Neurologic Emergencies

I ’ll bet that if you ask most emergency physicians about which organ system’s emergencies cause them the most angst, it would be the neurologic system. Neurologic emergencies are the epitome of the proverbial “needle in a haystack.” For example, the overwhelming majority of cases of headache, back pain, weakness, and dizziness turn out to be a haystack of benign causes. Our job in the emergency department is to find those rare needles...the subarachnoid hemorrhage, the spinal infection, the stroke, or the vertebral dissection.
Source: Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research