Imaging Acute Neurologic Disease

While conventional magnetic resonance, X-ray-based, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine techniques are widely used to facilitate diagnosis, inform therapeutic decision-making, provide information regarding prognosis, and monitor therapeutic response in neurologic diseases, their practical value in acute clinical care is not as yet well-defined and the potential future development is not fully appreciated. This book provides a comprehensive survey of best practice for specialists and trainees in neurology, emergency medicine, neuroradiology, radiology, neurosurgery, and critical care. The symptom-based approach guides the choice of the available imaging tools for efficient, accurate, and cost-effective diagnosis to support immediate management of common and complex neurological disorders in the acute setting. Effective examination algorithms are included that integrate neurological and imaging concepts with the practical demands and constraints of emergency care. Written by leading international authorities, the book is extensively illustrated and contains many helpful case-histories.Preface; 1. Disorders of consciousness G. Bryan Young and Nicholas D. Schiff; 2. Delirium and confusion Jay Yao, Holly E. Hinson and Jack H. Simon; 3. Intellectual dysfunction Massimo Filippi, Federica Agosta and Elisa Canu; 4. Headache Farooq H. Maniyar and Peter J. Goadsby; 5. Back pain Timothy J. Amrhein, Jon P. Jennings, Christine M. Carr and Walter S. Bartynski; 6. Acute vision loss Simon J. Hickman and Daniel J. A. Connolly; 7. Dizziness, nystagmus and disequilibrium Marianne Dieterich and Thomas Brandt; 8. Seizures Lauren C. Frey and Bronwyn E. Hamilton; 9. Acute and subacute ataxia Bart P. van de Warrenburg, Judith van Gaalen, Andrea Ginestroni and Mario Mascalchi; 10. Syncope C. T. Paul Krediet and Horacio Kaufmann; 11. Fever Felix Benninger and Israel Steiner; 12. Acute, focal neurological symptoms Megan C. Leary and Louis R. Caplan; 13. Acute, multifocal neurological symptoms Joanna Kitley, Jacqueline A. Palace, Maria A. Rocca and Massimo Filippi; 14. Acute brain trauma Carl D. Stevens and Jack H. Simon; 15. Spinal cord trauma Louis P. Riccelli, Michelle Cameron, Andrew G. Burke and Rajarshi Mazumder; 16. Bladder, bowel, and sexual dysfunction Firouz Daneshgari, Raj M. Paspulati and Jack H. Simon; 17. Parkinsonism Vladimir S. Kostic, Federica Agosta and Massimo Filippi; 18. Hyperkinesia, dystonia, and tics Antonio E. Elia, Gaetan Garraux and Alberto Albanese; 19. Non-Parkinson's disease tremor Richard Salazar-Montero and Jan Kassubek, with contributions from the late William J. Weiner; 20. Neuromuscular weakness Angelo Quattrini, Nilo Riva, Federica Agosta, Massimo Filippi and Marianne de Visser; 21. Paresthesias and dysesthesia Priyesh Mehta, Christopher A. Potter, Joseph H. Feinberg, Jack H. Simon and Ken A. P. Maravilla; 22. Weakness and fatigue John DeLuca and Anna M. Barrett; 23. Hearing loss and tinnitus Mirabelle B. Sajisevi, David M. Kaylie and Jane L. Weissman; Appendix: risks associated with imaging procedures; Index.