Ch. 1. Introduction to critical care in neurology and neurosurgery -- Ch. 2. Intracranial physiology and elevated intracranial pressure -- Ch. 3. Managment of intracranial hypertension and mass effect -- Ch. 4. Pulmonary aspects of neurological intensive care -- Ch. 5. Cardiovascular aspects of neurological intensive care -- Ch. 6. Fluid and metabolic derangements -- Ch. 7. Fever and infections in the neurological intensive care unit -- Ch. 8. Electrophysiologic monitoring in the neurological intensive care unit -- Ch. 9. Persistent vegetative state and brain death --Ch. 10. Postoperative neurosurgical care -- Ch. 11. Neurological complications of critical medical illnesses -- Ch. 12. Head injury -- Ch. 13. Critical care of acute stroke -- Ch. 14. Management of nontraumatic brain hemorrhage -- Ch. 15. Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Ch. 16. Intensive and postoperative care of intracranial tumors -- Ch. 17. Hypoxic-ischemic cerebral injury -- Ch. 18. Critical care of Guillain-Barrem Syndrome -- Ch. 19. Treatment of the critically ill patient with myasthenia gravis -- Ch. 20. Status epilepticus -- Ch. 21. Viral encephalitis and bacterial meningitis --Ch. 22. Spinal cord injury -- Ch. 23. Ethical and legal aspects applicable to the neurological intensive care unit.