Brain Disorders in Critical Illness
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Brain Disorders in Critical Illness

Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

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eBook - PDF

Brain Disorders in Critical Illness

Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

About this book

Brain dysfunction is a major clinical problem in intensive care, with potentially debilitating long-term consequences for post-ICU patients of any age. The resulting extended length of stay in the ICU and post-discharge cognitive dysfunction are now recognized as major healthcare burdens. This comprehensive clinical text provides intensivists and neurologists with a practical review of the pathophysiology of brain dysfunction and a thorough account of the diagnostic and therapeutic options available. Initial sections review the epidemiology, outcomes, relevant behavioral neurology and biological mechanisms of brain dysfunction. Subsequent sections evaluate the available diagnostic options and preventative and therapeutic interventions, with a final section on clinical encephalopathy syndromes encountered in the ICU. Each chapter is rich in illustrations, with an executive summary and a helpful glossary of terms. Brain Disorders in Critical Illness is a seminal reference for all physicians and neuroscientists interested in the care and outcome of severely ill patients.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Contributors
  4. Foreword
  5. Introduction
  6. Section 1 Epidemiology and Outcomes
  7. Chapter 1 The epidemiology of critical illness brain dysfunction
  8. Chapter 2 Cognitive dysfunction following critical illness
  9. Chapter 3 Psychiatric disorders following critical illnesses
  10. Chapter 4 Functional status and quality of life after critical illness
  11. Chapter 5 Delirium and dementia: unravelingthe complex relationship
  12. Section 2 Behavioral Neurology in the ICU
  13. Chapter 6 Cognitive reserve
  14. Chapter 7 Neurology of consciousness impairments
  15. Chapter 8 Mechanisms of attention and attentional impairment
  16. Chapter 9 Neurology of sleep and sleep disorders
  17. Chapter 10 Neural basis of fear and anxiety
  18. Chapter 11 Experimental models of cognitive dysfunction in infection and critical illness
  19. Chapter 12 Neurobiological effects of systemic physiological and metabolic insults
  20. Chapter 13 Cerebral ischemia and reperfusion
  21. Chapter 15 Delirium and neurotransmitter dysfunction
  22. Chapter 16 Neuromodulatory and neurotoxic effects of sedative agents
  23. Chapter 17 Neuroimmunological cross-talk in critical illness
  24. Chapter 18 Inflammatory mechanisms in chronic neurodegenerative disease: the impact of microglia priming
  25. Chapter 19 The neuroendocrine response to critical illness
  26. Chapter 20 Autonomic dysfunction in SIRS and sepsis
  27. Chapter 21 Sepsis-induced neuronal dysfunction and death
  28. Chapter 22 Neuroimmunomodulation in sepsis
  29. Section 4 Diagnosis of Brain Dysfunction
  30. Chapter 23 Clinical neurological assessment of the critically ill patient
  31. Chapter 24 Bedside assessment of delirium in critically illpatients
  32. Chapter 25 Electroencephalography and evoked potentials in critically illpatients
  33. Chapter 26 Neuroimaging of delirium
  34. Section 5 Preventative and Therapeutic Interventions
  35. Chapter 27 Environmental modification
  36. Chapter 28 New paradigms in sedation of the critically ill patient
  37. Chapter 29 Pharmacological management of delirium
  38. Chapter 30 Pharmacogenomics and cerebral dysfunction
  39. Chapter 31 Early physical and occupational therapy
  40. Chapter 32 Rehabilitation after critical illness
  41. Section 6 Clinical Encephalopathy Syndromes
  42. Chapter 33 Drug-induced encephalopathy
  43. Chapter 34 Metabolic encephalopathies: inborn errors of metabolism causing encephalopathies in adults
  44. Chapter 35 Encephalopathy associated with alcohol or drug withdrawal
  45. Chapter 36 Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES): the essential elements
  46. Chapter 37 Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
  47. Chapter 38 Sepsis-associated encephalopathy
  48. Chapter 39 Seizures and status epilepticus in critical illness
  49. Chapter 40 Encephalopathy and coma in acute and chronic liver failure
  50. Chapter 41 Neurological complications of cardiac surgery: stroke, encephalopathy, and cognitive decline
  51. Glossary
  52. Index