Movement Disorder Emergencies (eBook)

Diagnosis and Treatment

Stanley Fahn, Steven J. Frucht (Herausgeber)

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2008 | 2005
XIV, 250 Seiten
Humana Press (Verlag)
978-1-59259-902-8 (ISBN)

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Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis and Treatment provides a fresh and unique approach to what is already a high-profile subspecialty area in clinical neurology. The disorders covered in this volume are standard fare in the field but emphasize the urgencies and emergencies that can occur. One of the very attractive features of the field of movement disorders is that diagnosis is often based on unique visible and sometimes audible phenomenological symptoms and signs. Therefore, in this era of highly sophisticated laboratory and radiological diagnostic tools, the diagnosis of many movement disorders is still largely made in the clinic where pattern recognition is key. Crucial to astute clinical diagnosis is broad clinical experience. In short, you have to have seen one to recognize one! Patients with movement disorders nearly always present as outpatients but, as aptly recognized by Drs. Frucht and Fahn, this may include acute manifestations leading to emergency presentations, often in an emergency room setting, where they are very likely to be unrecognized and therefore poorly managed. The authors define an 'emergency' movement disorder as one in which failure to promptly diagnose and treat may result in significant morbidity or mortality. However, they also stress the importance of certain 'can't miss' 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 neurological damage with tragic consequences.

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Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis and Treatment provides a fresh and unique approach to what is already a high-profile subspecialty area in clinical neurology. The disorders covered in this volume are standard fare in the field but emphasize the urgencies and emergencies that can occur. One of the very attractive features of the field of movement disorders is that diagnosis is often based on unique visible and sometimes audible phenomenological symptoms and signs. Therefore, in this era of highly sophisticated laboratory and radiological diagnostic tools, the diagnosis of many movement disorders is still largely made in the clinic where pattern recognition is key. Crucial to astute clinical diagnosis is broad clinical experience. In short, you have to have seen one to recognize one! Patients with movement disorders nearly always present as outpatients but, as aptly recognized by Drs. Frucht and Fahn, this may include acute manifestations leading to emergency presentations, often in an emergency room setting, where they are very likely to be unrecognized and therefore poorly managed. The authors define an "e;emergency"e; movement disorder as one in which failure to promptly diagnose and treat may result in significant morbidity or mortality. However, they also stress the importance of certain "e;can't miss"e; 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 neurological damage with tragic consequences.

Inhalt

A Brief Introduction to Movement Disorders

Steven J. Frucht and Stanley Fahn



Acute Parkinsonism

Hubert H. Fernandez and Joseph H. Friedman



Parkinsonism-Hyperpyrexia Syndrome in Parkinson's Disease

Stewart A. Factor and Anthony Santiago



Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

Stanley N. Caroff, Stephan C. Mann, E. Cabrina Campbell, Kenneth A. Sullivan, and Jose Obeso



Malignant Catatonia

Stephan C. Mann, Stanley N. Caroff, E. Cabrina Campbell, Henry R. Bleier, and Robert A. Greenstein



Abductor Paresis in Shy-Drager Disease

Eiji Isozaki



Movement Disorder Emergencies of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract

Boris Bentsianov, Ajay Chitkara, Anthony Cultrara, and Andrew Blitzer



Dystonic Storm

Melissa J. Nirenberg and Blair Ford



Pseudodystonic Emergencies

Beom S. Jeon and Jong-Min Kim



Tardive and Neuroleptic-Induced Emergencies

Paul E. Greene and Steven J. Frucht



Hemiballism-Hemichorea

Ronald B. Postuma and Anthony E. Lang



Sydenham's Chorea, PANDAS, and Other Poststreptococcal Neurological Disorders

Roser Pons



Acute Spinal Rigidity

P. D. Thompson



Tic Emergencies

Vanessa K. Hinson and Christopher G. Goetz



Malignant Phonic Tics

Carolyn Kwak and Joseph Jankovic



Serotonin Syndrome

Mark Forrest Gordon and Adena Leder



Risks and Dangers From Hyperekplexia and Other Startle Disorders

Frederick Andermann and Eva Andermann



Wilson's Disease

George J. Brewer



Dopa-Responsive Dystonia

Yoshiaki Furukawa, Mark Guttman, and Stephen J. Kish



Whipple's Disease

John Lynch and Tim Lynch



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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.2.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Current Clinical Neurology
• Reihe/Serie: Current Clinical Neurology
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 250 p. 30 illus.
• Verlagsort: Totowa
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Schlagworte: Clinic • Cognition • Diagnosis • Diseases • Parkinson • Stress
• ISBN-10: 1-59259-902-8 / 1592599028
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59259-902-8 / 9781592599028