faculty in anesthesiology, neurosurgery, and critical care; nurses; nurse anesthetist; and physician's assistants.

Encompasses clinical continuum from neurosurgical pre-op to critical care, pulse anesthesia in neuroradiology

Adult and pediatric care

Structured algorithmic approach supports clinical decision-making

Succinct presentation of clinically relevant basis science

End-of-chapter summaries, with suggestions for further reading

Collaborative approach and multidisciplinary nature of perioperative medicine emphasized

Extensive summary tables

Portable and formatted for quick retrieval of information

Ideal for use in the OR, the PACU, and the ICU

Ansgar M. Brambrink, MD, PhDProfessorDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative MedicineOregon Health and Science University School of MedicinePortland, OR 97239 USAJeffrey R. Kirsch, MDProfessor and ChairDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative MedicineOregon Health and Science University School of MedicinePortland, OR 97239 USA