Emergency Neurology (What Do I Do Now) - Softcover

This is an excellent resource , both for students and residents and for attending physicians who want a consice, yet comprehensive and clinically relevant discussion of neurologic emergencies. [...] I recommend it to all who must care for complicated neurological patients in the ED. (Edward J. Otten, The Journal of Emergency Medicine)

This is an excellent case-based reference for common presentations of patients with neurological emergencies. Each chapter is succinct, but packed with information and broad differentials that can be quickly referenced. While this is by no means a comprehensive reference on each case presentation, it does present the clinical reasoning of narrowing a broad differential in a very pragmatic fashion. This is an excellent book for the neurology wards or consultation service, and really does live up to the expectations of the What Do I Do Now? series. (Doody's Notes, August 2013)

What Do I Do Now? Emergency Neurology is designed as a resource for clinicians at all levels of training in all fields of medicine who treat patients with urgent and emergent neurological syndromes. It uses a novel approach focusing on the "clinical impasse" that so often occurs in complex cases, and emphasizes the creative intellectual process clinicians relish.

Authored by Morris Levin, along with colleagues from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, this volume presents 32 common urgent/emergent cases divided in to four distinct sections: (1) Diagnostic Questions (ADULT), (2) Treatment Considerations (ADULT), (3) Ethical, Neuropsychiatric and Legal issues and 4) Pediatric issues. The chapters are short and to the point, bearing in mind the increasing work demands on physicians. Thus, the approach in this book, as in the "What Do I Do Now?" series in general, is highly practical, logical and fun.