Main description:

This book is a case-based learning guide for neuromuscular diseases. This second volume in the What Do I Do Now? series, Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Disease recreates real clinical situations in which the attending is asked for advice as the neurological consultant. The approach to the clinical question is discussed emphasizing differential diagnosis and treatment pathways. The authors have included clinical pitfalls which they have experienced in
their own practice. This is a readable book which can be picked up in spare moments.

Contents:

SECTION I: NEUROPATHY ; 1. Small Fiber Neuropathy ; 2. Multifocal Motor Neuropathy ; 3. Diagnosis of ALS ; 4. ALS Ethical Issues and Management ; 5. Arsenic Neuropathy ; 6. Diagnosis of Guillain Barre Syndrome ; 7. Management of Guillain Barre Syndrome ; 8. Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy ; 9. Idiopathic Brachial Neuritis ; 10. Hereditary Neuropathy ; 11. Critical Illness Neuropathy ; 12. Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy ; 13. Nutritional Neuropathies ; 14. Pyridoxine ; 15. Vasculitic Neuropathy ; 16. Piriformis Syndrome ; SECTION II: MYOPATHY ; 17. Myotonic Dystrophy ; 18. Metabolic Myopathy ; 19. Inflammatory Myopathy ; 20. Periodic Paralysis ; 21. Statin Myopathy ; 22. Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy ; 23. Cramps ; SECTION III: NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY ; 24. Diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis ; 25. Diagnosis of Myasthenic Crisis ; 26. Diagnosis of Autonomic Neuropathy ; 27. Management of Autonomic Neuropathy