Neuromuscular urgencies and emergencies. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Niraj Arora, Raghav Govindarajan, Saurabh Kataria, Premkumar Nattanmai Chandrasekaran, editors.
• Other Names: Arora, Niraj; Govindarajan, Raghav; Kataria, Saurabh; Chandrasekaran, Premkumar Nattanmai
• Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1: Approach to Weakness -- Introduction -- Approach to Weakness Based on UMN and LMN System -- Approach to Weakness Based on Anatomical Localization -- Lesion at Cortex, Subcortex, and Brainstem -- Lesion at Anterior Horn Cell -- Lesion at Spinal Cord -- Lesion at Plexus -- Lesion at Peripheral Nerve -- Lesion at Neuromuscular Junction -- Lesion at Muscle -- Approach During an Emergency -- Conclusion -- References -- 2: Neuromuscular Respiratory Weakness -- Introduction -- Physiology -- Presentation -- Assessment Management -- Mouthpiece Ventilation (Sip/Puff Ventilation) -- Tracheostomy -- Cough Assistance -- References -- 3: Rapidly Progressive Muscle Weakness -- Anterior Horn Cells -- Poliomyelitis -- Symptoms and Signs -- Management -- West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection -- Symptoms and Signs -- Management -- Nerve -- Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) -- Pathogenesis -- Symptoms and Signs -- Management -- Vasculitic Neuropathy -- Symptoms and Signs -- Diagnosis -- Management -- Neuromuscular Junction -- Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome -- Pathology -- Clinical Signs and Symptoms -- Diagnosis -- Management Myasthenia Gravis -- Epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Symptoms and Signs -- Diagnosis -- Additional Diagnostic Testing -- Management -- Prognosis and Complications -- Botulism -- Epidemiology and Pathogenesis -- Symptoms and Signs -- Diagnosis -- Management -- Muscle -- Polymyositis -- Epidemiology and Pathogenesis -- Clinical Signs and Symptoms -- Diagnosis -- Management -- Dermatomyositis -- Epidemiology and Pathogenesis -- Clinical Signs and Symptoms -- Diagnosis -- Management -- Necrotizing Myositis -- Epidemiology and Pathogenesis -- Clinical Signs and Symptoms -- Diagnosis -- Management Miscellaneous -- Mercury Poisoning -- Tetrodotoxin-Induced Paralysis -- Pathology -- Clinical Signs and Symptoms -- Diagnosis -- Management -- Tick Paralysis -- Clinical Signs and Symptoms -- Diagnosis -- Management -- Hypokalemia -- Clinical Signs and Symptoms -- Diagnosis -- Management -- References -- 4: Cardiac Complications Associated with Neuromuscular Diseases -- Introduction -- Neuromuscular Diseases with Cardiac Involvement -- Dystrophinopathies -- Disease Subtypes -- Inheritance -- Pathophysiology -- Epidemiology -- Clinical Features -- Treatment -- Prognosis and Surveillance Cardiac Management in Dystrophinopathies -- Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy -- Disease Subtypes -- Inheritance -- Pathophysiology -- Epidemiology -- Clinical Features -- Cardiac Involvement -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Prognosis and Surveillance -- Cardiac Management in EDMD -- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy -- Definition -- Inheritance -- Pathophysiology -- Epidemiology -- Clinical Features -- Cardiac Involvement -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Prognosis and Surveillance -- Cardiac Management in FSMD -- Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy -- Definition -- Inheritance
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Subjects: 616.7/025; Musculoskeletal emergencies; Neurological emergencies; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Emergency Medicine; Accident & emergency medicine; Neurosurgery; Medical administration & management; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Medical -- Emergency Medicine; Medical -- Allied Health Services -- Emergency Medical Services; Medical -- Surgery -- Neurosurgery; Medical -- Practice Management & Reimbursement; Medical -- Neurology; Musculoskeletal emergencies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030531454; 3030531457
• Related ISBNs: 3030531449; 9783030531447
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