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1 Introduction.- 2 Organization of a Neuroscience Critical Care Unit: Historical Perspectives and Vision for the Future.- 3 Cerebral Blood Flow Physiology and Monitoring.- 4 Cerebral Metabolism: Implications for Neurocritically Ill Patients.- 5 Cerebral Edema and Intracranial Dynamics: Monitoring and Management of Intracranial Pressure.- 6 Neurologic and Systemic Monitoring in the NSU.- 7 Neuroimaging in Neuroemergencies.- 8 Cardiac Monitoring in the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit.- 9 Ventilatory Management in the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit.- 10 Treatment of Autonomic Disorders Requiring Intensive Care Management.- 11 Management of Medical Complications in the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit.- 12 Sedation and Analgesia in the Critically Ill Neurology and Neurosurgery Patient.- 13 Blood Pressure Management in the Neurocritical Care Patient.- 14 Nutrition and Diet Therapy in the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit.- 15 Bioethical Issues in the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit.- 16 Coma and Brain Death.- 17 Endovascular Therapy and Neurosciences Critical Care.- 18 Neurointensive Care of the Acute Ischemic Stroke Patient.- 19 Management of Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage.- 20 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- 21 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis.- 22 Traumatic Head Injury.- 23 Spinal Cord Injury and Related Diseases.- 24 Postoperative Management in the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit.- 25 Status Epilepticus.- 26 Myasthenic Crisis.- 27 Critical Care of Guillain-Barré Syndrome.- 28 Less Common Causes of Quadriparesis and Respiratory Failure.- 29 Infections of the Central Nervous System.- 30 Neuro-Ophthalmologic Evaluation of the ICU Patient.- 31 Management of the Patient With Mitochondrial Disease in the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit.- 32 Neurocritical Care DuringPregnancy and Puerperium.- 33 Nursing Care in the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit.- 34 Outcomes of Neurosciences Critical Care.- Appendices.