On call neurology

Introduction -- Approach to the neurologic patient on call: history taking, differential diagnosis, and anatomic localization -- The neurologic examination -- Diagnostic studies -- Patient-related problems: the common calls -- Acute seizures and status epilepticus -- Stupor and coma -- Acute stroke -- Spinal cord compression -- Delirium and amnesia -- Head injury -- Focal mass lesions -- Ataxia and gait failure -- Acute visual disturbances -- Increased intracranial pressure -- Dizziness and vertigo -- Headache -- Neuromuscular respiratory failure -- Syncope -- Pain syndromes -- Brain death -- Selected neurologic disorders -- Nerve and muscle diseases -- Demyelinating and inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Neuro-oncology -- Cerebrovascular disease -- Movement disorders -- Epilepsy and seizure disorders -- Pediatric neurology -- Dementia -- Appendices -- On-call formulary."