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Cerebral Herniation Syndromes and Intracranial Hypertension
Matthew Koenig (Ed.)
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Description for Cerebral Herniation Syndromes and Intracranial Hypertension
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When the brain suffers an injury, the effects can be delayed and unpredictable. Cerebrospinal fluid can slowly build up, causing dangerously high levels of intracranial pressure (ICP), and the brain tissue can be displaced into adjacent compartments, resulting in cerebral herniation syndrome (CHS). Within the burgeoning field of neurocritical care, experts are just beginning to understand the nuanced, sometimes counterintuitive relationship between ICP and CHS. Written by leading researchers who also have extensive first-hand clinical experience treating brain injury patients, Cerebral Herniation Syndromes and Intracranial Hypertension provides an up-to-date guide to this complex aspect of neurocritical care. Drawing from expertise ... Read more
When the brain suffers an injury, the effects can be delayed and unpredictable. Cerebrospinal fluid can slowly build up, causing dangerously high levels of intracranial pressure (ICP), and the brain tissue can be displaced into adjacent compartments, resulting in cerebral herniation syndrome (CHS). Within the burgeoning field of neurocritical care, experts are just beginning to understand the nuanced, sometimes counterintuitive relationship between ICP and CHS. Written by leading researchers who also have extensive first-hand clinical experience treating brain injury patients, Cerebral Herniation Syndromes and Intracranial Hypertension provides an up-to-date guide to this complex aspect of neurocritical care. Drawing from expertise ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Series
Updates in Neurocritical Care
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780813579313
SKU
V9780813579313
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About Matthew Koenig (Ed.)
MATTHEW KOENIG, MD, FNCS is an associate medical director of neurocritical care at The Queen’s Medical Center, and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine in Honolulu. He is the author of dozens of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and is also co-editor of the book Neurological Consultations in the ICU. ... Read more
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