Neurologic catastrophes in the emergency department
By: Eelco F.M. Wijdicks.
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Nervous System Diseases; Critical Care; Emergencies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Altered arousal and coma; title: Ch. 2. Brain edema; title: Ch. 3. Status epilepticus and recurrent seizures; title: Ch. 4. Acute obstructive hydrocephalus; title: Ch. 5. Acute spinal cord compression; title: Ch. 6. Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage; title: Ch. 7. Intracerebral hematomas; title: Ch. 8. Major ischemic stroke syndromes; title: Ch. 9. Acute bacterial infections of the central nervous system; title: Ch. 10. Acute encephalitis; title: Ch. 11. Acute white matter diseases; title: Ch. 12. Traumatic brain and spine injury.