Humana 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. Review “This publication is a very timely and much needed update to the last volume of Seizures in Critical Care published in 2010. … This is an excellent compendium that expands our knowledge of both the physiology and treatment of seizures in most all critically ill patient populations. It is an essential read for all those entrusted with the care of these patients.” (William Brian Gormley, Neurosurgery, Vol. 83 (2), August, 2018) “A collection of literature reviews describe the impact of seizures on critical care outcomes in a wide range of patient groups and include the varied presentations and treatment options. Critical care providers, neurointensivists, senior critical care trainees, and others involved in critical care practice where seizures may be an issue are an appropriate audience for this book … .” (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2017) From the Back Cover 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.   About the Author Panayiotis N. Varelas, MD, PhD, FNCS Division Head, Neurosciences Critical Care, Henry Ford Health System Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery Henry Ford Hospital Professor of Neurology Wayne State University Detroit, MI Jan Claassen, MD,  Associate Professor of Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center Head of Neurocritical Care, New York, NY