Neurologic emergencies: how to do a fast, focused evaluation of any neurologic complaint

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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 Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv The Fast and Focused Neurological Examination (Matthew S. Siket)....Pages 1-15 Rule Out Acute Stroke (Aunali S. Khaku, Sayed K. Ali)....Pages 17-38 Acute Head Injury: When to Image and When to Observe? (Tracy MacIntosh, Adam Benzing)....Pages 39-57 Seizure Activity (Claire S. Jacobs, Imoigele P. Aisiku)....Pages 59-84 Syncope: Who Needs Imaging? Who Needs Admission? (Ellen Vollmers, Sean Kivlehan)....Pages 85-101 Dizziness: An Evidence-Based Approach (Better than MRI?) (Jonathan A. Edlow)....Pages 103-125 Acute Vision Loss and Diplopia (David C. Lebowitz, Amninder Singh, Amanda Webb)....Pages 127-142 Headache: When to Image, When to Tap (Perrin T. Considine, Levi Filler, Murtaza Akhter)....Pages 143-173 Atraumatic Acute Neck and Back Pain (John W. Martel, J. Brooks Motley)....Pages 175-193 The Nonanatomic Exam: Psychogenic Syndromes and Malingering (Michael Hoffmann)....Pages 195-207 Altered Mental Status in the Emergency Department (Austin T. Smith, Jin H. Han)....Pages 209-232 Acute Generalized Weakness (Latha Ganti, Vaibhav Rastogi)....Pages 233-249 Infections of the Central Nervous System (Ogonna Felton, Charles R. Wira III)....Pages 251-270 Movement Disorder Emergencies (Latha Ganti, Javier Rosario)....Pages 271-287 Basic Emergent Computed Tomography (Christopher Horn)....Pages 289-311 Back Matter ....Pages 313-319