Catastrophic neurologic disorders in the emergency department / Eelco F.M. Wijdicks.
A practical handbook on the management of critically ill neurologic patients in the Emergency Department. The focus is on disorders that have the potential for rapid deterioration. For this thoroughly updated second edition, the author has added eight new chapters, seven of which appear in an entire...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Evaluation of Presenting Symptoms Indicating Urgency
- 1. Short of Breath
- 2. Can't Walk or Stand
- 3. See Nothing, See Double, See Shapes and Images
- 4. Spinning
- 5. Twitching and Spasms
- 6. A Terrible Headache
- 7. Confused and Febrile
- pt. II. Evaluation and Management of Evolving Catastrophes in the Neuraxis
- 8. Altered Arousal and Coma
- 9. Brain Edema
- 10. Status Epilepticus and Recurrent Seizures
- 11. Acute Obstructive Hydrocephalus
- 12. Acute Spinal Cord Compression
- pt. III. Catastrophic Neurologic Disorders Due to Specific Causes
- 13. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- 14. Intracerebral Hematomas
- 15. Major Ischemic Stroke Syndromes
- 16. Acute Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System
- 17. Acute Encephalitis
- 18. Acute White Mater Diseases
- 19. Traumatic Brain and Spine Injury
- 20. Forensic Neurologic Injury.