Textbook of Neurointensive Care

Listening to an injured brain is not easy. It takes knowledge, dedication, and understanding of the critically ill patient and their family.  It takes an appreciation of the logistics of care in these difficult times of imbalance between more an

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Textbook of Neurointensive Care Second Edition

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Textbook of Neurointensive Care

A. Joseph Layon • Andrea Gabrielli William A. Friedman Editors

Textbook of Neurointensive Care

Second Edition

Editors A. Joseph Layon, MD, FACP Critical Care Medicine Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine The Geisinger Health System Danville PA USA

Andrea Gabrielli, MD, FCCM Departments of Anesthesiology and Surgery University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA

Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia PA USA

William A. Friedman, MD Department of Neurological Surgery University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA

ISBN 978-1-4471-5225-5 ISBN 978-1-4471-5226-2 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-5226-2 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht

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To my family—Susana Picado, Maria Layon-Taylor, Nicolas Layon, Daniel Layon—all in the service of our people and country. All of whom have sacrificed. To those who are in search of a home, family, country: may you find them. To those who struggle to become: may you be. —A. Joseph Layon To my father Pietro and my mother Giuliana, now walking the family dog between the clouds