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Postoperative care of patients in the NCCU generally encompasses management after neurosurgery but can also encompass issues associated with non-neurosurgical procedures; proper management requires an understanding of general post-anesthesia care and issues specifically related to the neurosurgical procedure.

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  1. Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street - 7 Dulles, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    W. Andrew Kofke

  2. Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Robert J. Brown

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  1. Tufts Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 800 Washington St., Box 314, Boston, 02111, USA

    Anish Bhardwaj

  2. Div. Neurosciences Critical Care, Johns Hopkins Hospital, N. Wolfe St. 600, Baltimore, 21287-7840, Maryland, USA

    Marek A. Mirski

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Kofke, W.A., Brown, R.J. (2010). Postoperative Care. In: Bhardwaj, A., Mirski, M. (eds) Handbook of Neurocritical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6842-5_12

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