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By Eelco F.M. Wijdicks. 419 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lippincott–Raven, 1997. $99. ISBN 0-316-94759-8.

For years, the stereotype of the neurologist was that of an academic recluse who concentrated on diagnosing disease and was then preoccupied with admiring it rather than effectively treating it. This image has changed dramatically in recent years, a change that has been formalized by the establishment of the subspecialty of critical care neurology. The neurologist is now seen as an aggressive interventionalist who manages life-threatening disorders of the nervous system. Critical care neurology is practiced in emergency rooms, in consultations in general medical and surgical intensive care units, in intermediary care units such as stroke units, and in specialized . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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