Katja E. Wartenberg, MD PhD

Co-Director of the Neurological Intensive Care Unit

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Halle (Saale)

Germany

Research interests: subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, hypothermia, large hemispheric stroke

Academic activities: previous chair of the international committee and board member of the Neurocritical Care Society, current secretary of the German Society of Neurocritical Care

Khalid Shukri, MD FCCM

Senior Consultant Neuro-Critical Care

Dept Critical Care

Medinah National Hospital

Medinah Munnawarah

Saudi Arabia

Research Interests: sepsis, critical care management, neurocritical care development

Academic activities: President of Transcontinental Elite Alliance for Intensive care Excellence; member of the World Sepsis Day (WSD) Steering Committee; Guideline Committee Survival Sepsis

Tamer Abdelhak, MD

Director of Neurocritical Care at Departments Neurology and Neurosurgery

Associate Professor of Adult Neurology and Neurocritical Care

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Springfield, Illinois

USA

Research Interests: traumatic brain injury

Academic activities: Vice President of the North America region for the International Pan-Arab Critical Care Medicine Society, chair of the advocacy committee of the Neurocritical Care Society

Pocket-sized survival guide for caregivers in neurointensive care units

Facilitates safe practice in emergency situations and critical care of critically ill neurologic patients in neurointensive care units

Written by international experts in the field?

Patient Safety Standards in the Neuro-ICU.- Airway Safety in the Neurocritical Care Unit.- Mechanical Ventilation in the Neuro-ICU.- Nutrition in Neuro-ICU.- Monitoring in the Neurocritical Care Unit.- Intracranial Pressure Monitoring.- Postoperative Care in Neurooncology.- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Intracerebral Hemorrhage.- Patient Safety in Acute Ischemic Stroke.- Cerebral Venous Thrombosis.- Bacterial Meningitis.- Brain Abscess.- Seizures and Status Epilepticus in the Neurologic Intensive Care Unit.- Traumatic Brain Injury.- Patient Safety in Guillain Barre Syndrome and Acute Neuromuscular Disorders.- Acute Spinal Disorders.- Care for Complications after Catastrophic Brain Injury.- Neuroimaging in the Neuro-ICU.- Brain Death.- Ethics in the Neuro-ICU.