Identifying neuroemergencies / / Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, FNCS, FANA, Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Chair, Division of Critical Care Neurology, Consultant, Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Saint Marys Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818709803321
• Autore: Wijdicks Eelco F. M. <1954->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-19-932210-4; 0-19-026470-5; 0-19-932209-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Collana: Core principles of acute neurology
• Disciplina: 616.8/4025
• Soggetti: Neurologic manifestations of general diseases; Central nervous system - Diseases - Diagnosis; Central nervous system - Diseases - Treatment; Emergency medicine
• 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: Defining neuroemergencies -- The unresponsive patient -- Major warning signs : headache, vertigo, syncope -- Treating acute neurologic pain syndromes -- Treating movement disorder emergencies -- Triaging seizures and spells -- Triaging traumatic head and spine injury -- Triaging acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke -- Triaging acute neuroinfections -- Troubleshooting: errors and misjudgments.
• Sommario/riassunto: Core Principles of Acute Neurology is a series of short volumes that handles major topics not found in sufficient detail elsewhere and provides useful context. Identifying Neuroemergencies provides practical information on how to best manage and triage patients in the first hour of admission in the Emergency Department. Physicians consider a neurologic emergency when the patient has clearly worsened and their neurologic signs have changed. Correct decisions are ; imperative: any type of neurocritical illness demands immediate treatment in the emergency department. Neurologist can assist further