Preface and Introduction to Catastrophic Neurologic Disorders in the Emergency Department

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Catastrophic Neurologic Disorders in the Emergency Department This page intentionally left blank CATASTROPHIC NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT Second Edition OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2004 EELCO F.M. WIJDICKS, M.D., Ph.D., FACP Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Chair, Division of Critical Care Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic; Consultant, Neurologic-Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Saint Marys Hospital and Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sao Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto Copyright © 2004, 2000 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. First Edition published by Butterworth-Heinemann under the title Neurologic Catastrophes in the Emergency Department. Butterworth-Heinemann is a member of the Reed Elsevier group. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 http://www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. This book i...