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The second edition of Emergency Neurology in the "What Do I Do Now?" series includes further challenging cases for clinicians caring for patients with urgent neurologic illnesses, addressing difficult questions of diagnosis and management. This up-to-date, case-based volume also serves as an interactive self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"
List of contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1
- Diagnostic Dilemmas
- Chapter 1. Neurologic Deficits Following Carotid Endarterectomy
- Chapter 2. Prolonged Migraine Aura
- Chapter 3. Acute Generalized Weakness
- Chapter 4. Syncope
- Chapter 5. Monocular Vision Loss
- Chapter 6. Thunderclap Headache
- Chapter 7. Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus
- Chapter 8. Hospital-Acquired Delirium
- Chapter 9. Coma with Fever
- Chapter 10. Refractory Vertigo
- Chapter 11. Febrile Dystonia
- Chapter 12. Myelopathy
- Chapter 13. Neurologic Complications of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
- Chapter 14. Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Chapter 15. Intracranial Mass in a Person with HIV
- Chapter 16. Rapidly Progressive Dementia
- Chapter 17. Functional Hemiparesis
- Chapter 18. Acute Myopathy
- Section 2
- Treatment Dilemmas
- Chapter 19. Cardioembolic Stroke with Contraindications to Anticoagulation
- Chapter 20. Recurring Transient Ischemic Attack
- Chapter 21. Acute Neuralgia
- Chapter 22. Intractable Migraine
- Chapter 23. Intracerebral Hemorrhage on Anticoagulation
- Chapter 24. First-Time Seizure
- Chapter 25. Acute Stroke Up to 24 Hours
- Chapter 26. Acute Cervical Radiculopathy
- Chapter 27. Post-Cardiac Arrest Management
- Chapter 28. Myasthenic Crisis
- Chapter 29. Encephalopathy and Seizure After Transplant
- Chapter 30. Recurring Psychogenic Nonepileptic Spells
- Chapter 31. Migraine in a Pregnant Patient
- Section 3
- Pediatric Dilemmas
- Chapter 32. Acute Migraine in Child
- Chapter 33. Febrile Seizure
- Chapter 34. Acute Ataxia in a Child
- Chapter 35. Concussion in an Adolescent
- Chapter 36. Acute stroke in an Adolescent
About the author
Sara C. LaHue, MD
Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
Morris Levin, MD
Professor, UCSF Department of Neurology
Summary
Part of the "What Do I Do Now?" series, Emergency Neurology uses a case-based approach to cover challenging cases for clinicians caring for patients with urgent neurologic illnesses, addressing difficult questions of diasnosis and treatment. Each chapter provides a discussion of the diagnosis, key points to remember, and selected references for further reading. For this new edition, all cases and references have been updated, reflecting the advances in emergency neurologic care. Emergency Neurology is an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which clinicians can utilize when they encounter difficult patients, who are in need of timely emergency treatment. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"
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This one of a kind book makes for an easy to grasp collection of critical issues pertinent to approaching a clinic, hospitalized patient, curbside consult, morning report, or clinic conference. The text is loaded with logical, stepwise approaches to differential diagnosis, gently guiding the reader on how to proceed in the golden hours of neurological emergencies. Ample updates sprinkled throughout the text span the breadth of topics with significant advances in recent years-comprehensive, easy on the eyes, and an essential guide for every clinician." - Vineeta Singh, MD, Professor of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco
