Seizures in Critical Care: A Guide to Diagnosis and Therapeutics (Current Clinical Neurology)

Updated and expanded to provide the neurologic, intensive and critical care communities a comprehensive guide to common critical care illnesses and seizures, this third edition remains the premier resource on seizures in critical care. In addition to covering etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment options, chapters feature the latest technologies and treatments and integrate current literature. This unique and specialized text offers neurologists, intensivists, neurosurgeons, trauma surgeons, epileptologists, electrophysiologists and residents in various specialties clarity on this challenging set of comorbidities. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Status Epilepticus - Lessons and Challenges from Animal Models....Pages 3-17 Impact of Seizures on Outcome....Pages 19-29 Diagnosing and Monitoring Seizures in the ICU: The Role of Continuous EEG for Detection and Management of Seizures in Critically Ill Patients, Including the Ictal-Interictal Continuum....Pages 31-49 Seizures and Quantitative EEG....Pages 51-75 Spreading Depolarizations and Seizures in Clinical Subdural Electrocorticographic Recordings....Pages 77-90 Multimodality Monitoring Correlates of Seizures....Pages 91-102 Management of Critical Care Seizures....Pages 103-119 Management of Status Epilepticus in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 121-151 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 Ischemic Stroke, Hyperperfusion Syndrome, Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis, and Critical Care Seizures....Pages 155-186 Hemorrhagic Stroke and Critical Care Seizures....Pages 187-193 Traumatic Brain Injury and Critical Care Seizures....Pages 195-209 Brain Tumors and Critical Care Seizures....Pages 211-226 Global Hypoxia-Ischemia and Critical Care Seizures....Pages 227-242 Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Multiorgan Failure and Endocrine Crisis and Critical Care Seizures....Pages 243-258 Organ Transplant Recipients and Critical Care Seizures....Pages 259-268 Extreme Hypertension, Eclampsia, and Critical Care Seizures....Pages 269-276 Infection or Inflammation and Critical Care Seizures....Pages 277-290 Electrolyte Disturbances and Critical Care Seizures....Pages 291-310 Alcohol-Related Seizures in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 311-320 Drug-Induced Seizures in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 321-341 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 Illicit Drugs and Toxins and Critical Care Seizures....Pages 343-353 Seizures and Status Epilepticus in Pediatric Critical Care....Pages 355-367 Back Matter....Pages 369-377