Handbook of emergency neurology / Thomas P. Campbell and Kevin M. Kelly - 416 pages

Section 1. Neurologic examination and neurodiagnostic testing --1. Emergency neurologic examination -- 2. Neuroradiology -- 3. Electroencephalography -- 4. Lumbar puncture -- Section 2. Common neurologic presentations: a symptom-based approach -- 5. Coma, delirium and dementia -- 6. Headache -- 7. Weakness -- 8. Musculoskeletal and neurogenic pain -- 9. Dizziness -- 10. Gait disturbances -- Section 3. Specific neurological disorders in emergency medicine -- 11. Ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack -- 12. Intracranial hemorrhage -- 13. Seizures -- 14.Infections of the central nervous system -- 15. Traumatic brain injury -- 16. Increased intracranial pressure and herniation syndromes-- 17. Traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord disorders -- 18. Neuro-ophthalmology emergencies -- 19. Brain tumors and other neuro-oncologic emergencies -- 20. Peripheral nerve and neuromuscular disorders -- 21. Movement disorders -- 22. Multiple sclerosis -- 23. Hydrocephalus and shunt evaluation -- 24. Post-arrest neurologic resuscitation -- 25. Neurotoxicology -- 26. Neurologic emergencies of pregnancy -- 27. Brain death -- 28. Hysteria

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