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- Numerous algorithms throughout for "on-the-spot" use
- Chapters end with list of clinical pearls and pitfalls summarizing the very least a physician needs to know
- Quick, yet comprehensive, overview of neurological emergencies every emergency physician will face
- Chapters organized by easily recognized symptoms and scenarios
This book is an unparalleled resource on neurologic emergencies. Most books on neurologic emergencies focus on treatment of a disease after it is diagnosed (such as stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, or meningitis). There are but a few books that focus on how to evaluate the patient with a neurologic symptom, before the diagnosis is made. This is the area that frontline providers, including emergency physicians, family physicians, primary care physicians, hospitalists, urgent care physicians, and midlevel providers struggle with. This book is written by clinicians with a clear understanding of the needs of non-neurologists in the front lines of medicine. The editors are board-certified emergency physicians with fellowship training and expertise in neurologic emergencies. Neurologic Emergencies includes these point-of-care-friendly features: - Extensive number of algorithms for distinct presenting symptoms
- Classic neuroimaging findings
- A concise bullet on what information needs to be conveyed to consultants
- Reference to relevant national guidelines where applicable
Table of Contents- 1. The fast focused neurologic exam.-
- 2. “Rule out acute stroke”.-
- 3. Acute head injury: When to image, when to observe?.-
- 4. Seizure activity: How to examine while treating.-
- 5. Syncope: Who needs imaging? Who needs admission?.-
- 6. Dizziness: An evidence based approach: Better than MRI?.-
- 7. Acute Vision Loss and Diplopia
- 8. Headache: When to image, when to tap.-
- 9. Atraumatic Acute Neck and Back Pain
- 10. The non-anatomic exam: psychogenic syndromes and malingering.-
- 11. Altered mental status.-
- 12. Acute generalized weakness.- 13. Infections of the Central Nervous System.-
- 14. Movement Disorder Emergencies.-
- 15. Basic Emergent Computed Tomography
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