appropriate lab work, triage procedures, such as how to manage patients with multi-system injuries, and sedation and pain management. The book also covers important nursing and medical-legal issues related to neurosurgical intensive care. Features: -Guidance on how to manage systemic complications, diseases, and infections -Practical review of concepts in neuropharmacology and nutrition, and procedures for fluid management and ventilator management -Select case examples throughout the book that supplement discussion of the decision-making process -Recommendations for communicating with and caring for the families of neurosurgical intensive care unit patients This comprehensive book provides a wealth of information that is essential for neurosurgeons, intensive care unit nurses, house staff, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, residents at all levels, and medical students.