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Algorithmic Approaches for the Diagnosis of Common Neurological Emergencies

  • 1st Edition - December 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Gentle Sunder Shrestha, Hemanshu Prabhakar, Gisele Sampaio Silva, Andrew Udy
  • Language: English

Algorithmic Approaches for the Diagnosis of Common Neurological Emergencies is a practical resource aimed at clinicians working in the field of neurology. By providing an algori… Read more

Description

Algorithmic Approaches for the Diagnosis of Common Neurological Emergencies is a practical resource aimed at clinicians working in the field of neurology. By providing an algorithmic approach to diagnosing patients, this volume helps clinicians quickly and systematically approach patients, minimizing the risk of missing common neurological emergencies. Offering case studies and various common neurological scenarios, readers will be able to pick up on warning signs of serious neurological emergencies and treat patients effectively. Users will find this to be a valuable guide to help manage patients with neurological emergencies with limited resources.

Key features

  • Discusses how to systematically approach patients presenting with neurological emergencies
  • Offers guidance on creating a differential diagnoses while minimizing the possibility of missing common neurological emergencies
  • Offers several case studies throughout to help illustrate real world scenarios and applications
  • Teaches readers how to facilitate diagnosis even in places with limited resources

Readership

Clinicians and practitioners in neuroscience and health care workers in emergency medicine

Table of contents

1. Diagnostic approach to coma

2. Understanding seizure

3. Exploring limb weakness

4. Clinical implications of anisocoria

5. Neck rigidity and meningeal signs

6. Investigating fever in neurocritical care

7. Diagnostic insight of headache in the emergency room and critical care

8. Identifying causes of agitation

9. Triggers of nausea/vomiting in neurological emergencies

10. Approach to respiratory distress in neurocritical care

11. Assessing vertigo and dizziness

12. Evaluating dysphagia

13. Dealing with diplopia

14. Approaches to facial palsy

15. Recognizing tinnitus and hearing loss

16. Exploring visual loss

17. Approach to hemodynamic instability in neurocritical care

18. Assessing polyuria in neurocritical care

19. Understanding ataxia

20. Diagnosis and approaches to language disturbances

21. Dealing with autonomic dysfunction

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Gentle Sunder Shrestha

Dr. Shrestha is an associate professor at Department of Critical Care Medicine at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal. He is currently enrolled as a PhD student at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He has strong academic and research interest in the field of neurocritical care. He has conducted numerous workshops and training programs related to neurocritical care and point-of-care ultrasound. He has published over 200 peer reviewed articles and has edited one book. He has contributed over a dozen of book chapters. He has attended numerous national and international conferences as invited speaker. He is the immediate past chair of the Asia-Oceania chapter of Neurocritical Care Society (NCS)

Affiliations and expertise
Monash University, Australia

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Hemanshu Prabhakar

Dr. Hemanshu Prabhakar is a Professor at the Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. He is a recipient of the AIIMS Excellence Award 2012 for his notable contribution to academia. He has a special interest in the evidence-based practice of neuroanesthesia and ERAS. Dr. Prabhakar is a Member of various national and international neuroanesthesia societies and is the Past Secretary of the Indian Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care (ISNACC) and the Society of Neurocritical Care (SNCC). He is also the Immediate Past President of the SNCC. To date, he has published more than 25 books on neuroanesthesia and neurocritical care. He is featured in the Limca Book of Records as a prolific Writer in the field of neuroanesthesiology. He actively collaborates on research activities among the low-income and middle-income countries.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Neurosciences Center, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

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Gisele Sampaio Silva

Gisele holds a degree in Medicine from the Federal University of Ceará (1999), a residency in Neurology from the Federal University of São Paulo (2003), a doctorate in Neurology from the Federal University of São Paulo (2005), a specialization (fellowship) in Cerebrovascular Diseases and Neurointensive Care at Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital (2009) and a master's degree in public health from Harvard School of Public Health (2014). She is currently a professor of Neurology at the Federal University of São Paulo and Head of Neurology Clinical Research at the Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil. Gisele has been the principal investigator of numerous clinical trials in Brazil, including the RESILIENT trial, which led to the approval of mechanical thrombectomy in the Public Health System in the country. She has also held important positions in several national and international societies, such as the President of the Brazilian Stroke Society, a member of the Board of Directors for the Neurocritical Care Society, and past Secretary of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology. She is actively involved with the WSO/SIECV Certification of Stroke Centers in Latin American and Caribbean countries. She is one of the leaders of the Optimal Stroke trial, evaluating ideal blood pressure levels following ischemic stroke, which finalized the recruitment of more than 4000 patients in Brazil.
Affiliations and expertise
Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil

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Andrew Udy

Prof Andrew Udy is Head of Research at The Alfred ICU, and Deputy Director, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre - Monash University. His research interests include traumatic brain injury, sepsis, and ECMO. Andrew is passionate about supporting trainees/early-career clinician-scientists, and increasing diversity in clinical research. He is a proud product of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Affiliations and expertise
Monash University, Australia