商品簡介
Abend (neurology and pediatrics, U. of Pennsylvania) and Helfaer (anesthesiology and critical care, pediatrics, and nursing, U. of Pennsylvania) offer physicians a guide to the care of children with acute neurologic disorders. In 28 chapters, American and Australian specialists working in critical care medicine, anesthesiology, neurology, neurosurgery, rehabilitation medicine, psychology, radiology, infectious diseases, and pediatrics explain differential diagnosis and management approaches to common problems such as acute encephalopathy and coma, acute headache, intracranial pressure, blood pressure, nutrition and glucose, and temperature issues; the evaluation and management of conditions like traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, arterial ischemic stroke, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, hemorrhage, cerebrovascular malformations, acquired demyelinating syndromes, spinal cord disease and injury, infections, neurotoxicology, hyperthermic drug-induced disorders, movement and neuromuscular disorders, and neurologic complications in cardiac disease; and psychological, social, and ethical issues. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)