Bücher von Eelco F.M. Wijdicks

This book centers on practical discussions with family members of patients who suffered a neurocatastrophy. The book summarizes current data on outcome in acute neurologic conditions. It provides guidance in family conferences and how to best convey prognosis. Conflict resolution and how to proceed with palliative care is also discussed.

Encompassing nearly 70 first papers, this book is a first attempt to revisit the early descriptions of clinical signs - now used as alerts to serious neurologic illnesses - and to chronicle the development of treatment of these acute disorders.

Handling Difficult Situations offers a reasonable approach to difficult decisions that arise in clinical problems. The book addresses how to recognize treatable coma, how to judge the severity of traumatic brain and spine injury, and discusses how to recognize neurosurgical emergencies.