EMERGENCIES IN NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE

Provides decision-making algorithms for the level of care according to the clinical need and logistical aspects of the hospital organization and available resources Pursues a practical approach based on the clinical and neurophysiological evaluation of emergency neuromuscular diseases Highlights clinical cases that cover a range of different neuromuscular emergencies This book offers a practical tool for handling neuromuscular emergencies and is divided by the main neuromuscular diseases based on their anatomical and clinical location: diseases affecting the anterior horn of the spinal cord (tetanus), those that affect the nerve roots and nerves (SGB, multiple mononeuritis, porphyria), the neuromuscular junction (MG and botulism) and, lastly, muscle pathologies (rhabdomyolysis, malignant hyperthermia, periodic paralysis). It provides updated diagnostic/therapeutic protocols and decision-making algorithms for each pathology and examines a range of scenarios based on clinical cases.