Critical Care Neurology and Neurosurgery

After the success of the first edition of Critical Care Neurology and Neurosurgery, I find myself at the helm of this second delivery of the salient advances in the field of neurocritical care. Since the first edition went into print, two major advances in the field have occurred. The first is the creation of the Neurocritical Care Society (www.neurocriticalcare.org) with a peer-reviewed journal published by Humana Press - Neurocritical Care. The second advance is the availability of a certifying examination and credentialing of training programs in neurocritical care via the United Council of Neurological Subspecialties -UCNS (www.ucns.org). These will certainly solidify the practice of caring for the critically ill neurologic and neurosurgical patient as a separate subspecialty. It is with this excitement that this second edition of this title is launched. The organization and length of this book has been changed to reflect discoveries in the field and to keep pace with significant advances. The book has been divided into three distinct sections following an introductory chapter on the basic definitions and triage of the critically ill neurologic and neurosurgical patient, similar to what was presented in the first edition. The primary market is practicing neurologists, neurosurgeons, and neuroanesthesiologists, in particular those with subspecialty interest in neurocritical care. Other clinicians with an interest in neurocritical care are pulmonologists, internists, general surgeons, and anesthesiologists with a subspecialty in critical care. Also neuroradiologists may find this book interesting and of help for their daily clinical practice. This book could also be translated and marketed in spanish and portuguese - speaking countries. There is no single textbook dedicated to neurocritical care in these two languages. I personally would undertake the translation and editing of those editions. The first section deals with the basic principles of neurocritical care and begins with recommendations for the organization of an up-to-date Neurosciences Critical Care Unit. This section will set the foundations for a good understanding of the complex interactions between the brain and different body systems. A discussion on common bioethical issues as well as clinical trial design and research databases is also presented. The second section encompasses common medical complications of the neurocritically ill patient. This section includes the addition of ten completely new chapters discussing the latest advances on secondary systemic complications. The third section presents chapters on frequent primary neurologic and neurosurgical diagnoses and updated therapeutic strategies. In regard to tables and figures/illustrations, I estimate each chapter will have 6 figures and 4-6 tables. I will encourage authors to use illustrations and will try to work with an illustrationist to maintain uniformity of all the graphs. Figures and graphs will be black and white except for appendices N10-12 like in the first edition. Finally, like the first edition, the book concludes with an appendix of different useful equations, tips, and scales that will become handy when working in the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit. One addition is an appendix summarizing the most frequently cited clinical trials in general and neurocritical care.

在第一版《危重病神經學與神經外科護理》取得成功後，我發現自己正掌握著神經危重病護理領域中的重要進展，並帶領著這第二版的出版。自第一版印刷以來，該領域已經發生了兩個重大進展。第一個是成立了神經危重病護理學會（www.neurocriticalcare.org），並由Humana Press出版了一本同行評審的期刊《神經危重病護理》。第二個進展是通過United Council of Neurological Subspecialties-UCNS（www.ucns.org）提供神經危重病護理培訓課程的認證考試和資格認證。這些將無疑鞏固對危重病神經學和神經外科患者的護理作為一個獨立的專科的實踐。這第二版的出版充滿了興奮。本書的組織和篇幅已經進行了改變，以反映該領域的新發現並跟上重大進展的步伐。本書分為三個不同的部分，首先是一個介紹性章節，介紹危重病神經學和神經外科患者的基本定義和分類，與第一版相似。主要的讀者群體是從事神經學、神經外科和神經麻醉學的臨床醫生，特別是那些對神經危重病護理有興趣的專科醫生。其他對神經危重病護理感興趣的臨床醫生包括肺科醫生、內科醫生、普外科醫生和重症監護專科麻醉醫生。神經放射學家也可能會對本書感興趣，並在日常臨床實踐中受益。本書還可以翻譯並在西班牙語和葡萄牙語國家進行市場推廣。這兩種語言中沒有一本專門獻給神經危重病護理的教科書。我個人將承擔這些版本的翻譯和編輯工作。第一部分介紹了神經危重病護理的基本原則，並提出了建立一個最新的神經科學危重病護理單元的建議。本部分將為深入了解大腦與不同身體系統之間的複雜相互作用奠定基礎。還介紹了常見的生物倫理問題以及臨床試驗設計和研究數據庫。第二部分涵蓋了神經危重病患者的常見醫療併發症。本部分新增了十個全新章節，討論了次發性全身併發症的最新進展。第三部分介紹了常見的主要神經學和神經外科診斷以及更新的治療策略。關於表格和圖表/插圖，我估計每個章節將有6個圖片和4-6個表格。我將鼓勵作者使用插圖，並嘗試與插圖師合作，以保持所有圖表的統一性。圖片和圖表將是黑白的，除了附錄N10-12，就像第一版一樣。最後，就像第一版一樣，本書以附錄的形式提供了不同有用的方程式、技巧和評估工具，這些在神經科學危重病護理單元工作時非常實用。新增的一個附錄是總結了常被引用的臨床試驗，包括一般和神經危重病護理。