Section I. Basics of Neuroanesthesia CarChapter 1 - The Adult Central Nervous System: Anatomy and Physiology - Punita Sharma and Frederick Sieber
Chapter 2 - Neuroendocrine Physiology: Fundamentals and Common Syndromes - Jason D. Walls, Mitchell L. Weinstein and Joshua H. Atkins
Chapter 3 - Cerebral Edema: Pathophysiology and Principles of Management - Ross Martini and Andrea Orfanakis
Chapter 4 - Management of Fluids, Electrolytes and Blood Products in Neurosurgical Patients - Pratik V. Patel and Sadeq A. Quraishi
Chapter 5 - Key Monitoring in Neuroanesthesia: Principles, Techniques and Indications - Martin Smith
Chapter 6 - Assessing the Anesthetized State with the Electroencephalogram - George A. Mashour
Section II. Preoperative Concerns of the Neuroanesthesiologist
Chapter 7 - Cardiovascular Risk and Instability: Evaluation, Management and Triage - Justin D. Ramos and Jeffrey R. Kirsch
Chapter 8 - Risk Assessment and Treatment of Critical Carotid Stenosis: Suggestions for Perioperative Management - Kory S. Herrick
Chapter 9 - Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Risk Assessment and Perioperative Complications - Chanhung Z. Lee, Pekka Talke and Nerissa U. Ko
Chapter 10 - Traumatic Brain Injury: Risk Assessment and Perioperative Management - Jonathan Z. Pan and Lingzhong Meng
Chapter 11 - Rare Neurologic Disorders and Neuromuscular Diseases: Risk Assessment and Perioperative Management - Nicholas Hirsch and Ugan Reddy
Chapter 12 - Perioperative Pharmacotherapy in Neurosurgery: Risk Assessment and Planning - Alejandro E. Delfino, Javiera Benavides Tala and Hernán Muñoz
Chapter 13 - Specific Considerations Regarding Consent and Communication with Patients and Family Prior to Neurosurgery - Kenneth Abbey and Chloe Allen-Maycock
Chapter 14 - Neurotoxicity of General Anesthetics - Margaret K. Menzel Ellis and Ansgar M. Brambrink
Chapter 15 - Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorders in the Geriatric Patient - Katie J. Schenning and Miles Berger
Chapter 16 - The Chronic Pain Patient Scheduled For Neurosurgery - Sydney E. Rose and Kimberly Mauer
Chapter 17 - Anesthesia for Patients Scheduled for Intraoperative Electrophysiological Monitoring - Antoun H. Koht and Tod B. Sloan
Chapter 18 - Factors Influencing Outcome in Neurosurgical Anesthesia - R. Ryan Field
Chapter 19 - A Comparison of Inhaled Anesthesia and Total Intravenous Anesthesia with Target-Controlled Infusion for Neuroanesthesia - Pablo O. Sepúlveda V. and Francisco A. Lobo
Section III. Fundamentals of Adult Neurosurgery / Neuroanesthesia
Chapter 20 - Preparing for Anesthesia in Neurosurgical Patients - Melissa Brockerville and Pirjo Manninen
Chapter 21 - Basics of Neurosurgical Techniques and Procedures - Jennifer D. Sokolowski, Tony R. Wang and Kenneth C. Liu
Chapter 22 - Positioning the Patient for Neurosurgical Operations - Katherine O. Heller, Monica S. Vavilala and Irene Rozet
Chapter 23 - The Intraoperative Team: Getting the Most out of Collaborative Care in the
Operating Room - Debra A. Reeves
Chapter 24 - Next Level Communication - Debra A. Reeves and Haley Sands
Section IV. Critical Situations During Anesthesia for Brain Surgery in Adults
Chapter 25 - The “Tight Brain”: Cerebral Herniation Syndrome - Leslie C. Jameson, Paul D. Mongan, Daniel J. Janik and Tod B. Sloan
Chapter 26 - Cerebral Ischemia: Options for Perioperative Neuroprotection - Martin Soehle
