Neurological Emergencies

Description:

This comprehensive and up-to-date book covers the common emergencies in neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry. Chapters examine a variety of neurological emergencies, and offer pragmatic approaches to treatment and management. High-quality tables, figures, and algorithms supplement expertly written text, and provide readers with clear, rapid answers in an easily accessible format. Additionally, the book includes discussions on less common conditions, and incorporates specific methods for treating specific populations, such as pregnant women and transplant patients.  Neurological Emergencies: A Practical Approach is a go-to reference for all medical professions working in emergency treatment settings, and will increase their ability to better care for patients with acute neurological diseases.

Table of Contents:

1. Acute Coma

2. Status Epilepticus

3. Headache Emergencies

4. Neuro-otologic Emergencies: A Practical Approach

5. Neuro-ophthalmologic Urgencies and Emergencies

6. Neuro-Oncologic Emergencies

7. Severe Infections of the Central Nervous System

8. Acute Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure

9. Acute Ischemic Stroke

10. Acute Cerebral Venous Stroke

11. Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage (Cerebral and Cerebellar)

12. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

13. Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Practical Approach

14. Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

15. Neurologic Emergencies from Recreational Substances

16. Neurological Emergencies from Prescription Drugs

17. Emergencies of Demyelinating Diseases

18. Emergencies in Movement Disorders

19. Neurologic Emergencies in Transplant Patients

20. Neurological Emergencies in Pregnant Patients