Selected Tables and Figures from: The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology [Paperback]

This book is a selection of tables and figures taken from the larger textbook, The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology, Second Edition. Put together in a book designed to fit in a pocket and have information immediately available, this short guide is the perfect quick reference to have on hand. This book compiles the main conclusions of the chapters and includes the most useful tables and figures to quickly look things up, verify a dose, write an order set and to provide emergency care of critically ill neurologic patients. The pocketbook also includes important formulas, commonly used rating scales, guideline references, and a notes section for the clinician's own use.Selected Figures and Tables from The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology, 2nd Edition condenses the main conclusions from each chapter of The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology, 2nd Edition into a concise and handy pocketbook. Designed as a quick reference, the pocketbook pulls together the most important tables and figures, putting hard to find information in one easy reference. This is by no means a replacement for the larger text, but rather, a quick, yet comprehensive volume to keep what is most vital on hand. Along with the tables and figures, the pocketbook includes important formulas and rating scales, guides to verifying a dose, guides to writing an order set and to provide emergency care of critically ill neurologic patients, guideline references, and a section at the back of the book to allow the practitioner to take notes. This is the go-to guide for every physician, staff neurologist, neurointensivist, resident, and fellow in training with managing acutely ill neurologic patients.Part I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF RECOGNITION OF CRITICALLY ILL NEUROLOGIC PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTChapter 1 The Presenting Neurologic EmergencyChapter 2 Criteria of TriagePart II. EVALUATION OF PRESENTING SYMPTOMS INDICATING URGENCYChapter 3 Confused and FebrilelÓ2