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Acute neurologic injury requires specialized care and complete understanding of the hemodynamic goals for treatment as well as consideration for the systemic effects of neurologic injury. Specialized neurologic intensive care units provide a multidisciplinary approach to specific conditions by teams dedicated to treating neurologic illness. Various continuous and intermittent monitors for hemodynamic stability, volume status, cerebral profusion, and cerebral oxygenation are described in a case-based discussion throughout this chapter to demonstrate the diagnostic and treatment requirements for the complex pathophysiology of acute neurologic injury.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 251 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    Louanne M. Carabini M.D.

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  1. Departments of Anesthesiology, Neurological Surgery and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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  2. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA

    Tod B. Sloan

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    J. Richard Toleikis

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Carabini, L.M. (2017). Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit. In: Koht, A., Sloan, T., Toleikis, J. (eds) Monitoring the Nervous System for Anesthesiologists and Other Health Care Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46542-5_44

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