Handling difficult situations / Eelco F. M. Wijdicks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wijdicks, Eelco F. M., 1954- author.

Series:

Core principles of acute neurology.

Core Principles of Acute Neurology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Diseases.

Brain.

Neurology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In any acute neurologic condition situations come up which generate questions about management. In a deteriorating patient there is a strain in decision making and many acute problems are hard calls. Handling Difficult Situations includes solutions for these reoccurring dilemmas. Each topic is carefully chosen and reflects clinical practice. The book addresses how to recognize treatable coma, how to judge the severity of traumatic brain and spine injury, and discusses how to recognize neurosurgical emergencies. Handling Difficult Situations also includes recognition and management of acute res

Contents:

Cover; Handling Difficult Situations; Series; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction to the Series; 1 Treatable Coma; 2 When Seizures Continue; 3 Judging Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury; 4 Recognition of Acute Spinal Cord Injury; 5 Treating Acute Autoimmune Encephalitis; 6 Neurosurgical Emergencies in Acute Brain Injury; 7 Endovascular Options in Ischemic Stroke; 8 Supporting Acute Respiratory Muscle Weakness; 9 Emergencies in the Transplant Recipient; 10 Troubleshooting: Easily Overlooked CT Scan Signs; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-932214-7

0-19-939723-6

0-19-932213-9

OCLC:

875894781