A state-of-the-art reference on the management and treatment of neurosurgical emergencies

1 Assessment of Acute Loss of Consciousness2 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Management of Raised Intracranial Pressure3 Invasive Multimodality Brain Monitoring4 Management of Acute Hydrocephalus5 The Recognition and Management of Cerebral Herniation Syndromes6 Penetrating Cerebral Trauma7 Extra-Axial Hematomas8 Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage9 Pituitary Apoplexy10 Acute Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage11 Chemical Thrombolysis and Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke12 Surgical Interventions for Acute Ischemic Stroke13 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis14 Cerebral Infectious Processes15 Emergency Treatment of Brain Tumors16 Acute Bony Decompression of the Optic and Facial Nerves17 Status Epilepticus18 The Evaluation and Management of Combined Cranial, Spinal, and Multisystem Trauma19 Summary and Synopsis of the Brain Trauma Foundation Head Injury Guidelines20 Special Considerations of Antiplatelet Therapy, Anticoagulation, and the Need for Reversal in Neurosurgical Emergencies21 Acute Intervention for Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spinal Disk Disease22 Is Cervical Stenosis an Emergency?23 The Intensive Care Management of Spine? and Spinal Cord?Injured Patients24 Biomechanical Considerations for Operative Interventions in Vertebral Column Fractures and Dislocations25 Athletic Injuries and Their Differential Diagnosis26 Penetrating Spine Trauma27 Spinal Cord Compression Secondary to Neoplastic Disease: Epidural Metastasis and Pathologic Fracture28 Intraspinal Hemorrhage29 Emergent Presentation and Management of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas and Vascular Lesions30 Spinal Infections31 Summary of Spine Injury Treatment Guidelines32 Penetrating Injuries of Peripheral Nerves33 Acute Management of Compressive Peripheral Neuropathies34 Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality in Children35 Acute Shunt Malfunction36 The Perinatal Management of a Child Born with Myelomeningocele37 Recognition and Management of Intratheca Baclofen and Narcotic Withdrawal Syndromes