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Tough calls in acute neurology / edited by Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Eelco F.M. Wijdicks.
Holman Biotech Commons RC346.3 .T68 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neurology--Decision making.
- Neurology.
- Neurological errors.
- Nervous System Diseases--therapy.
- Acute Disease.
- Evidence-Based Medicine.
- Nervous System Diseases--diagnosis.
- Medical Subjects:
- Nervous System Diseases--therapy.
- Acute Disease.
- Evidence-Based Medicine.
- Nervous System Diseases--diagnosis.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 355 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, [2004]
- Summary:
- A case-based collection of monographs on the most complex matter in acute neurology, this book provides thoughtful analysis of the topics by experts in the field. Careful and critical review of available evidence is combined with the practical opinion of the authors. The decision-making process is expounded in all its science and art and clinically relevant conclusions are realized for each case presented. Focused clinical descriptions of the unlimited dilemmas and tough calls encountered in the practice of neurology. This book is a collection of discussions and criticisms revolving around these decisions that are very difficult to make.
- Contents:
- 1 Tough Calls in Clinical Diagnosis
- 1. Found Comatose / Alejandro A. Rabinstein 3
- 2. Acute Neuro-ophthalmological Conditions / Valerie Biousse, Nancy J. Newman 19
- 3. Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus / Joseph I. Sirven 39
- 4. Movement Disorder Emergencies / Steven J. Frucht 51
- 5. The Febrile, Agitated, Immunosuppressed Patient / Ian Bone 69
- 6. Thunderclap Headache / Christopher J. Boes, Peter J. Goadsby 85
- 2 Tough Calls in Procedures
- 7. When to Intubate Critically Ill Neurological Patients / Cecil O. Borel, David L. McDonagh 97
- 8. When to Use Hyperventilation, Mannitol, or Corticosteroids to Reduce Increased Intracranial Pressure from Cerebral Edema / Edward M. Manno 107
- 9. When to Consider Emergency Interventional Procedures / Ricardo A. Hanel, Jawad F. Kirmani, Andrew R. Xavier, Stanley H. Kim, Adnan I. Qureshi 125
- 10. When and How to Monitor Acute Brain Injury / Marek Czosnyka 145
- 3 Tough Calls in Major Disease Categories
- 11. Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis before General or Vascular Surgical Procedures / Magdy H. Selim, Louis R. Caplan 163
- 12. Management of Incidental Aneurysms and Vascular Malformations / Mustafa K. Baskaya, Andrew Jea, Roberto C. Heros 177
- 13. Recurrent Cerebral Infarcts in Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome / Osvaldo Fustinoni, Jose Biller 199
- 14. Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients Using Warfarin / Eelco F. M. Wijdicks 217
- 15. Spinal Epidural Metastases / David Schiff, Mark E. Shaffrey 227
- 16. Surgery for Intracerebral Hematoma / Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Eelco F. M. Wijdicks 245
- 17. Chemotherapy for Brain Tumors / Warren P. Mason 257
- 18. Acute Poisoning from Tropical Fish / Carmen D. Cirstea, Robert G. Feldman, Daniel S. Sax 271
- 19. Crises in Myasthenia Gravis / Ji Y. Chong, Stephan A. Mayer 283
- 20. Fulminant White Matter Disease / Brian G. Weinshenker, Claudia F. Lucchinetti 293
- 21. The Unstable Spine after Trauma / Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, Cormac O. Maher, William E. Krauss 309
- 22. The Clinical Diversity of Traumatic Head Injury / Lawrence F. Marshall, Henry E. Aryan 319
- 23. Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment / James L. Bernat 331.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0750674660
- OCLC:
- 54407447
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