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edited by Allan H. Ropper, MD, Daryl R. Gress, MD, Deborah M. Green, MD, Michael N. Diringer, MD, Stephan A. Mayer, MD, and Thomas P. Bleck, MD, 391 pp, $125, ISBN 0-7817-3196-8, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004.

Arch Neurol. 2004;61:1623-1624.

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This is the fourth edition of one of the standard textbooks in neurocritical care. The publication of the new edition is timely since the founding of the Neurocritical Care Society in 2003 and its corresponding journal. This volume should not be considered a textbook of general critical care because it is limited in scope. However, many fine textbooks exist that include the entire spectrum of critical care with more complete discussions of ventilation, treatment of arrhythmias, infection, and myocardial infarction, for which this book is the ideal companion.

The book is separated into 2 major sections. The first section deals with general principles of neurological intensive care, and the second addresses more specific problems that are unique to the critical care neurologist. In the first section, the discussion of intracranial pressure physiologic features and treatment reflects our current understanding and is particularly well written. Chapters devoted to the pulmonary and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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