Neurosurgical emergencies

Content: Intracranial pathology --
Assessment of acute loss of consciousness --
Intracranial pressure monitoring and management of raised intracranial pressure --
Management of acute hydrocephalus --
Recognition and management of cerebral herniation syndromes --
Penetrating cerebral trauma --
Extra-axial hematomas --
Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage --
Pituitary apoplexy --
Acute management of subarachnoid hemorrhage --
Interventions for acute ischemic stroke --
Cerebral infectious processes --
Emergency treatment of brain tumors --
Acute bony decompression of the optic and facial nerves --
Convulsive and nonconvulsive status epilepticus --
Special considerations in the evaluation of patients with combined head and spinal injuries and multiple system trauma --
Summary and synopsis of the Brain Trauma Foundation head injury guidelines --
Spinal pathology --
Acute intervention for cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal disk disease --
Intensive care management of spine- and spinal cord-injured patients --
Biomechanical considerations for early operative intervention in vertebral column fractures and dislocations --
Athletic injuries and their differential diagnosis --
Penetrating spine trauma --
Spinal cord compression secondary to neoplastic disease: epidural metastases and pathologic fracture --
Intraspinal hemorrhage --
Spinal infections --
Summary and synopsis of the spinal cord injury guidelines --
Peripheral nerve pathology --
Acute repair of penetrating nerve trauma --
Acute management of compressive peripheral neuropathies --
Pediatric neurosurgical issues --
Spinal cord injury in children --
Management of acute shunt malfunction --
Perinatal management of a child born with a myelomeningocele --
Recognition and management of intrathecal Baclofen withdrawal syndrome.