Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Scope and magnitude of the problem / Bryan Jennett-- Metabolic and physiologic changes in acute brain failure / Stig Rehncrona and Bo K. Siesjö
  • Ischemic brain injuries / Julio H. Garcia and Karl A. Conger
  • Clinical evaluation of acute brain failure / John F. Caronna
  • Advance monitoring of the brain / Richard P. Greenberg ... [et al.]
  • Radiology of brain failure / Robert A. Zimmerman
  • Cerebral blood flow measurements in the critically ill patient / Michael M. Todd, Harvey M. Shapiro and Walter D. Obrist
  • Resuscitation after brain ischemia / Peter Safar
  • Head trauma and intracranial hemorrhage / Graham Teasdale and Samuel Gelbraith
  • Neuroanesthetic-pharmacologic considerations / Philippa Newfield and James E. Cottrell
  • Decision-making in brain death and vegetative states / David F. Powner, Rosa Lynn Pinkus and Ake Grenvik.