A case-based collection of monographs on the most complex matters in acute neurology, this book provides thoughtful analysis of the topics by experts in the field. Careful and critical review of available evidence is combined with the practical opinion of the authors. The decision-making process is expounded in all its science and art, and clinically relevant conclusions are realised for each case presented. Focused clinical descriptions of the unlimited dilemmas and tough calls encountered in the practice of neurology. This book is a collection of discussions and criticisms revolving around these decisions that are very difficult to make.
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I. Tough Calls in Clinical Diagnosis Chapter 1: Found Comatose Chapter 2: Acute Neuro-ophthalmologic Conditions Chapter 3: Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus Chapter 4: Movement Disorder Emergencies Chapter 5: The Febrile Agitated Immunosuppressed Patient Chapter 6: Thunderclap Headache II. Tough Calls in Procedures Chapter 7: When to Intubate Critically Ill Neurological Patients Chapter 8: When to use Hyperventilation, Mannitol, or Corticosteroids to Reduce Increased Intracranial Pressure from Cerebral Edema Chapter 9: When to Consider Emergency Interventional Procedures Chapter 10: When and How to Monitor Acute Brain Injury III. Tough Calls in Major Disease Categories Chapter 11: Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Before General or Vascular Surgery Chapter 12: Management of Incidental Aneurysms and Vascular Malformations Chapter 13: Recurrent Cerebral Infarcts Chapter 14: Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients Using Warfarin Chapter 15: Spinal Epidural Metastases Chapter 16: Surgery for Intracerebral Hematoma Chapter 17: Chemotherapy for Brain Tumors Chapter 18: Acute Poisoning from Tropical Fish Chapter 19: Crisis in Myasthenia Gravis Chapter 20: Fulminant White Matter Disease Chapter 21: The Unstable Spine after Trauma Chapter 22: The Clinical Diversity of Traumatic Head Injury Chapter 23: Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment INDEX
