Neurologic Emergencies How to Do a Fast, Focused Evaluation of Any Neurologic Complaint /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ganti, Latha (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Goldstein, Joshua N. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Emergency medicine.; Neurology .; Critical care medicine.; Emergency Medicine.; Neurology.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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
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