ABSTRACT
Neurologic emergencies arise frequently and, if not diagnosed and treated quickly, can have devastating results, with high rates of long-term disability and death. Prompt recognition is an important skill. This article provides detailed analyses of acute stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, status epilepticus, and other neurologic emergencies for physicians who are not neurologists.
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- Mohan Kottapally, MD⇑
- Assistant Professor and Associate Residency Program Director, Department of Neurology, University of Miami, FL
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Mohan Kottapally, MD, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0114, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-830, San Francisco, CA 94143-0114; e-mail: mohan.kottapally{at}ucsf.edu
- S. Andrew Josephson, MD
ABSTRACT
Neurologic emergencies arise frequently and, if not diagnosed and treated quickly, can have devastating results, with high rates of long-term disability and death. Prompt recognition is an important skill. This article provides detailed analyses of acute stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, status epilepticus, and other neurologic emergencies for physicians who are not neurologists.
- Copyright © 2016 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
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- ABSTRACT
- ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE: TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
- ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC STROKE: BLOOD PRESSURE, COAGULATION
- SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
- INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION: DANGER OF BRAIN HERNIATION
- STATUS EPILEPTICUS: SEIZURE CONTROL IS IMPORTANT
- SPINAL CORD INJURY
- NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE: IS VENTILATION NEEDED?
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