edited by Panayiotis N. Varelas ; foreword by Susan S. Spencer
Totowa, N.J. :
Humana Press,
c2005
xiv, 380 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Current clinical neurology
Includes bibliographical references and index
Presentation and pathophysiology of seizures in the critical care environment: an overview / Marek A. Mirski -- Stroke and critical care seizures / Panayiotis N. Varelas and Lotfi Hacein Bey -- Traumatic brain injury and seizures in the ICU / Andrew Beaumont and Grant Sinson -- Brain tumors and ICU seizures / Efstathios Papavassiliou and Panayiotis N. Varelas -- Global hypoxia-ischemia and critical care seizures / Matthew A. Koenig and Romergryko Geocadin -- Seizures in renal and hepatic failure and endocrine disease / Andrew Beaumont -- Seizures in organ transplant recipients / Greg A. Worrell and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks -- Extreme hypertension, eclampsia, and critical care seizures / Errol Gordon and Michel T. Torbey -- Infection or inflammation and ICU seizures / Wendy C. Ziai -- Electrolyte disturbance and critical care seizures / Jenice Robinson and Jose I. Suarez -- Alcohol-related seizures in the ICU / Zachary Webb -- Seizure-inducing drugs used for the critically ill / Rebecca E. Schuman and Panayiotis N. Varelas -- Critical care seizures related to illicit drugs and toxins / Andreas R. Luft -- Management of status epilepticus and critical care seizures / Panayiotis N. Varelas and Marianna V. Spanaki