Prominent neurologists and movement disorders experts from around the world logically and systematically review the major movement disorder emergencies, instructing the reader on how optimally to recognize and manage these problems. The authors comprehensively cover a broad range of disorders, including acute dystonic reactions, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, startle syndromes, and tic emergencies, and stress the importance of certain obvious diagnoses such as Wilson's disease, dopa-responsive dystonia, and Whipple's disease, in which delayed diagnosis in less emergent situations can lead to slowly evolving and often irreversible neurologic damage with tragic consequences. Patient vignettes at the beginning of each chapter focus the reader's attention and highlight the urgency of the problem. Since astute clinical diagnosis of many movement disorders is still largely dependent on visual pattern recognition in the clinic, an accompanying CD-ROM illustrates virtually all of the movement disorders described in the text.
Author(s): Steven J. Frucht, Stanley Fahn
Series: Current Clinical Neurology
Edition: 1
Publisher: Humana Press
Year: 2005
Language: English
Commentary: CD for computer
Pages: 250
City: Totowa, N.J
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front-matter.pdf......Page 2
01 A Brief Introduction to Movement Disorders.pdf......Page 14
02 Acute Parkinsonism.pdf......Page 21
03 Parkinsonism-Hyperpyrexia Syndrome in Parkinson’s Disease.pdf......Page 41
04 Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome.pdf......Page 53
05 Malignant Catatonia.pdf......Page 64
06 Abductor Paresis in Shy-Drager Disease.pdf......Page 79
07 Movement Disorder Emergencies of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract.pdf......Page 89
08 Dystonic Storm.pdf......Page 110
09 Pseudodystonic Emergencies.pdf......Page 119
10 Tardive and Neuroleptic-Induced Emergencies.pdf......Page 125
11 Hemiballism-Hemichorea.pdf......Page 131
12 Sydenham’s Chorea, PANDAS, and Other Poststreptococcal Neurological Disorders.pdf......Page 143
13 Acute Spinal Rigidity.pdf......Page 155
14 Tic Emergencies.pdf......Page 164
15 Malignant Phonic Tics.pdf......Page 173
16 Serotonin Syndrome.pdf......Page 180
17 Risks and Dangers From Hyperekplexia and Other Startle Disorders.pdf......Page 191
18 Wilson’s Disease.pdf......Page 198
19 Dopa-Responsive Dystonia.pdf......Page 211
20 Whipple’s Disease.pdf......Page 232
back-matter.pdf......Page 239
