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Edited by Werner Hacke, with Daniel F. Hanley, Karl M. Einhaupl, Thomas P. Bleck, Michael N. Diringer, Allan H. Ropper, and Klaus Sartor. 1044 pp., illustrated. New York, Springer-Verlag, 1994. $98. ISBN 0-387-56443-8.

General-reference, multiauthored textbooks are ambitious undertakings. They require ardent editorial discipline to keep the book focused on the overall theme. In this book, the editors' purpose appears to have been twofold. They wanted to concentrate on management problems in the intensive care unit, including diagnostic procedures and therapeutic strategies, specifically as they pertain to neurologic patients, and at the same time to communicate a consensus view of these issues. The book has 7 editors and more than 100 authors from 50 institutions in both North America and Europe. Despite this diversity, the book is homogeneous in style and extremely readable. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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