This issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Joseph D. Burns and Anna M. Cervantes-Arslanian, will focus on Neurologic Emergencies. This issue is one of four selected each year by series consulting editor, Dr. Randolph W. Evans. Topics include—but are not limited to—Coma and depressed level of alertness; Post-arrest Neuroprotection; Headache Emergencies; Acute dizziness, vertigo, and unsteadiness; Neuro-ophthalmologic emergencies; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Acute ischemic stroke; Seizures and status epilepticus; Movement disorders emergencies; Neuromuscular respiratory failure; Neuroinfectious disease emergencies; Severe traumatic brain injury; Acute myelopathy; Neuro-oncologic emergencies; Autoimmune neurologic emergencies; Brain herniation and intracranial hypertension; Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage; Anesthesiology considerations in neurological emergencies; Neurological emergencies during the COVID pandemic; Neurocritical care and the COVID pandemic; and Neurologic Emergencies during Pregnancy.

Many neurologic disorders can appear in quick and severe forms that require immediate medical attention. This issue of Neurologic Clinics features 14 articles on conditions that commonly present acutely, such as epilepsy, headache, visual loss, nervous system infections, ischemic stroke, head and spinal cord injury, and intracranial hemorrhage.