Table of Contents
Section 1- Neuroscience in anaesthetic practice
1. Neural mechanisms of anaesthetics, Andrew McKinstry-Wu and Max Kelz
2. Intracranial pressure, Harald Stefanits, Andrea Reinprecht, and Klaus Ulrich Klein
3. Cerebral physiology, Stefan Bittner, Kerstin Gobel and Sven. G. Meuth
4. Monitoring anaesthetic depth, Michael Avidan and Jamie Sleigh
5. Autonomic nervous system, David B. Glick, Gerald Glick, and Erica J. Stein
6. Neuromuscular junction, Christiane G. Stauble, Heidrun Fink, and Manfred Blobner
7. Principles of neuroprotection, Sophia C. Yi, Brian P. Lemkuil, and Piyush Patel
8. Neurotoxicity of general anaesthetics, Margaret K. Menzel Ellis and Ansgar Brambrink
9. Neurobiology of acute and chronic pain, Adrian Pichurko and Richard Harris
10. Neurologic emergencies, Ross P. Martini and Ines P. Koerner
11. Neurophysiologic monitoring for neurosurgery, Antoun Koht, J. Richard Toleikis, and Tod B. Sloan
12. Brain trauma, Anne Sebastiani and Kristin Engelhard
13. Supratentorial craniotomy for mass lesion, Shaun E. Gruenbaum and Federico Bilotta
14. Posterior fossa craniotomy, Tasha L. Welch and Jeffrey J. Pasternak
15. Cerebrovascular surgery, Deepak Sharma and David R. Wright
16. Interventional neuroradiology, Nathan Manning, Katherine M. Gelber, Michael Crimmins, Philip M. Meyers, and Eric J. Heyer
17. Pituitary and neuroendocrine surgery, Douglas A. Colquhoun and Edward C. Nemergut
Section 2 - Clinical Neuroanaesthesia
18. Hydrocephalus and associated surgery, Paola Hurtado and Neus Fabregas
19. Awake craniotomy, epilepsy and functional neurosurgery, Lashmi Venkatraghavan and Pirjo Manninen
20. Complex spine surgery, Ehab Farag and Zeyd Ebrahim
21. Spine trauma, Timur M. Urakov and Michael Y. Wang
22. Paediatric neurosurgery, Sulpicio G. Soriano and Craig D. McClain
23. Basics of neurocritical care, Magnus Teig and Martin Smith
Section 3 - Neurologic patients undergoing Non-neurologic surgery
24. Cerebrovascular disease, Robert Sanders and Corey Amlong
25. Dementia, Phillip E. Vlisides and Zhongcong Xie
26. Epilepsy, Adam D. Niesen, Adam K. Jacob, and Sandra L. Kopp
27. Parkinson s disease, M. Luke James and Ulrike Hoffmann
28. Major psychiatric disease, Laszlo Vutskits