Neurological Emergencies: A Practical Approach

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
 Acute Coma  (Alejandro A. Rabinstein)....Pages 1-13
 Status Epilepticus  (Michael D. Morris, Kent A. Owusu, Carolina B. Maciel)....Pages 15-47
 Headache Emergencies  (Deena M. Nasr, Sherri A. Braksick)....Pages 49-66
 Neuro-otologic Emergencies: A Practical Approach  (Kiersten L. Gurley, Jonathan A. Edlow)....Pages 67-84
 Neuro-ophthalmologic Urgencies and Emergencies  (Devon A. Cohen, John J. Chen)....Pages 85-105
 Neuro-Oncologic Emergencies  (Michael W. Ruff, Alyx B. Porter)....Pages 107-119
 Severe Infections of the Central Nervous System  (Micah D. Yost, Michel Toledano)....Pages 121-149
 Acute Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure  (Katherine Schwartz, Christopher L. Kramer)....Pages 151-170
 Acute Ischemic Stroke  (Maximiliano A. Hawkes, Alejandro A. Rabinstein)....Pages 171-188
 Acute Cerebral Venous Stroke  (Catherine Arnold Fiebelkorn, Sherri A. Braksick)....Pages 189-207
 Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage (Cerebral and Cerebellar)  (David P. Lerner, Anil Ramineni, Joseph D. Burns)....Pages 209-229
 Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage  (Sudhir Datar)....Pages 231-244
 Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Practical Approach  (Daniel Agustin Godoy, Ahsan Ali Khan, Andres M. Rubiano)....Pages 245-270
 Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury  (Alejandro A. Rabinstein)....Pages 271-280
 Neurologic Emergencies from Recreational Substances  (Kaitlyn Barkley, Christopher P. Robinson)....Pages 281-300
 Neurological Emergencies from Prescription Drugs  (Sherri A. Braksick, Deena M. Nasr)....Pages 301-318
 Emergencies of Demyelinating Diseases  (Shyamal C. Bir, Eduardo Gonzalez-Toledo, Alireza Minagar)....Pages 319-334
 Emergencies in Movement Disorders  (Julieta E. Arena)....Pages 335-344
 Neurologic Emergencies in Transplant Patients  (Jeffrey Brent Peel, Lauren K. Ng)....Pages 345-355
 Neurological Emergencies in Pregnant Patients  (Jason Siegel)....Pages 357-375
Back Matter ....Pages 377-390