Handbook of Emergency Neurology

Patients with neurologic symptoms are frequently seen in the emergency department and require rapid and thorough evaluation. Appropriate assessment with tailored history-taking, localization of the neurological problem, differential diagnosis, focused testing, and urgent treatment when indicated are essential to prevent patient morbidity. Neurological examination and testing of patients are covered in-depth, along with common neurological presentations using a symptom-based approach, such as coma, dizziness and gait disturbance. Specific neurological disorders are also explored, including traumatic brain injury, ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack and neurotoxicology. Chapters follow a basic outline, including an introduction and a pearls and pitfalls section, providing a succinct overview and key takeaway points for the busy clinician. This well organized handbook will serve as a concise, valued reference for the clinician to use in assisting the evaluation of the most common neurology related emergency department visits.

About the Author

Thomas P. Campbell, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor, Allegheny Health Network, Drexel University College of Medicine. He has practiced emergency medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for over thirty years and serves as system chairman of emergency medicine for fourteen emergency departments.

Kevin M. Kelly, MD, Ph.D. is Professor of Neurology, and Neurobiology and Anatomy, Allegheny Health Network, Drexel University College of Medicine. He practiced Emergency Medicine part-time for ten years in Jackson, Michigan and has served as teaching faculty for the last twenty-seven years in the Department of Neurology, Allegheny General Hospital.