Emergency Medicine Principles & Practice of Emergency Neurology

In this handbook, the emergency physician-neurologist editorial team from the acclaimed comprehensive text Emergency Neurology bring their expertise to a readily accessible reference tool for the emergency department. With a symptom-based emphasis, the text, tables, and illustrations guide the emergency physician in the recognition, diagnosis, and management of neurological disorders both common and complex. Integrating fundamental neurological concepts with the practical realities and demands of emergency care, this handbook features management algorithms for dozens of conditions, and a list of 'pearls and pitfalls' at the conclusion of each of the 38 chapters. This survey of best practices in emergency neurology provides succinct and crucial clinical information for all emergency physicians who diagnose and manage neurologic disorders such as headache, seizure, and spinal cord injury. Emphasizing efficient neurological examination techniques, this is an essential handbook for emergency physicians, internists, and residents. * Applies fundamental principles of neurology to demands and constraints of emergency neurology * Symptom-based organization with extensive management algorithms, treatment guidelines, illustrations, and tables * Successful Emergency Physician-Neurologist editorial collaboration'This is a carefully edited and carefully written multiauthored book ... ER physicians will enjoy reading this book - and learn much from it too. 4 stars.' Doody's Reviews (refers to textbook version) 'I recommend Emergency Neurology for inclusion in the libraries of emergency physicians and as a teaching reference for emergency medicine residents and out-of-hospital care providers.' Annals of Emergency Medicine (refers to textbook version) 'This book will hopefully help to demystify and simplify what is actually a logical and interesting aspect to the Emergency Department caseload.' Resuscitation (refers to textbook version)