RT Book, Section
A1 Lee, Kiwon
SR Print(0)
ID 1143953776
T1 Foreword
T2 The NeuroICU Book, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071841443
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1143953776
RD 2024/04/23
AB Three  converging  realities  provide  the  raisons  d’etre  for  this  new  edition  of  The  NeuroICU  Book.  First,  management  of  neurological  and  neurosurgical  patients  is  becoming  increasingly  complex  and  fluid  as  diagnostic  and  therapeutic  options  increase.  There  are  few  “standards  of  care”  that  have  not  substantially  changed  over  the  past  few  years.  Second,  as  our  population  increases,  engages  in  risky  behavior,  and  ages,  the  burden  of  trauma  and  neurological  disease  threatens  to  overwhelm  our  hospitals.  The  number  of  physicians  and  other  staff  who  need  training  to  care  for  these  patients  is  truly  exploding.  Finally,  evidence-based  protocol-driven  care  improves  quality  metrics,  value  and  patient  centered  outcomes.  Every  hospital  and  healthcare  system  now  accepts  and  is  adapting  to  this  new  reality  of  medical  practice.  Nowhere  are  these  themes  more  evident  than  in  the  NeuroICU,  hence  the  need  for  a  comprehensive,  authoritative,  and  easily  negotiated  reference  for  medical  staff  managing  patients  in  this  environment.