Numerous algorithms throughout for on-the-spot use Chapters end with a list of clinical pearls and pitfalls summarizing the very least a physician needs to know Quick, yet comprehensive, an overview of neurological emergencies every emergency physician will face Chapters organized by easily recognized symptoms and scenarios This book is an unparalleled resource on neurologic emergencies. Most books on neurologic emergencies focus on the treatment of a disease after it is diagnosed (such as stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, or meningitis). There are but a few books that focus on how to evaluate the patient with a neurologic symptom, before the diagnosis is made. This is the area that frontline providers, including emergency physicians, family physicians, primary care physicians, hospitalists, urgent care physicians, and midlevel providers struggle with.
