Author : Elio Agostoni
Release : 2017-10-04
Genre : Medical
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 547/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Emergencies in Neuromuscular Disease by : Elio Agostoni
Download or read book Emergencies in Neuromuscular Disease written by Elio Agostoni. This book was released on 2017-10-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a practical tool for handling neuromuscular emergencies, and is divided by the main neuromuscular diseases on the basis of their anatomical and clinical location: diseases affecting the anterior horn of the spinal cord (tetanus), those that affect the nerve roots and nerves (SGB, multiple mononeuritis, porphyria), the neuromuscular junction (MG and botulism) and, lastly, muscle pathologies (rhabdomyolysis, malignant hyperthermia, periodic paralysis). It provides updated diagnostic/therapeutic protocols and decision-making algorithms for each pathology, and examines a range of scenarios on the basis of clinical cases. Emergencies in Neuromuscular Disease will be of interests for a wide variety of specialists including neurologist, neurophysiologists and anesthesiologists.