Neurosurgical Emergencies

1 Assessment of Acute Loss of Consciousness
2 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Management of Raised Intracranial Pressure
3 Invasive Multimodality Brain Monitoring
4 Management of Acute Hydrocephalus
5 The Recognition and Management of Cerebral Herniation Syndromes
6 Penetrating Cerebral Trauma
7 Extra-Axial Hematomas
8 Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
9 Pituitary Apoplexy
10 Acute Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
11 Chemical Thrombolysis and Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
12 Surgical Interventions for Acute Ischemic Stroke
13 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
14 Cerebral Infectious Processes
15 Emergency Treatment of Brain Tumors
16 Acute Bony Decompression of the Optic and Facial Nerves
17 Status Epilepticus
18 The Evaluation and Management of Combined Cranial, Spinal, and Multisystem Trauma
19 Summary and Synopsis of the Brain Trauma Foundation Head Injury Guidelines
20 Special Considerations of Antiplatelet Therapy, Anticoagulation, and the Need for Reversal in Neurosurgical Emergencies
21 Acute Intervention for Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spinal Disk Disease
22 Is Cervical Stenosis an Emergency?
23 The Intensive Care Management of Spine and Spinal Cord Injured Patients
24 Biomechanical Considerations for Operative Interventions in Vertebral Column Fractures and Dislocations
25 Athletic Injuries and Their Differential Diagnosis
26 Penetrating Spine Trauma
27 Spinal Cord Compression Secondary to Neoplastic Disease: Epidural Metastasis and Pathologic Fracture
28 Intraspinal Hemorrhage
29 Emergent Presentation and Management of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas and Vascular Lesions
30 Spinal Infections
31 Summary of Spine Injury Treatment Guidelines
32 Penetrating Injuries of Peripheral Nerves
33 Acute Management of Compressive Peripheral Neuropathies
34 Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality in Children
35 Acute Shunt Malfunction
36 The Perinatal Management of a