Emergency Neurology

Part of the "What Do I Do Now?" series, Emergency Neurology uses a case-based approach to cover challenging cases for clinicians caring for patients with urgent neurologic illnesses, addressing difficult questions of diasnosis and treatment. Each chapter provides a discussion of the diagnosis, key points to remember, and selected references for further reading. For this new edition, all cases and references have been updated, reflecting the advances in emergency neurologic care. Emergency Neurology is an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which clinicians can utilize when they encounter difficult patients, who are in need of timely emergency treatment. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"

CONTENTS

Preface
Acknowledgments
Section 1
Diagnostic Dilemmas
Chapter 1. Neurologic Deficits Following Carotid Endarterectomy
Chapter 2. Prolonged Migraine Aura
Chapter 3. Acute Generalized Weakness
Chapter 4. Syncope
Chapter 5. Monocular Vision Loss
Chapter 6. Thunderclap Headache
Chapter 7. Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus
Chapter 8. Hospital-Acquired Delirium
Chapter 9. Coma with Fever
Chapter 10. Refractory Vertigo
Chapter 11. Febrile Dystonia
Chapter 12. Myelopathy
Chapter 13. Neurologic Complications of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Chapter 14. Cauda Equina Syndrome
Chapter 15. Intracranial Mass in a Person with HIV
Chapter 16. Rapidly Progressive Dementia
Chapter 17. Functional Hemiparesis
Chapter 18. Acute Myopathy
Section 2
Treatment Dilemmas
Chapter 19. Cardioembolic Stroke with Contraindications to Anticoagulation
Chapter 20. Recurring Transient Ischemic Attack
Chapter 21. Acute Neuralgia
Chapter 22. Intractable Migraine
Chapter 23. Intracerebral Hemorrhage on Anticoagulation
Chapter 24. First-Time Seizure
Chapter 25. Acute Stroke Up to 24 Hours
Chapter 26. Acute Cervical Radiculopathy
Chapter 27. Post-Cardiac Arrest Management
Chapter 28. Myasthenic Crisis
Chapter 29. Encephalopathy and Seizure After Transplant
Chapter 30. Recurring Psychogenic Nonepileptic Spells
Chapter 31. Migraine in a Pregnant Patient
Section 3
Pediatric Dilemmas
Chapter 32. Acute Migraine in Child
Chapter 33. Febrile Seizure
Chapter 34. Acute Ataxia in a Child
Chapter 35. Concussion in an Adolescent
Chapter 36. Acute stroke in an Adolescent

Sara LaHue, MD, Assistant Professor, UCSF, and Morris Levin, MD, Professor and Director, UCSF

Sara C. LaHue, MD Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco Morris Levin, MD Professor, UCSF Department of Neurology