Karen L. Roos – författare

"Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System" consolidates recent discoveries and best practices on diagnosis and treating infection to minimize morbidity and mortality. The book discusses advancements in neuroimaging techniques, diagnostic studies performed on cerebrospinal fluid, adjunctive therapy, and antimicrobial therapy. Beginning with pathogenesis and pathophysiology of bacterial CNS infections, the book reviews when to suspect a bacterial infection of the central nervous system. The majority of the chapters review specific disease entities, including meningitis, focal CNS infections (e. g., brain abscess, subdural empyema and epidural abscess), CNS diseases caused by selected infectious pathogens (Mycobacteria, Rickettsiae, Anaplasmataceae, Treponema pallidum, Borrelia burgdorferi and other Borrelia species), the neurological complications of infective endocarditis, suppurative venous sinus thrombosis, infections in the neurosurgical patient, bacterial etiologies of movement disorders, Guillain-Barre syndrome, toxin-mediated syndromes of the nervous system and infectious encephalopathy.Covers all major CNS bacterial infectionsReviews pathogenesis and pathophysiologySynthesizes advances and best practices in diagnosis and treatment

The most common problems for which patients present to the Emergency Department are neurological disorders, including stroke, syncope, back pain and headache.

This book is an invaluable resource for the diagnosis and management of neurological illnesses in the emergency setting. It emphasizes the quality of prognosis to be contingent on the prompt management of these illnesses.Emergency Neurology, Second Edition follows the exemplary format of the previous edition, with comprehensive chapters on every neurological emergency, including stroke, headache, back pain, dizziness, vertigo, syncope, visual loss, diplopia, facial nerve palsy, weakness, altered mental status, coma, meningitis and encephalitis, seizures, and spinal cord disorders. Chapters emphasize the clinical presentation, diagnostic studies and management, and include high-quality images and tables that are invaluable for rapid diagnosis and therapy.Building off its predecessor's success, Emergency Neurology, Second Edition is an excellent reference for neurologists, emergency room physicians, internists, neurology residents, emergency medicine residents, and internal medicine residents.