Regardless of the career each medical student
decides to pursue, there are some neurologic and neurosurgical disorders that
demand immediate recognition and treatment in order to avoid a potentially
devastating outcome. Most are best handled with either a neurological
or neurosurgical consultation. The list of these important conditions is as
follows:
Acute Ischemic Stroke (onset of symptoms < 6 hours)
Anterior Circulation
Posterior Circulation
Acute Spinal Cord
Syndromes
Brain Hemorrhages:
Epidural Hematoma
Intracranial Hemorrhage
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Subdural Hematoma
Brain Herniation /
Increased Intracranial Pressure
Coma
Encephalitis (Herpes)
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Head Trauma
Hypertensive Encephalopathy
Meningitis (Bacterial)
Mononeuritis Multiplex
Myasthenic Crisis
Pseudotumor Cerebri
Status Epilepticus
Temporal Arteritis
Transient Ischemic Attack
Venous Sinus Thrombosis
Wernicke's Encephalopathy |
