TY - BOOK ID - 5450553 TI - Movement disorder emergencies : diagnosis and treatment AU - Frucht, Steven J. AU - Fahn, Stanley PY - 2005 SN - 9781588293053 158829305X 9781592599028 9786610359233 1280359234 1592599028 PB - Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, DB - UniCat KW - Movement disorders KW - Neurological emergencies KW - Movement Disorders KW - Emergencies KW - Case studies. KW - diagnosis KW - Case Reports. KW - therapy KW - Medical -- Diagnosis. KW - Medical -- Treatment. KW - Medical emergencies. KW - Case Reports KW - Diagnosis KW - Disasters KW - Disease Attributes KW - Public Health KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Central Nervous System Diseases KW - Study Characteristics KW - Nervous System Diseases KW - Pathologic Processes KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Environment KW - Publication Characteristics KW - Health Care KW - Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms KW - Diseases KW - Neurology KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Emergencies, Neurological KW - Neurologic emergencies KW - Dyskinesia KW - Dyskinesias KW - Motor disorders KW - Medicine. KW - Neurology. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Nervous system KW - Neuropsychiatry KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Medical emergencies KW - Disabilities KW - Neurology . UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5450553 AB - Although patients with movement disorders nearly always present as outpatients, there are certain situations in which patients may present to the emergency room or in the hospital with emergencies. In Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis and Treatment, prominent neurologists and movement disorder 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 neurological damage with tragic consequences. The chapters are practical in emphasizing the keys to diagnosis and treatment, but do not skimp on the underlying science, thereby providing in one reference source what is critical to know. Patient vignettes at the beginning of each chapter focus the reader's attention and highlight the urgency of the problem. Practical and patient-based, Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis and Treatment offers neurologists and emergency medical personnel an indispensable guide to successfully diagnosing and treating these important but previously unexplored areas of neurological disorders. ER -