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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798449003321

Autore

Wijdicks Eelco F. M. <1954->

Titolo

The practice of emergency and critical care neurology / / Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD, FACP, FNCS, FANA, Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Chair, Division of Critical Care Neurology, Consultant, Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-025957-4

0-19-046957-9

0-19-025956-6

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (937 p.)

Disciplina

616.8/0428

Soggetti

Neurology - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover            ; Titlepage                ; Copyright                ; Contents               ; List of Capsules                       ; Preface to the Second Edition                                    ; Preface to the First Edition                                   ; Acknowledgements                       ; Part I: General Principles of Recognition of Critically Ill Neurologic Patients in the Emergency Department

1. The Presenting Neurologic Emergency                                             2. Criteria of Triage                            ; Part II: Evaluation of Presenting Symptoms Indicating Urgency                                                                    ; 3. Confused and Febrile                              ; 4. A Terrible Headache                             ; 5. Blacked Out and Slumped Down                                      ; 6. See Nothing, See Double, See Shapes                                             ; 7. Spinning

8. Moving, Jerking, and Spasm                                    Part III: Evaluation of Presenting Symptoms Indicating Critical Emergency                                                                                ; 9. Can't Walk or Stand                             ; 10. Short of Breath                          ; 11. Seizing                  ; 12. Comatose                   ; Part IV: Organization of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit

13. The Responsibilities of the  Neurointensivist                                                        



14. The Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit                                                ; Part V: General Principles of Management of Critically Ill Neurologic Patients in the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit                                                                                                                              ; 15. General Perspectives of Care                                       ; 16. Agitation and Pain

17. Mechanical Ventilation                                 18. Nutrition                    ; 19. Volume Status and Blood Pressure                                           ; 20. Anticoagulation and Thrombolysis                                           ; 21. Fever and Cooling                            ; 22. Increased Intracranial Pressure                                          ; Part VI: Technologies in the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit                                                                     ; 23. Monitoring Devices

24. Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound and Neurophysiology

Sommario/riassunto

The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology puts a more modern approach on the practice of emergency neurological care. This new edition concentrates on the management of neurologic conditions, recognition of deterioration of neurologic functions, neurosurgical procedures, and immediate interventions. Dr. Wijdicks condenses essential information into several sections comprising of the principles in recognizing critically ill neurologic patients in the emergency department, the evaluation of symptoms indicating critical emergency, general principles of managing critically ill patients