Practical neurology

Summary: This book is a complement to core neurology texts, providing easy access to the clinically relevant information, Organized in a reader-friendly outline format with straightforward, templated chapters, this edition contains new chapters that highlight recent advances in neurotherapeutics and clinical neurosciences, 82 new clinical videos, and fully updated content throughout.

Record details

ISBN: 9781496326959
ISBN: 1496326954
ISBN: 9781496376657
ISBN: 149637665X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 889 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
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Computer data.
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.20 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Approach to the Patient with Acute Confusional State (Delirium/Encephalopathy) -- 2. Approach to the Patient with Dementia / Joseph Zachariah / Sara Hocker -- 3. Approach to the Patient with Aphasia / Nilufer Ertekin-Taner / Neil R. Graff-Radford -- 4. Approach to the Patient with Memory Impairment / Jeffrey L. Saver / Jose Biller -- 5. Approach to the Comatose Patient / Torricia H. Yamada / Natalie L. Denburg / Daniel Tranel -- 6. Approach to the Patient with Seizures / Michael P. Merchut -- 7. Approach to the Patient with Syncope / Vicenta Salanova / Meridith Runke -- 8. Approach to the Patient with Gait Disturbance and Recurrent Falls / Peter A. Santucci / Joseph G. Akar / David J. Wilber -- 9. Approach to the Patient with Sleep Disorders / Xabier Beristain -- 10. Approach to the Patient with Visual Loss / Mark E. Dyken / Kyoung Bin Im -- 11. Approach to the Patient with Abnormal Pupils / Devin D. Mackay / Valerie Biousse / Nancy J. Newman -- 12. Approach to the Patient with Diplopia / Aki Kawasaki -- 13. Approach to the Patient with Facial Numbness / Devin D. Mackay / Valerie Purvin -- 14. Approach to the Patient with Facial Pain / Arash Salardini / Betsy B. Love -- 15. Approach to the Patient with Facial Weakness / Murray S. Flaster -- 16. Approach to the Patient with Dizziness and Vertigo / Sam J. Marzo / John P. Leonetti -- 17. Approach to the Patient with Hearing Loss / Timothy C. Hain / Marcello Cherchi -- 18. Approach to the Patient with Dysphagia / Richard T. Miyamoto / Marcia J. Hay-McCutcheon -- 19. Approach to the Patient with Dysarthria / Alejandro A. Rabinstein -- 20. Approach to the Patient with Acute Headache / Sarah S. Kramer / Michael J. Schneck / Jose Biller -- 21. Approach to the Patient with Chronic and Recurrent Headache / Mark W. Green / Sarah L. Rahal -- 22. Approach to the Patient with Neck Pain and/or Arm Pain / Robert G. Kaniecki -- 23. Approach to the Patient with Low Back Pain, Lumbosacral Radiculopathy and Lumbar Stenosis / Scott A. Shapiro -- 24. Approach to the Patient with Upper Extremity Pain and Paresthesias and Entrapment Neuropathies / Eric M. Horn / Paul B. Nelson -- 25. Approach to the Patient with Lower Extremity Pain, Paresthesias and Entrapment Neuropathies / Mark A. Ross -- 26. Approach to the Patient with Failed Back Syndrome / Gregory Gruener -- 27. Approach to the Patient with Acute Sensory Loss / Tarik F. Ibrahim / Russ P. Nockels / Michael W. Groff -- 28. Approach to the Hyperkinetic Patient / Eoin R. Flanagan / Neeraj Kumar -- 29. Approach to the Ataxic Patient / Javier Pagonabarraga / Christopher G. Goetz -- 30. Approach to the Hypokinetic Patient / Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora -- 31. Approach to the Patient with Acute Muscle Weakness / Ergun Y. Uc / Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 32. Approach to the Patient with Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension, Sexual and Urinary Dysfunction and Other Autonomic Disorders / Holli A. Horak -- 33. Approach to the Patient with Functional Disorders in the Neurology Clinic / Emilio Oribe -- 34. Approach to the Patient with Suspected Brain Death / Jeannette M. Gelauff / Jon Stone -- 35. Neuroimaging of Common Neurologic Conditions / Christopher R. Robinson / Eelco F.M. Wjdicks -- 36. Approach to the Selection of Electrodiagnostic Cerebrospinal Fluid and Other Ancillary Testing / Jordan Rosenblum -- 37. Approach to Common Office Problems of Pediatric Neurology . / Maria Baldwin / Matthew A. McCoyd -- 38. Approach to Common Emergencies in Pediatric Neurology / Eugene R. Schnitzler / Nikolas Mata-Machado -- 39. Approach to Ethical Issues in Neurology / Melissa G. Chung / E. Steve Roach -- 40. Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease / Bhupendra O. Khatri / Michael P. McQuillen -- 41. Hemorrhagic Cerebrovascular Disease / Jose Biller / Rochelle Sweis -- 42. Epilepsies in Children / Harold P. Adams Jr -- 43. Epilepsy in Adults / Hema Patel / David W. Dunn -- 44. Multiple Sclerosis / Omkar N. Markand -- 45. Movement Disorders / Matthew A. McCoyd -- 46. Dementia / Andrew P. Duker / Alberto J. Espay -- 47. Central Nervous System Infections / Annya D. Tisher / Arash Salardini -- 48. Neurologic Complications in Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome / Karen L. Roos -- 49. Inherited Metabolic Neurologic Disorders / Krutika Kuppalli / Paul O'Keefe -- 50. Spinal Cord Disorders / Marc C. Patterson -- 51. Peripheral Neuropathy / Athena Kostidis -- 52. Myopathy / John C. Kincaid -- 53. Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction / Holli A. Horak / Raul N. Mandler -- 54. Therapy of Migraine, Tension-Type >and Cluster Headache / Robert M. Pascuzzi / Cynthia L. Bodkin -- 55. Chronic Pain / Amy R. Tso / Peter J. Goadsby -- 56. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome / Troy Buck / Walter S. Jellish -- 57. Primary Central Nervous System Tumors / Joseph R. Holtman / Michael J. Frett Jr -- 58. Nervous System Complications of Cancer / Edward J. Dropcho -- 59. Neurotoxicology / Rimas V. Lukas -- 60. Sleep Disorders / Laura M. Tormoehkn / Daniel E. Rusyniak -- 61. Dizziness and Vertigo / Phyllis C. Zee / Alon Y. Avidan -- 62. Neurologic Diseases in Pregnancy / Matthew L. Kircher / Sara Anderson-Kim -- 63. The ABCs of Neurologic Emergencies / Kathleen B. Digre / Michael W. Varner.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (R2 Digital Library, viewed September 11, 2018).