Neurological Emergencies: A Practical Approach

✍ Scribed by Alejandro A. Rabinstein

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2020
Tongue: English
Leaves: 393
Edition: 1st ed. 2020
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Acute Coma (Alejandro A. Rabinstein)....Pages 1-13
Status Epilepticus (Michael D. Morris, Kent A. Owusu, Carolina B. Maciel)....Pages 15-47
Headache Emergencies (Deena M. Nasr, Sherri A. Braksick)....Pages 49-66
Neuro-otologic Emergencies: A Practical Approach (Kiersten L. Gurley, Jonathan A. Edlow)....Pages 67-84
Neuro-ophthalmologic Urgencies and Emergencies (Devon A. Cohen, John J. Chen)....Pages 85-105
Neuro-Oncologic Emergencies (Michael W. Ruff, Alyx B. Porter)....Pages 107-119
Severe Infections of the Central Nervous System (Micah D. Yost, Michel Toledano)....Pages 121-149
Acute Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure (Katherine Schwartz, Christopher L. Kramer)....Pages 151-170
Acute Ischemic Stroke (Maximiliano A. Hawkes, Alejandro A. Rabinstein)....Pages 171-188
Acute Cerebral Venous Stroke (Catherine Arnold Fiebelkorn, Sherri A. Braksick)....Pages 189-207
Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage (Cerebral and Cerebellar) (David P. Lerner, Anil Ramineni, Joseph D. Burns)....Pages 209-229
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (Sudhir Datar)....Pages 231-244
Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Practical Approach (Daniel Agustin Godoy, Ahsan Ali Khan, Andres M. Rubiano)....Pages 245-270
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (Alejandro A. Rabinstein)....Pages 271-280
Neurologic Emergencies from Recreational Substances (Kaitlyn Barkley, Christopher P. Robinson)....Pages 281-300
Neurological Emergencies from Prescription Drugs (Sherri A. Braksick, Deena M. Nasr)....Pages 301-318
Emergencies of Demyelinating Diseases (Shyamal C. Bir, Eduardo Gonzalez-Toledo, Alireza Minagar)....Pages 319-334
Emergencies in Movement Disorders (Julieta E. Arena)....Pages 335-344
Neurologic Emergencies in Transplant Patients (Jeffrey Brent Peel, Lauren K. Ng)....Pages 345-355
Neurological Emergencies in Pregnant Patients (Jason Siegel)....Pages 357-375
Back Matter ....Pages 377-390

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; Neurology; Emergency Medicine; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

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