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Patients in the neurointensive care unit pose many clinical challenges for the attending physician. Even experienced clinicians occasionally arrive at the point where diagnostic, work-up, treatment, or prognostic thinking becomes blocked. Neurocritical Care is the next volume in the ""What Do I Do Now?"" series and provides the clinician with specific focus and insight on interventions in acute neurologic disorders. Neurocritical care in daily practice pertains to managing deteriorating patients, treatment of complications but also end-of-life care assisting families with difficult decisions. Written with a conversational tone and using a case- based approach, Neurocritical Care emphasizes how to handle comparatively common clinical problems emergently.

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<br> In this unique text, Drs. Wijdicks and Rabinstein - true masters of both the practice and science of critical care neurology - deftly combine nuanced interpretation of the most pertinent scientific literature with unparalleled experience and incisive reasoning to provide explicit guidance for making the most difficult of these decisions. Neurocritical Care - What Next? is written in a style that makes it suitable for both reading in its entirety and as a reference. It is a must read for anyone who regularly cares for critically ill neurologic and neurosurgical patients. Furthermore, due to its pragmatic approach, it should be readily available in all emergency departments and intensive care units as a first-line reference when a difficult neurocritical care issue arises. -- Joseph D. Burns, MD, Attending Neurointensivist, Boston Medical Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine <br><p><br> Neurocritical Care by Wijdicks and Rabinstein is an innovative and highly effective text to educate physicians about this rapidly growing field. The book is original and practical; it approaches the educational matter in a real-life manner, with the presentation of cases followed by honest and down-to-earth discussions of the basics and nuances of management...[and] provide[s] the appropriate amount of evidence for the reader to understand the essentials of management...They provide key points at the culmination of each chapter, giving the reader salient take home messages that allow for easy digestion. In an age in which it is difficult to know what to read Neurocritical Care is refreshingly straightforward and downright enjoyable to read. It should be a staple on every neurologist's or critical care physician's desk. -- David M. Greer, MD, MA, FCCM, Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine <br><p><br>

<br> In this unique text, Drs. Wijdicks and Rabinstein - true masters of both the practice and science of critical care neurology - deftly combine nuanced interpretation of the most pertinent scientific literature with unparalleled experience and incisive reasoning to provide explicit guidance for making the most difficult of these decisions. Neurocritical Care - What Next? is written in a style that makes it suitable for both reading in its entirety and as a reference. It is a must read for anyone who regularly cares for critically ill neurologic and neurosurgical patients. Furthermore, due to its pragmatic approach, it should be readily available in all emergency departments and intensive care units as a first-line reference when a difficult neurocritical care issue arises. -- Joseph D. Burns, MD, Attending Neurointensivist, Boston Medical Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine <br><p><br> Neurocritical Care by Wijdicks and Rabinstein

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EELCO F. M. WIJDICKS, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., Professor of Neurology, College of Medicine, Chair, Division of Critical Care Neurology, Consultant, Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Saint Marys Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota ALEJANDRO A. RABINSTEIN, M.D., Professor of Neurology, College of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Neurology, Medical Director and Consultant, Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Saint Marys Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

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