Research Catalog

Title

Emergent and urgent neurology / editors, William J. Weiner and Lisa M. Shulman ; with 36 contributors.

Publication

Philadelphia : Lippincott-Raven, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Shulman, Lisa M.
• Weiner, William J.

Description

xv, 571 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Emergencies
• Medical emergencies
• Neurological intensive care
• Nervous System Diseases

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Coma / Steven L. Lewis and Jordan L. Topel -- 2. Cerebral Vascular Disorders / Roger E. Kelley -- 3. Treatment of Acute Seizures / R. Eugene Ramsay and John C. DeToledo -- 4. Neuromuscular Disorders / Paul A. Foley and Steven P. Ringel -- 5A. Infections of the Central Nervous System: Acute Bacterial Meningitis / Larry E. Davis -- 5B. Infections of the Central Nervous System: Acute Viral Infections / Stephen J. Gluckman and Mark J. DiNubile -- 5C. Infections of the Central Nervous System: Chronic Meningitis / Patricia K. Sharkey-Mathis, John R. Graybill and Alireza Minagar -- 5D. Infections of the Central Nervous System: Brain Abscess / John D. Baxter and Mark J. DiNubile -- 5E. Infections of the Central Nervous System: The Neurologic Emergencies of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Joseph R. Berger -- 6. Metabolic Encephalopathies / Thomas P. Bleck -- 7A. Trauma: Closed Head Trauma / Howard J. Landy and Thomas T. Lee --
• 7B. Trauma: Nonpenetrating Spinal Cord Injury / Howard J. Landy and Thomas T. Lee -- 8. Headache: Urgent Considerations in Diagnosis and Treatment / Joel R. Saper -- 9. Neuro-ophthalmologic Emergencies / James A. Goodwin -- 10. Neuro-oncology / Deborah Olin Heros -- 11. Neuro-otology / Ronald J. Tusa -- 12. Neurologic Emergencies in Movement Disorders / Stewart A. Factor, Eric S. Molho and Anthony E. Lang -- 13. Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementing Disorders / Steven T. DeKosky and Benoit H. Mulsant -- 14A. Substance Abuse: Neurologic Emergencies Related to Drugs of Dependence / Juan R. Sanchez-Ramos -- 14B. Substance Abuse: Alcohol and the Nervous System / Shelly R. Svoboda, Jean P. Hubble and Chi-Wan Lai [et al.] -- 15. Radiologic Evaluation of Neurologic Emergencies / Vivek Sehgal and Ruth G. Ramsey -- 16. Neurology: Legal Considerations / H. Richard Beresford.

ISBN

0397518579

LCCN

98042015

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries