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SECTION I ACUTE INTERVENTIONS |
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1 Rapid Progression in Lobar Cerebral Hemorrhage |
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3 | (6) |
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2 Cerebral Hemorrhage and High INR |
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9 | (6) |
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3 Traumatic Brain Injury arriving in the Emergency Department |
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15 | (8) |
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4 Meningitis Not Improving After IV Antibiotics |
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23 | (8) |
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5 Acute Encephalitis and Abnormal MRI |
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31 | (10) |
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6 A Psychotic Break and Seizures |
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41 | (8) |
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7 Acutely Progressive Dyspnea and Limb Weakness |
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49 | (6) |
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8 Infrequent (and Mostly Unfamiliar) Complications After Thrombolysis |
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55 | (6) |
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9 When to Retrieve a Clot in Acute Stroke |
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61 | (10) |
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10 Swollen Ischemic Brain and When to Call the Neurosurgeon |
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71 | (6) |
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11 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Not Responding to Anticoagulation |
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77 | (8) |
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12 The First Week After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
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85 | (8) |
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13 More on Delayed Cerebral Ischemia and Neurointervention After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
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93 | (8) |
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14 Prior Cancer and a Worrisome MRI of the Spine |
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101 | (6) |
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15 Acute Paraplegia After Aortic Surgery |
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107 | (6) |
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16 When Status Epilepticus Does Not Respond to First Treatment |
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113 | (8) |
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17 Urgent Options in Brain Metastasis |
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121 | (6) |
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18 Hemorrhage into a Pituitary Tumor |
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127 | (6) |
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19 Brain Edema and Hypertensive Urgency |
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133 | (8) |
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20 Treatable Toxicity After Chemotherapy |
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141 | (8) |
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21 Waking Slowly and Slurring After Surgery |
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149 | (4) |
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22 Awake and Then Not Awake After Brain Surgery |
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153 | |
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SECTION II MONITORING WITH PROBES 101 |
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23 When a Single EEG Is Not Enough |
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161 | (8) |
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24 When to Place an Intracranial Pressure Monitor |
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169 | (8) |
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SECTION III CALLS, PAGES, AND OTHER ALARMS |
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25 Wild and Agitated After Acute Abdominal Surgery |
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177 | (8) |
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26 Rigidity After Experimenting with Drugs |
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185 | (8) |
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27 Sweaty, Febrile, and Tachypneic After Traumatic Brain Injury |
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193 | (8) |
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28 Acute Fever and Shock After Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm |
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201 | (8) |
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29 Rapid-Onset Coma and Chest X-Ray Whiteout After a Fracture |
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209 | (8) |
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30 When Blood Pressure Needs Control After Stroke |
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217 | (8) |
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31 A Common Cardiac Arrhythmia After Stroke |
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225 | (6) |
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32 Hypertension and Bradycardia in Severe Guillain-Barre Syndrome |
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231 | (6) |
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33 Struggling to Get a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis off the Ventilator |
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237 | (6) |
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34 Decreasing Serum Sodium in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
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243 | (8) |
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35 Increasing Serum Sodium After Surgery for Tumor in the Pituitary Region |
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251 | (10) |
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SECTION IV LONG-TERM SUPPORT, END-OF-LIFE CARE, AND PALLIATION |
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36 Goals of Care in a Comatose Teenager |
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261 | (6) |
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37 Goals of Care in an Elderly Person with Catastrophic Brain Injury |
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267 | (8) |
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275 | (6) |
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39 When to Mention Organ Donation |
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281 | (10) |
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SECTION V PRINCIPLES OF PROGNOSTICATION |
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40 What Neurologists Know About Outcome in Traumatic Brain Injury and What Other Physicians Want to Know |
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291 | (6) |
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41 What Neurologists Know About Outcome in Post-Resuscitation Coma and What Other Physicians Want to Know |
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297 | (8) |
Index |
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