I: Principles of neurocritical care -- Cerebral blood flow physiology and metabolism -- Cerebral edema and intracranial pressure -- Vasoactive therapy -- Hypothermia: physiology and applications -- Analgesia, sedation, and paralysis -- Mechanical ventilation and airway management -- Neuropharmacology -- II:Neuromonitoring -- Intracranial pressure and cerebral blood flow monitoring -- Hemodynamic and electrophysiological monitoring -- III:Management of specific disorders in the neurocritical care unit -- Ischemic stroke -- Intracerebral hemorrhage -- Cerebral venous thrombosis -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Status epilepticus -- Nerve and muscle disorders -- Head trauma -- Encephalopathy -- Coma and brain death -- Neuroterrorism and drug overdose -- Central nervous system infections -- Spinal cord injury -- Postoperative management in the neurosurgical critical care unit -- Ethical and legal considerations in neuroscience critical care -- IV:Management of medical disorders in the neurocritical care unit -- A pulmonary consult -- A pulmonary consult -- An Infectious diseases consult -- A gastroenterology consult -- A nephrology consult -- An endocrinology consult