title: The preoperative neurological evaluation.
abstract: Neurological diseases are prevalent in the general population, and the neurohospitalist has an important role to play in the preoperative planning for patients with and at risk for developing neurological disease. The neurohospitalist can provide patients and their families as well as anesthesiologists, surgeons, hospitalists, and other providers guidance in particular to the patient's neurological disease and those he or she is at risk for. Here we present considerations and guidance for the neurohospitalist providing preoperative consultation for the neurological patient with or at risk of disturbances of consciousness, cerebrovascular and carotid disease, epilepsy, neuromuscular disease, and Parkinson disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Probasco
authors.forename: Bogachan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Tung
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Tae Hwan
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Liana Shapiro
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: Zoltan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mari
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levy
keywords: cerebrovascular disorders; clinical specialty; epilepsy; movement disorders; neurohospitalist; neuromuscular diseases