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The Acute Neurology Survival Guide

A Practical Resource for Inpatient and ICU Neurology

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Editors:
  1. Catherine S.W. Albin

    1. Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA

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  2. Sahar F. Zafar

    1. Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, USA

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  • Offers a practical guide to neurocritical care for trainees in neurology

  • Acts as a practical beside tool

  • Written by expert authors

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Table of contents (68 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. A Comprehensive “How-To” Guide

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Pre-rounding on and Presenting Neurology Floor Patients

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 3-4

    3. Pre-rounding and Presenting NeuroICU Patients

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 5-7

    4. The Coma Exam

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 9-11

    5. Cranial Nerve Testing in Acute Neurology

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 13-19

    6. Stroke and Vascular Anatomy

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 21-27

    7. Basics of Computed Tomography (CT)

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 29-36

    8. Basics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Ordering and Assessment

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 37-45

    9. Understanding Transcranial Dopplers (TCDs)

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 47-51

    10. Tips and Tricks for EEG Interpretation

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 53-57

  3. Vascular Neurology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Acute Ischemic Stroke – First Encounter Assessment and Management

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 61-69

    3. Perfusion Imaging

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 71-73

    4. Ischemic Stroke: Admission Checklist

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 75-77

    5. Stroke Workup – Beyond the Basics

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 79-88

    6. Ischemic Stroke: Dissection

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 89-93

    7. Ischemic Stroke: Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis (“Hot Carotid”)

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 95-98

    8. Ischemic Stroke – Post Stroke Management of Anticoagulation

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar
      Pages 99-104

    9. Selected Anti-platelets and Anticoagulation in Stroke Prevention

      • Catherine S. W. Albin, Megan E. Barra
      Pages 105-107
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About this book

This practical guide for trainees and advanced practice providers covers the essential management of hospitalized patients with acute neurologic conditions. Divided into five sections, this text serves as an incredibly easy-to-use, visually accessible, how-to manual that covers exactly what every responding clinician needs to know to care for the patient in front of them.

The first section provides tangible guidance about how to pre-round, structure a presentation, examine neurologically ill patients, and interpret the core diagnostics obtained in many neurology patients: CT, MRI and EEG. The next three sections cover common complaints encountered in the hospital: spanning from non-vascular admissions, vascular & stroke neurology topics, and core neurocritical care principals and chief complaints. Throughout are checklists, scoring systems, pro-tips, images, helpful reminders, as well as concise summary of the pertinent literature.

This is an ideal guide for medical students, neurology & neurosurgery trainees and advanced practice providers, as well as experienced professionals who want to brush up on the latest updates.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA

    Catherine S.W. Albin

  • Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, USA

    Sahar F. Zafar

About the editors

Sahar F. Zafar, MD, MBBSDepartment of NeurologyMassachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA


Catherine SW Albin, MD 
Department of Neurology
Division of Neurocritical Care
Emory University School of Medicine 
Atlanta, GA


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Acute Neurology Survival Guide

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Resource for Inpatient and ICU Neurology

  • Editors: Catherine S.W. Albin, Sahar F. Zafar

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75732-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75731-1Published: 03 June 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-75732-8Published: 02 June 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 364

  • Number of Illustrations: 79 b/w illustrations, 110 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Surgery

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