title: Neurologic emergencies: case studies.
abstract: During the past 2 decades, the world has witnessed a significant improvement in the understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of neurologic diseases, which presents emergencies. Every day neurologists are consulted for patients who present with neurologic emergencies to the emergency departments. In this article, we present a series of case reports about patients with acute neurologic and psychiatric problems and discuss their management briefly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA. aminagar@gmail.com
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minagar
authors.forename: Alejandro A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rabinstein
authors.forename: Kourosh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rezania
authors.forename: Marvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sih
authors.forename: Nadejda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alekseeva
authors.forename: Rodica E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Petrea
authors.forename: Abdulnasser
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alhajeri
authors.forename: Saeed Talebzadeh
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nick
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Toledo
authors.forename: Mohammad Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sahraian
authors.forename: Roger E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Kelley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy