Neurologic Emergencies : How to Do a Fast, Focused Evaluation of Any Neurologic Complaint / edited by Latha Ganti, Joshua N. Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ganti, Latha, editor.

Goldstein, Joshua N., editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Emergency medicine.

Critical care medicine.

Neurology.

Medicine & Public Health.

Emergency Medicine.

Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Medicine & Public Health.

Emergency Medicine.

Neurology.

Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 319 pages 90 illustrations in color)

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

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 Common chapter format to facilitate quick look-up .

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 eye symptoms: diplopia and loss of vision

8. Headache: When to image, when to tap

9. Neck and back pain: Who needs an MRI?

10. The non-anatomic exam: psychogenic syndromes and malingering

11. Altered mental status

12. Acute generalized weakness

13. Acute manifestations of chronic neurologic disease

14. CNS infections

15. Encephalopathy and Neurotoxicology

16. Movement disorders emergencies

17. Basic neuroanatomy

18. Basic emergent neuroimaging

Glossary .

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319645230

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