1. Bedside Neurologic Exam 2. Altered Mental Status and Coma: Pathophysiology and Management 3. Neuroimaging and the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient 4. Diagnostic Laboratory Studies in the ICU Patient: What, When, and How Often? 5. Team Management of the Multisystem-Injured Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient 6. The Spinal Cord Injury Patient 7. Delayed Intracerebral Hemorrhage 8. Sedation and Pain Management in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient 9. Homeostatic Mechanisms in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient 10. Neurophysiology in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit: Options, Indications, and Interpretations 11. Cerebral Perfusion 12. Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics and Pathology 13. Intracranial Pressure Fundamentals 14. Cerebral Protection Measures 15. Neuropharmacology 16. Nutrition 17. Fluid Management 18. Ventilator Management 19. Seizure Disorders: Diagnosis and Management 20. Infections 21. Cerebral Microdialysis in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit 22. Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Therapy in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit 23. Restraints in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient 24. Unique Pediatric Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Issues 25. Systemic Complications and Disease-Specific Phenomena Leading to Ischemic Injury 26. Acute Ischemic Stroke 27. Brain Death 28. Family Communication 29. Spiritual Care of the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient and Family 30. Medical-Legal Issues in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit 31. Discharge Planning for the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patient