Neurological Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Comprehensive coverage of the neurological manifestations of SARS-CoV-2

Ahmad Riad Ramadan (Edited by), Gamaleldin Osman (Edited by)

9780323826914, Elsevier Health Sciences

Paperback / softback, published 26 August 2021

200 pages
23.5 x 19 x 1.4 cm, 0.43 kg

Offering a comprehensive review of the neuropathology of SARS-CoV-2, Neurological Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic provides up-to-date coverage of the wide array of the pathogen’s neurological symptoms and complications. Drs. Ahmad Riad Ramadan and Gamaledin Osman discuss the neuropathology of SARS-CoV-2, its neurological manifestations, and the impact the pandemic has had on the care of patients with pre-existing neurological conditions. The authors also offer an overview of emerging treatments and vaccines, as well as ways healthcare systems have reorganized in order to respond to the pandemic.

• Offers a thorough discussion of the impact the virus has had on the care of patients with neurological ailments, accompanied by recommendations on how to care for these patients. 

• Covers the impact of COVID-19 on patients with cerebrovascular diseases, seizures, demyelinating diseases, neuromuscular disorders, movement disorders, headache disorders, cognitive disorders, and neuro-oncological disorders. 

• Includes a detailed case study of how one healthcare system hit hard by COVID-19 successfully transformed itself to respond to the challenges imposed by the pandemic. 

• Consolidates today’s available information on this timely topic into a single, convenient resource. 

1. Fears and hopes
2. Neuropathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection
3. Neurological presentations of COVID-19
4. COVID-19 and cerebrovascular diseases
5. COVID-19 and seizures
6. COVID-19 and autoimmune demyelinating diseases
7. COVID-19 and neuromuscular disorders
8. Pediatric neurology and the COVID-19 pandemic
9. Neuro-oncologic care during the COVID-19 pandemic
10. COVID-19 infection: Impaired olfaction, movement disorders, encephalopathy, and neuropsychiatric manifestations
11. COVID-19 and headache disorders
12. Treatment approach, pharmacological agents and vaccines
13. Response of healthcare systems to the pandemic
Appendix: Medications

Subject Areas: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN]