This practical guide for trainees and advanced practice providers covers the essential management of hospitalized patients with acute neurologic conditions. Divided into five sections, this text serves as an incredibly easy-to-use, visually accessible, how-to manual that covers exactly what every responding clinician needs to know to care for the patient in front of them.

The first section provides tangible guidance about how to pre-round, structure a presentation, examine neurologically ill patients, and interpret the core diagnostics obtained in many neurology patients: CT, MRI and EEG. The next three sections cover common complaints encountered in the hospital: spanning from non-vascular admissions, vascular & stroke neurology topics, and core neurocritical care principals and chief complaints. Throughout are checklists, scoring systems, pro-tips, images, helpful reminders, as well as concise summary of the pertinent literature.

This is an ideal guide for medicalstudents, neurology & neurosurgery trainees and advanced practice providers, as well as experienced professionals who want to brush up on the latest updates.

Part One:  A Comprehensive "How-To" Guide

Pre-Rounding On and Presenting Floor Patients. Pre-Rounding and Presenting NeuroICU Patients
The Coma Exam
Tips for Common Cranial Nerve Exam Findings
Stroke and Vascular Anatomy
Basics of Computed Tomography (CT)
Basics of MRI Ordering and Assessment
Understanding Transcranial Dopplers (TCDs)
Tips and Tricks for EEG Interpretation
Part Two: Vascular Neurology
Acute Ischemic Stroke - First Encounter Assessment and Management
Perfusion Imaging
Ischemic Stroke: Admission Checklist
Stroke Workup Beyond the Basics
Ischemic Stroke - Dissection
Ischemic Stroke - Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis ("Hot Carotid")
Ischemic Stroke - Post Stroke Management of Anticoagulation
Selected Anti-Platelets and Anticoagulation in Stroke Prevention
Acute Management Strategies - TPA and Mechanical Thrombectomy Trials
Venous Sinus Thrombosis
Posterior Reversible Vasoconstriction Syndrome (PRES) and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS)
Part Three: Non-Vascular Inpatient Neurology
Altered Mental Status
Framework for Workup of Unknown Brain "Lesion"
Approach to First-Time Seizure
Pharmacology Tips for Commonly Used AEDs Tips
Approach to Infectious Encephalitis and Meningitis
Aseptic Meningitis
Inflammatory and Autoimmune Encephalitis
Differential Diagnosis and Ordering Guide: Neuroanatomical Syndromes
Autoimmune Encephalitis Testing
Approach to New Onset Weakness
Workup of New Demyelinating Lesions
Approach to the "Dizzy" Patient
Part Four: NeuroICU
Intracranial Pressure: Theory and Management Strategies
Management of External Ventricular Catheters
Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction Intracerebral Hemorrhage - Management
Intracranial Hemorrhage - LandmarkTrials
Reversal of Selected Anti-Thrombotics
An In-Depth Review of Reversing Direct Factor XA-Inhibitor-Related Hemorrhages
Intracranial Hemorrhage - Management ofAnticoagulation
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Differential
Aneurysmal SAH - Admission and Early Management
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Scoring Systems
Aneurysmal SAH - Daily Management Principles
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Notable Trials
Traumatic Brain Injury.-Trials in TBI
Induced Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest
Status Epilepticus
Continuous EEG Monitoring, Electrographic Seizures and The Ictal-Interictal Continuum
Neuromuscular Crises: ICU Management of Guillan Barr & Myasthenia Gravis
Evaluation of C-Spine Trauma
ICU Management of Spinal Cord Injuries
Management of Post-Operative Craniotomy Patients
Post-Operative Management of Cerebrovascular Patients
Preparation for Brain Death Testing
Nutrition in the NeuroICU
Hypernatremia in the NeuroICU
Hyponatremia in the NeuroICU
Pressors and Inotropes Commonly Used in the NeuroICU Seizure Prophylaxis in the NeuroICU
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in the NeuroICU
Part Five: Important References
Brainstem Anatomy NeuroICU Intravenous Fluid Compositions
Anti-Epileptic Drug Chart, For Use in Adults
Drug-Drug Interactions Common in Neuro Patients
Myasthenia Gravis: Medications to Avoid
Parkinson's Disease: Medications to Avoid.