Chapter 27 - Massive Hemorrhage During Craniotomy: Emergency Management - Elizabeth Dryland and Audrée A. Bendo
Chapter 28 - Challenges During Anesthesia for Awake Craniotomy - Judith Dinsmore
Chapter 29 - Perioperative Challenges During Stereotactic Neurosurgery and Deep Brain Stimulator Placement - Mitchell Y. Lee and Marc J. Bloom
Chapter 30 - Perioperative Challenges During Posterior Fossa Surgery - Martin Schott, Dieter Suhr and Jan-Peter A. H. Jantzen
Chapter 31 - Perioperative Challenges During Surgical Evacuation of Subdural and Epidural Hematomas - Walter M. van den Bergh, Anthony R. Absalom and Olaf L. Cremer
Chapter 32 - Perioperative Challenges During Cerebrovascular Surgery - Panagiotis Mastorakos, Daniel M. S. Raper and Kenneth C. Liu
Chapter 33 - Perioperative Challenges During Pituitary Surgery - Shuji Dohi
Chapter 34 - Perioperative Challenges During Craniotomy for Space-Occupying Brain Lesions - Chanannait Paisansathan and Verna L. Baughman
Section V. Critical Situations During Anesthesia for Spinal Surgery in Adults
Chapter 35 - Perioperative Challenges in Patients With Unstable Spine - Carl Helge Nielsen
Chapter 36 - Airway Crisis Associated with Cervical Spine Surgery - Edward Crosby
Chapter 37 - Spinal Cord Injury During Spinal Surgery - Hironobu Hayashi and Masahiko Kawaguchi
Chapter 38 - Blood Loss During Spinal Surgery - Matthew TV Chan and Patricia KY Kan
Chapter 39 - Coagulopathy in Spinal Surgery - Andrew H. Milby, Casey H. Halpern and James M. Schuster
Chapter 40 - Postoperative Visual Loss Following Spinal Surgery - Lorri A. Lee
Section VI. Critical Situations During Anesthesia for Other Procedures in Adult Neurosurgery
Chapter 41 - Perioperative Challenges During Diagnostic and Perioperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - Girija Prasad Rath and Deepak Sharma
Chapter 42 - Perioperative Challenges During Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) - Carrie Bowman-Dalley and James G. Hilliard
Chapter 43 - Perioperative Challenges During Carotid Artery Revascularization - Ursula Schulz
VII. Specific Perioperative Concerns in Adult Neuroanesthesia
Chapter 44 - Venous Air Embolism During Neurosurgery - Chris C. Lee, Anshi Wu and Min Li
Chapter 45 - Arterial Hypotension, Hypertension - Kirstin M. Erickson and Daniel J. Cole
Chapter 46 - Hyperthermia and Hypothermia During Neurosurgical Procedures - Eric Tesoriero, Evgeni Brotfain and Akiva Leibowitz
Chapter 47 - Challenges Associated with Perioperative Monitoring During Neurosurgery - Viraat Harsh, Shankar P. Gopinath and Claudia S. Robertson
Chapter 48 - Unintended Wake-up During Neurosurgery - Chris C. Lee, Tian-Long Wang and Susan Ironstone
Chapter 49 - Cardiac Arrest/Code - Jürgen Knapp, Michael Bernhard and Bernd W. Böttiger
Chapter 50 - Arousal from Anesthesia: Failure to Emerge - W. Scott Jellish
Chapter 51 - Communication Challenges During the Perioperative Period - David J. Murray
Section VIII. Fundamentals of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neuroanesthesia
Chapter 52 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Central Nervous System in Children - Benjamin B. Bruins and Todd J. Kilbaugh
Chapter 53 - Pediatric Anesthetic Care Requirements - Mali Hetmaniuk and Gregory J. Latham
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