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Table of Contents:

Contributing Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Coma 1
2 Cerebral Vascular Disorders 23
3 Treatment of Acute Seizures 53
4 Neuromuscular Disorders 83
5A Infections of the Central Nervous System: Acute Bacterial Meningitis 101
5B Infections of the Central Nervous System: Acute Viral Infections 127
5C Infections of the Central Nervous System: Chronic Meningitis 151
5D Infections of the Central Nervous System: Brain Abscess 181
5E Infections of the Central Nervous System: The Neurologic Emergencies of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 201
6 Metabolic Encephalopathies 223
7A Trauma: Closed Head Trauma 255
7B Trauma: Nonpenetrating Spinal Cord Injury 275
8 Headache: Urgent Considerations in Diagnosis and Treatment 289
9 Neuro-ophthalmologic Emergencies 315
10 Neuro-oncology 351
11 Neuro-otology 371
12 Neurologic Emergencies in Movement Disorders 403
13 Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementing Disorders 455
14A Substance Abuse: Neurologic Emergencies Related to Drugs of Dependence 465
14B Substance Abuse: Alcohol and the Nervous System 483
15 Radiologic Evaluation of Neurologic Emergencies 505
16 Neurology: Legal Considerations 533
Subject Index 551