Essentials of Anesthesia for Neurotrauma

(Section 1) Introduction to Neurotrauma

Chapter 1 Introduction

Indu Kapoor, Charu Mahajan, Hemanshu Prabhakar

(Section 2)- Neuroanatomy

Chapter 2 Anatomy for Neurotrauma

Sarabpreet Singh, Vasudha Singhal

(Section 3) - Neurophysiology

Chapter 3 Neurophysiology in Neurotrauma

Dinu Chandran, Manpreet Kaur

(Section 4) - Pre-anaesthetic evaluation

Chapter 4 Pre-hospital care

Mª Jose Colomina, Maylin Koo, Josep Maria Soto

Chapter 5 Pre-anaesthetic evaluation

Julia Martínez Ocon, Ana Ruiz　Pardos, Ricard Valero

Chapter 6 Emergency Room Resuscitation

Marta Magaldi, Luis Reyes, Marina Vendrell, R Valero

(Section 5) - Neurosurgery

Chapter 7 Extradural hematoma

Emma temple, Asha Nandakumar

Chapter 8 Subdural hematoma

Shanali Thirunavukkarasu, Morfaizan Ahmad

Chapter 9 Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Emily G Y Koo, Mandy H M Chu, Patricia K Y Kan, Eunice Y L Dai, Matthew Chan

Chapter 10 Diffuse axonal injury

Marco Echeverria

Chapter 11 Cervical spine injury

Lauren Berkow, Ferenc Rabai

Chapter 12 Thoraco-lumbar spine injury

Monica Tandon, Priyanka Khurana

(Section 6) Neuromonitoirng

Chapter 13 Monitoring in neurotrauma

F A Zeiler, Marek Czosnyka

(Section 7) – Neuroradiology

Chapter 14 Neuroradiology in neurotrauma

Zakir Hajat

(Section 8) - Neurointensive care

Chapter 15 Sedation and analgesia

Paolac Volpi, Barbara Cambiaghi, G Citerio

Chapter 16 Nutrition and metabolic care

Swagat Tripathy

Chapter 17 Role of antibiotics

Martina Ornaghi, Valentina Ormas, Daniela Ferlicca

Chapter 18 Mechanical ventilation and Respiratory care

Federico Magni, Luca Bastia, Matteo Pozzi, G Citerio

Chapter 19 Cardiovascular care

Jovany C Navarro, Vibha Mahendra, Andrew Kofke

Chapter 20 Neurolgic care

Maria Chiara Casadio, Paolac Volpi, Alfio Bronco, G Citerio

Chapter 21 Electrolyte disturbances and endocrinal care

Raffaele Di Fenza, G Citerio

Chapter 22 Neuromuscular care

Ankur Khandelwal, Hemanshu Prabhakar

Chapter 23 Systemic care - renal, hematological, gastrointestinal

Manatpon Panumart, Andrew Kofke

Chapter 24 Post Traumatic Cognitive Dysfunction

Ashima Nehra, Manju Mohanti, Shivani Sharma

Chapter 25 Psychological care

Sara Laxe, Neus Fabregas

(Section 9) - Special considerations

Chapter 26 Pediatric Neurotrauma

Ankur Khandelwal, Hemanshu Prabhakar

Chapter 27 Geriatrics

Hossam El Beheiry

Chapter 28 Pregnancy and Neurotrauma

Alexandra Kisilevsky, Alana Flexman

Chapter 29 Polytrauma

Mohamed Samy Abdel Rehim

(Section 10) - Fluids

Chapter 30 Fluids management

Matthew Kirkman, Shumaila Hasan

Chapter 31 Coagulopathy and blood transfusion

Matthew Kirkman, Lamia Nayeb

(Section 11) - Pain management

Chapter 32 Pain management

Athir Morad, Salia Farrokh

(Section 12)- Palliative Care

Chapter 33 Health related Quality of life and Palliative Care issues in Neurotrauma

Suparna Acharya, Lakshmi Venkatraghavan

(Section 13) - Brain death and Ethical issues

Chapter 34 Brain death and ethical issues

Chiara Robba, Basil Matta

(Section 14) - Recent Advances

Chapter 35 Recent advances in anaesthesia for neurotrauma

Haley Reis, Onat Akyol, Vadim Gospodarev, Cesar Reis, Gocke Akyol, Richard Applegate II, Sheng Chen, John Zhang

(Section 15) - Clinical procedures

Chapter 36 Fibreoptic intubation

Prasanna Bidkar, Narmadalaxmi K

Chapter 37 Chest drain insertion

Richa Aggarwal

Chapter 38 Bronchoalveolar lavage

Mohan Gurjar

Chapter 39 External ventricular drain

Vasudha Singhal

Chapter 40 Lumbar drain

Kiran Jangra

Chapter 41 Cranial burr hole

Srilata Moningi

Chapter 42 Percutaneous tracheostomy

Ankur Luthra

Chapter 43 Immobilisation of spine

Rajeeb K Mishra

Chapter 44 Nasogastric tube placement

Zulfiqar Ali

Chapter 45 Intraparenchymal ICP catheter insertion

Nidhi Gupta

(Section 16) - Webliography

Chapter 46 Scales and scores

Ankur Khandelwal

This book aims to provide an overview of the basics of anesthesia for neurotrauma. It showcases how management of different neurotrauma cases may differ, especially those involving spine and or polytrauma. It provides quick and easy access to understand anesthesia for neurotrauma.

Editor(s) Bio

Hemanshu Prabhakar: is an Additional Professor in the Department of Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. He received his training in Neuroanesthesia in the same institute. Recently, he completed his PhD, and now has the honor of being the first PhD (Neuroanesthesia) in the country. He is the recipient of the AIIMS Excellence award for notable contribution in academics. He has more than 200 publications to his credit. He is a reviewer for various national and international journals. He is also a review author for the Cochrane Collaboration and has special interest in evidence based practice of neuroanesthesia. He is a member of various neuroanesthesia societies and past Secretary of the Indian Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care. He is an invited faculty for numerous conferences and is on the Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Palliative care and is the executive editor of the Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care. He has contributed chapters to many books. He is the editor of the books ‘Complications in Neuroanesthesia’ and ‘Essentials of Neuroanesthesia’ published by Elsevier Inc. USA. He is also the editor of the book ‘Manual of Neuroanesthesia’ to be published by Taylor and Francis, CRC Press.

Charu Mahajan: is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. After completing MD Anaesthesia, she did her DM Neuroanaesthesia course at AIIMS and later joined as faculty in the parent department. She has over 50 publications in various national and international journals of repute. She is a review author for the Cochrane Collaboration. She has also co-edited the book "Manual of Neuroanaesthesia" to be published by Taylor and Francis, CRC press. She has authored chapters in many books and has received numerous awards for scientific paper presentations. She is also a member of various societies and is a reviewer for reputed journals.

Indu Kapoor: is an Assistant Professor in Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. She received her training in neuroanesthesia in the same institute. She is the recipient of ‘Dr. T N JHA Memorial award’ awarded by the Indian Society of Anesthesiologists [ISA] for state and national level at Delhi and Chennai 2009. She has also received ‘SMT. Chandra and SH. Narayan Wadhwani Memorial award’ for ‘Best outgoing Postgraduate in Anesthesia’ in University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi in year 2010. She has over 25 publications in national and international journals to her credit. She is a reviewer for national journals too. She is also a review author for the Cochrane Collaboration and has special interest in evidence based practice of neuroanesthesia. She is a member of various national societies. She is an invited faculty for various national conferences. She has contributed chapters to various national and International books.