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- A comprehensive textbook to address the entire field of the acute emergencies in neuromuscular disease, their diagnosis, treatment, and management dilemmas.
- Combines clear guidance for diagnosis and management (flowcharts) as well as detailed background in a single volume publication.
- Puts emphasis on clinical relevance anchored by case vignettes for each chapter
- Contains video demonstrations and ESM enhance accessibility for the nonexpert as well as for the non-clinician specialist.
- Multimedia links to patient-orientated web material
This comprehensive book addresses the acute emergencies in neuromuscular disease from a novel perspective, focusing on clinical management and treatment of these disorders rather than the more traditional neuropathology, neurogenetics, and neurophysiology approaches. The book fills the gap in guidelines by providing an evidence-based guidance for the clinical adult or pediatric neurologist confronted by an acutely ill patient in a potentially life-threatening situation. The book is structured according to pathophysiological principles, but each chapter is strictly organised around case vignettes that emphasize clinical relevance allowing the non-specialist to access complex scientific backgrounds. The electronic supplementary material and multimedia are provided as an integral tool to facilitate accessibility and understanding of a notoriously difficult field of neurology. Finally, the role of patients , who are increasingly involved in many management decisions, is highlighted in a chapter on ethical issues discussing withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining therapy, patient end-of-life values, wishes and preferences, and on advanced directives. The publication is aimed equally at the non-specialist neurologist in frontline clinical practice confronted by a rare disorder needing immediate management decisions, at the clinical specialist referring for guidance in specific management aspects, and at the specialist researcher keen to maintain clinic relevance. Table of Contents- Recognition and Assessment of the Neuromuscular Emergency
- Diagnostic Tests in the Acute Setting: Strengths and Limitations
- Respiratory Management in Acute Neuromuscular Disease
- Management of Respiratory Emergencies in Chronic Neuromuscular Disease
- Weaning from the Ventilator and Long-Term Respiratory Support
- Emergencies in Motor Neuron Diseases
- Emergencies in Peripheral Neuropathies
- Infectious Diseases of the Peripheral Nerve and Spinal Cord
- The Acute and Emergency Management of Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
- Emergencies in Acute Myopathies: Acute Toxic Myopathies, Rhabdomyolysis, and Malignant Hyperthermia
- Emergencies in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
- The Emergency and Intensive Care Management of Metabolic Myopathies
- Intensive Care Implications in Primary Mitochondrial Disease
- ICU-Related Neuromuscular Weakness and Neuromuscular Differential Diagnoses in the ICU
- Neuromuscular Emergencies from a Low- and Middle-Income Countries Perspective
- Neuromuscular Disorders and Palliative Care in Adults
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