TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Neurologic Emergencies During Pregnancy A1 - Clewell, William H. A2 - Foley, Michael R. A2 - Strong, Jr., Thomas H. A2 - Garite, Thomas J. PY - 2015 T2 - Obstetric Intensive Care Manual, 4e AB - The patient with a neurologic emergency does not present with a diagnosis but rather with one or several clinical manifestations. The nature of the presentation, sequence of events, and constellation of signs and symptoms suggest a differential diagnosis. Starting from the presentation, the physician must select diagnostic tests and procedures, and then, once a diagnosis is made initiate treatment. The differential diagnosis may be altered by pregnancy and diagnostic procedures employed may be different from those one would use in nonpregnant patients. We will consider the following presentations: headache, seizures, altered state of consciousness, and motor or sensory changes. This signs and symptoms approach was chosen because patients do not usually come to the physician with a diagnosis but with a change in their condition, appearance of symptoms, and the need for care. An exception to the signs and symptoms’ approach will be the discussion of autonomic dysreflexia at the end of the chapter. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1115791027 ER -