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The Acute Neurology Survival Guide: A Guide to Inpatient and ICU Neurology Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Part One: A Comprehensive “How-To” Guide Pre-Rounding On and Presenting Floor Patients – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Pre-Rounding and Presenting NeuroICU Patients – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD The Coma Exam – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Tips for Common Cranial Nerve Exam Findings – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Stroke and Vascular Anatomy – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Basics of Computed Tomography (CT) – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Basics of MRI Ordering and Assessment – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Understanding Transcranial Dopplers (TCDs) – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Tips and Tricks for EEG Interpretation – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Part Two: Vascular Neurology Acute Ischemic Stroke – First Encounter Assessment and Management – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Perfusion Imaging – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Ischemic Stroke: Admission Checklist – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Stroke Workup Beyond the Basics – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Ischemic Stroke – Dissection – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Ischemic Stroke – Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis (“Hot Carotid”) – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Ischemic Stroke – Post Stroke Management of Anticoagulation – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Selected Anti-Platelets and Anticoagulation in Stroke Prevention – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Megan Barra, PharmD Acute Management Strategies – TPA and Mechanical Thrombectomy Trials – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Venous Sinus Thrombosis – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Posterior Reversible Vasoconstriction Syndrome (PRES) and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS) – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Part Three: Non-Vascular Inpatient Neurology Altered Mental Status – Priya Srikanth, MD PhD Framework for Workup of Unknown Brain “Lesion” – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Approach to First-Time Seizure – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Pharmacology Tips for Commonly Used AEDs Tips – Megan Barra, PharmD Approach to Infectious Encephalitis and Meningitis – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Megan Barra, PharmD Aseptic Meningitis – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Inflammatory and Autoimmune Encephalitis – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Differential Diagnosis and Ordering Guide: Neuroanatomical Syndromes – James Hillis, MD & Catherine SW Albin, MD Autoimmune Encephalitis Testing – Juan Carlos Martinez Guiterrez, MD & James Hillis, MD Approach to New Onset Weakness – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Workup of New Demyelinating Lesions – Kathryn Holroyd, MD and Kristin Galetta, MD Approach to the “Dizzy” Patient – Eric Lawson, MD Part Four: NeuroICU Intracranial Pressure: Theory and Management Strategies – Melissa Bentley, NP and Catherine SW Albin, MD Management of External Ventricular Catheters – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Intracerebral Hemorrhage – Management – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Intracranial Hemorrhage – LandmarkTrials – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Reversal of Selected Anti-Thrombotics – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Megan Barra, PharmD An In-Depth Review of Reversing Direct Factor XA-Inhibitor-Related Hemorrhages – Megan Barra, PharmD Intracranial Hemorrhage – Management of Anticoagulation – Juan Carlos Martinez Gutierrez, MD Subarachnoid Hemorrhage – Differential – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Aneurysmal SAH – Admission and Early Management – Christopher Reeves, NP and Catherine SW Albin, MD Subarachnoid Hemorrhage – Scoring Systems – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Aneurysmal SAH – Daily Management Principles – Christopher Reeves, NP and Catherine SW Albin, MD Subarachnoid Hemorrhage – Notable Trials – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Traumatic Brain Injury – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Trials in TBI – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Induced Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest – Priya Srikanth, MD, PhD and Catherine SW Albin, MD Status Epilepticus – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Continuous EEG Monitoring, Electrographic Seizures and The Ictal-Interictal Continuum – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Neuromuscular Crises: ICU Management of Guillan Barr & Myasthenia Gravis – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Evaluation of C-Spine Trauma – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD ICU Management of Spinal Cord Injuries – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Management of Post-Operative Craniotomy Patients – Alison Paolino, NP and Catherine SW Albin, MD Post-Operative Management of Cerebrovascular Patients- Alison Paolino, NP and Catherine SW Albin, MD Preparation for Brain Death Testing – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Nutrition in the NeuroICU – Carmen Lo, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC Hypernatremia in the NeuroICU – Melissa Bentley, NP and Catherine SW Albin, MD Hyponatremia in the NeuroICU – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD Pressors and Inotropes Commonly Used in the NeuroICU – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Megan Barra, PharmD Seizure Prophylaxis in the NeuroICU – Amanda Rivera, PharmD, Stephanie Seto, PharmD, Megan Barra, PharmD Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in the NeuroICU – Stephanie Seto PharmD & Megan Barra PharmD Part Five: Important References Brainstem Anatomy – Catherine SW Albin, MD & Sahar F. Zafar, MD NeuroICU Intravenous Fluid Compositions – Megan Barra, PharmD Anti-Epileptic Drug Chart, For Use in Adults – Megan Barra, PharmD & David Fischer, MD Drug-Drug Interactions Common in Neuro Patients – Stephanie Seto, PharmD, Amanda Rivera, PharmD, Megan Barra, PharmD Myasthenia Gravis: Medications to Avoid – Megan Barra, PharmD & John Y. Rhee, MD MPH Parkinson’s Disease: Medications to Avoid – Amanda Rivera, PharmD & Megan Barra, PharmD
