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
Edition: 1
Publisher: Humana Press
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 265
Cover......Page 1
Movement Disorder Emergencies Diagnosis and Treatment......Page 2
ISBN 9781588293053......Page 3
Front Matter......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Series Editor’s Introduction......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
Companion CD......Page 15
01 A Brief Introduction to Movement Disorders......Page 16
02 Acute Parkinsonism......Page 24
03 Parkinsonism - Hyperpyrexia Syndrome in Parkinson’s Disease......Page 44
04 Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome......Page 56
05 Malignant Catatonia......Page 68
06 Abductor Paresis in Shy-Drager Disease......Page 84
07 Movement Disorder Emergencies of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract......Page 94
08 Dystonic Storm......Page 116
09 Pseudodystonic Emergencies......Page 126
10 Tardive and Neuroleptic-Induced Emergencies......Page 132
11 Hemiballism - Hemichorea......Page 138
12 Sydenham’s Chorea, PANDAS, and Other Poststreptococcal Neurological Disorders.pdf......Page 150
13 Acute Spinal Rigidity......Page 162
14 Tic Emergencies......Page 172
15 Malignant Phonic Tics......Page 182
16 Serotonin Syndrome......Page 190
17 Risks and Dangers From Hyperekplexia and Other Startle Disorders......Page 202
18 Wilson’s Disease......Page 210
19 Dopa-Responsive Dystonia......Page 224
20 Whipple’s Disease......Page 246
Index......Page 254
