- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Amendments and Errata
- Chapter 1 The critical care continuum
- Chapter 2 The critical care environment
- Chapter 3 The patient in the critical care environment
- Chapter 4 Nursing skills to support critical care patients
- Chapter 5 Cardiovascular monitoring
- Chapter 6 Respiratory monitoring
- Chapter 7 Neurological monitoring
- Chapter 8 Laboratory monitoring
- Chapter 9 Miscellaneous monitoring
- Chapter 10 Respiratory support: mechanical ventilation
- Chapter 11 Caring for the patient on intermittent positive pressure ventilation
- Chapter 12 Cardiac disorders
- Chapter 13 Neurological care
- Chapter 14 Renal disorders
- Chapter 15 Gastrointestinal dysfunction and nutrition
- Chapter 16 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, and multiple organ dysfunction
- Chapter 17 Trauma
- Chapter 18 The major incident and critical care
- Chapter 19 Haematology
- Chapter 20 Immunological disorders
- Chapter 21 Metabolic disorders
- Chapter 22 Obstetric emergencies
- Chapter 23 Poisoning
- Chapter 24 Evaluating the effects of critical care
- Index
(p. 127) Neurological monitoring
- Chapter:
- (p. 127) Neurological monitoring
- Author(s):
Sheila K. Adam
and Sue Osborne
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199215904.003.07
Neurological assessment 128
Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring 131
Jugular venous bulb oximetry 132
Electrocardiogram, Bispectral Index, cerebral function monitor, and transcranial Doppler monitoring 133
Clinical observation is the most sensitive measure of neurological function (Table 7.1).
Impaired consciousness is an expression of dysfunction of the brain as a whole and changes in conscious level provide the best indication of complications following brain injury....
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- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Amendments and Errata
- Chapter 1 The critical care continuum
- Chapter 2 The critical care environment
- Chapter 3 The patient in the critical care environment
- Chapter 4 Nursing skills to support critical care patients
- Chapter 5 Cardiovascular monitoring
- Chapter 6 Respiratory monitoring
- Chapter 7 Neurological monitoring
- Chapter 8 Laboratory monitoring
- Chapter 9 Miscellaneous monitoring
- Chapter 10 Respiratory support: mechanical ventilation
- Chapter 11 Caring for the patient on intermittent positive pressure ventilation
- Chapter 12 Cardiac disorders
- Chapter 13 Neurological care
- Chapter 14 Renal disorders
- Chapter 15 Gastrointestinal dysfunction and nutrition
- Chapter 16 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, and multiple organ dysfunction
- Chapter 17 Trauma
- Chapter 18 The major incident and critical care
- Chapter 19 Haematology
- Chapter 20 Immunological disorders
- Chapter 21 Metabolic disorders
- Chapter 22 Obstetric emergencies
- Chapter 23 Poisoning
- Chapter 24 Evaluating the effects of critical care
- Index