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Identifying Neuroemergencies provides practical information how to best manage and triage patients in the first hour of admission in the emergency department.

This volume in the core principles of acute neurology series with a major focus on care of acutely ill neurologic patients admitted to general intensive care units. Acute consults in the ICU for a new neurologic problem are the most challenging consults in the hospital.

Providing Acute Care not only provides the fundamentals of medical complications after acute neurologic injury but also the most essential information to care for acutely hospitalized neurologic patient and has a major focus on management of the neurologic condition.

A primer on acute brain injury and its medical consequences. This is a structured comprehensive book presenting major concepts in a easy to read format and provides the reader with an most up to date understanding of complex concepts involving acute brain injury

This book centers on practical discussions with family members of patients who suffered a neurocatastrophy. The book summarizes current data on outcome in acute neurologic conditions. It provides guidance in family conferences and how to best convey prognosis. Conflict resolution and how to proceed with palliative care is also discussed.

Handling Difficult Situations offers a reasonable approach to difficult decisions that arise in clinical problems. The book addresses how to recognize treatable coma, how to judge the severity of traumatic brain and spine injury, and discusses how to recognize neurosurgical emergencies.