PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mohan Kottapally
AU  - S. Andrew Josephson
TI  - Common neurologic emergencies for nonneurologists: When minutes count
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.83a.14121
DP  - 2016 Feb 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 116--126
VI  - 83
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/2/116.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/2/116.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2016 Feb 01; 83
AB  - 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.