Emergency Neurology

Giuseppe Micieli was the Director of the Emergency Neurology Department at the Mondino Institute in Pavia and Past President ANEU. Formerly the editor of the first edition of the book Decision Algorithms in Emergency Neurology, he is the author of numerous indexed publications on the subject.Fabrizio de Falco was the director of Neurology at the Loreto Mare Hospital in Naples and Vice-President of the Italian Society of Neurology. He conducted interesting Italian surveys on Emergency Neurology.Domenico Consoli is the Emeritus Director of Neurology at the Jazzolino Hospital in Vibo Valentia. He has conducted important evaluation studies on the impact of Neurology in Italian hospitals and was the editor of the Italian version of the volume in question.Jonathan A. Edlow is Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He lectures nationally and internationally on topics such as stroke, TIA, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and various causes of weakness and dizziness. He is an internationally renowned expert on neurological emergencies.

• Foreword.- Preface.- Transie loss of consciousness.- Coma.- Delirium/Acute confusional state.- Motor and nonmotor epileptic seizures.- Headache.- Fever and neurological signs.- Acute neurological complications of oncological immunotherapy.- Acute vision disorders.- Dizziness and Vertigo.- Diagnostic algorithms for patients presenting with acute dizziness. The ATTEST method.- Focal neurological deficits.- Para- and tetraplegia in the emergency rooms and in the intensive care unit.- Head injuries.- Muscle pain, weakness and(or sensory disorders.- Movement disorders emergencies.- Respiratory emergencies in neurological diseases.- Neurological emergencies in pregnancy and puerperium.- Functional disorders in emergencies.- Neurotoxicological emergencies.- Neurological emergency services: a case for change to the model of care?.