This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Michael K. Abraham and Evie Marcolini, focuses on Neurologic Emergencies. This issue is one of four selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Dr. Amal Mattu. Topics include: Traumatic injuries of the nervous system; Modern Neuroimaging Techniques in Diagnosing TIA and Acute Ischemic Stroke; Neurologic Emergencies at the Extremes of Age; Headache in the Emergency Department Avoiding Misdiagnosis of Dangerous Secondary Causes and Infections of the Central Nervous System.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xi 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Preface: Neurologic Emergencies: 2020 Update - p. xv 9. Traumatic Injuries to the Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nervous System - p. 1 10. Modern Neuroimaging Techniques in Diagnosing Transient Ischemic Attack and Acute Ischemic Stroke - p. 29 11. Neurologic Emergencies at the Extremes of Age - p. 47 12. Headache in the Emergency Department: Avoiding Misdiagnosis of Dangerous Secondary Causes, An Update - p. 67 13. Diagnosis and Initial Emergency Department Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - p. 87 14. Central Nervous System Infections in the Immunocompromised Adult Presenting to the Emergency Department - p. 101 15. Functional Seizures - p. 123 16. Emergency Neuropharmacology - p. 133 17. Diagnosis of Coma - p. 155 18. Approach to Acute Weakness - p. 173 19. Diagnosis of Patients with Acute Dizziness - p. 181 20. Sedation for Rapid Sequence Induction and Intubation of Neurologically Injured Patients - p. 203 21. NeuroEthics and End of Life Care - p. 217 22. Novel Treatments for Transient Ischemic Attack and Acute Ischemic Stroke - p. 227
This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Michael K. Abraham and Evie Marcolini, focuses on Neurologic Emergencies. This issue is one of four selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Dr. Amal Mattu. Topics include: Traumatic injuries of the nervous system; Modern Neuroimaging Techniques in Diagnosing TIA and Acute Ischemic Stroke; Neurologic Emergencies at the Extremes of Age; Headache in the Emergency Department Avoiding Misdiagnosis of Dangerous Secondary Causes and Infections of the Central Nervous System.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xi 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Preface: Neurologic Emergencies: 2020 Update - p. xv 9. Traumatic Injuries to the Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nervous System - p. 1 10. Modern Neuroimaging Techniques in Diagnosing Transient Ischemic Attack and Acute Ischemic Stroke - p. 29 11. Neurologic Emergencies at the Extremes of Age - p. 47 12. Headache in the Emergency Department: Avoiding Misdiagnosis of Dangerous Secondary Causes, An Update - p. 67 13. Diagnosis and Initial Emergency Department Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - p. 87 14. Central Nervous System Infections in the Immunocompromised Adult Presenting to the Emergency Department - p. 101 15. Functional Seizures - p. 123 16. Emergency Neuropharmacology - p. 133 17. Diagnosis of Coma - p. 155 18. Approach to Acute Weakness - p. 173 19. Diagnosis of Patients with Acute Dizziness - p. 181 20. Sedation for Rapid Sequence Induction and Intubation of Neurologically Injured Patients - p. 203 21. NeuroEthics and End of Life Care - p. 217 22. Novel Treatments for Transient Ischemic Attack and Acute Ischemic Stroke - p. 227
