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- Fully updated and expanded with nine additional chapters
- Patient vignettes at the beginning of each chapter and updated video vignettes (provided online) of physician-patient interactions illustrate virtually all of the movement disorders described in the text
- Comprehensive discussion of broad range of disorders, including acute dystonic reactions, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, acute parkinsonism, startle syndromes, tic emergencies, and many others
This book logically and systematically reviews the major movement disorder emergencies. It instructs the reader on how to recognize and manage these problems. This updated new edition of Movement Disorder Emergencies consists of five comprehensive sections. It begins with chapters that relay the various practical approaches one can administer when treating a patient with a movement disorder emergency. Section two then delves into specific hyperacute movement disorder emergencies such as acute parkinsonism, serotonin syndrome, and malignant catatonia. Following this, section three examines various acute movement disorder emergencies, including tic emergencies and Sydenham’s chorea. Sections four and five explore issues that can occur during treatment, such as pitfalls in diagnosis and risks in the clinic. Written by prominent neurologists from around the world, Movement Disorder Emergencies, 3rd edition is a practical reference that achieves excellence in diagnosis and management of movement disorder emergencies. Table of Contents- Practical Approach to Management of the Movement Disorders Patient in the Hospital and Intensive Care Unit
- Neuro-Ophthalmologic Emergencies in Movement Disorders
- Movement Disorder Emergencies of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract
- Acute Parkinsonism
- Parkinsonism-Hyperpyrexia Syndrome in Parkinson’s Disease
- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
- Malignant Catatonia
- Serotonin Syndrome
- Acute Spinal Rigidity
- Status Dystonicus
- Posthypoxic Myoclonus and Its Management
- Tic Emergencies
- Coprolalia and Malignant Phonic Tics
- Hemiballism-Hemichorea
- Sydenham’s Chorea, PANDAS, and Other Post-streptococcal Neurological Disorders
- Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis and Other Autoimmune and Paraneoplastic Movement Disorders
- Psychosis and Parkinson’s Disease
- Perioperative Emergencies Associated with Deep Brain Stimulation
- Startle Disorders
- Pseudodystonic Emergencies
- Functional Movement Disorders
- Tardive and Neuroleptic-Induced Emergencies
- Abductor Paresis in Shy-Drager Disease
- Dopa-Responsive Dystonia and Related Disorders
- Wilson’s Disease
- Wilson Disease Presenting as Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome
- X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy: Addisonian Crisis in a Patient with Spastic Paraparesis-Ataxia Syndrome
- Whipple’s Disease
- Emergencies in Huntington’s Disease
- Genetics and Genetic Counseling-Related Issues
- Driving in Parkinson’s Disease
- Suicide Risk in Parkinson’s Disease
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