Humana Press Inc. , Totowa, New Jersey2004. – 631 p.
For this book, Dr. Jose Suarez has brought together an impressive and experienced group of experts in the field of critical care medicine, neurology, and neurosurgery who deliver this complex knowledge in dazzling detail. The basic neuroscientific underpinnings of neurocritical care are emphasized in great detail, thereby justifying the use of the term neurosciences critical care unit. The chapters abound with useful tables and are accompanied by the very latest references. Authors from several highly respected institutions participated in this ouvre, but a particular strength of the book is the fact that many practice together with Dr. Suarez at University Hospitals of Cleveland, thereby lending a reassuring consistency to their approach. Dr. Suarez’s participation in one-third of the chapters also lends useful uniformity to the subject. Although this is a multiauthored volume, the chapters are organized very consistently with useful attention to background and pathophysiology in addition to therapeutics. In the end, the entire range of topics one needs to know about in order to work in or even direct a successful neurosciences critical care unit are provided in impressive detail. This book admirably describes the current state of the art in neurocritical care and should be a benchmark in the field for some time to come.
For this book, Dr. Jose Suarez has brought together an impressive and experienced group of experts in the field of critical care medicine, neurology, and neurosurgery who deliver this complex knowledge in dazzling detail. The basic neuroscientific underpinnings of neurocritical care are emphasized in great detail, thereby justifying the use of the term neurosciences critical care unit. The chapters abound with useful tables and are accompanied by the very latest references. Authors from several highly respected institutions participated in this ouvre, but a particular strength of the book is the fact that many practice together with Dr. Suarez at University Hospitals of Cleveland, thereby lending a reassuring consistency to their approach. Dr. Suarez’s participation in one-third of the chapters also lends useful uniformity to the subject. Although this is a multiauthored volume, the chapters are organized very consistently with useful attention to background and pathophysiology in addition to therapeutics. In the end, the entire range of topics one needs to know about in order to work in or even direct a successful neurosciences critical care unit are provided in impressive detail. This book admirably describes the current state of the art in neurocritical care and should be a benchmark in the field for some time to come.