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Main description:
This new edition, the latest volume from our Current Clinical Neurology (TM) series, takes readers through the process of treating neurological conditions from evaluation to emergencies. For each condition, the author provides basic facts, key definitions, step-by-step instructions for conducting a concise physical examination, neurologic signs to watch for, treatment strategies, and the prognosis.
Contents:
Practicing Neurology
Table of Contents
By Rahman Pourmand, MD
I. Evaluation
1. Highlights of Neurological History and Examination
2. Neurologic Formulation
3. Some Neurologic Signs of Interest
4. Approach to the Patient with Suspected Hysteric Conversion
5. Neuroanatomy of Localization
6. Some Common Neurological Constructs
7. Neurodiagnostic Tests and Procedures
II. Common Neurologic Conditions
8. Stroke
9. Seizure and Epilepsy
10. Central Nercous System Infections
11. Alteration of Mental Status
12. Demyelinating Disorders
13. Neurologic Complications of Alcohol
14. Dizziness and Vertigo
15. Headaches and Facial Pain
16. Peripheral Neuropathy
17. Movement Disorders
18. Sleep Disorders
19. Neuromuscular Diseases
20. Back and Neck Pain
III. Neurologic Urgencies and Emergencies
21. Coma
22. Status Epilepticus
23. Brain Edema, Transtentorial Herniation, and Increased Intracranial Pressure
24. Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression
25. Acute Meningitis and Encephalitis
26. Delirium Tremens
27. Wernicke's Encephalopathy
28. Myasthenia Gravis Crisis
29. Guillain-Barre' Syndrome
30. Temporal Arteritis
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: November, 2007
Pages: 236
Weight: 454g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Diseases and Disorders, Neurology
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