BookAlejandro A. Rabinstein, editor.
Summary: 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.
Contents:
Acute coma: Approach and management
Status epilepticus and other epilepsy urgencies
Emergent and urgent headaches
Neuro-otologic emergencies
Neuro-ophthalmologic urgencies and emergencies
Neuro-oncologic emergencies
Infections of central nervous system: Emergencies
Acute Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure
Intraparenchymal hemorrhage
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Traumatic brain injury
Traumatic spinal cord and spine injury
Neurological Emergencies from recreational substances
Neurological Emergencies from prescription drugs
Emergencies of demyelinating diseases
Movement disorders emergencies
Psychiatric emergencies
Sleep disorders emergencies
Neurologic emergencies in transplant patients
Neurologic emergencies in pregnant patients
Acute ischemic stroke
Acute cerebral venous stroke.