Neurology in Clinical Practice: Text With Continually Updated Online Reference

by Bradley, Walter G.; Daroff, Robert B.; Fenichel, Gerald M.; Jankovic, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780750675253
• ISBN10: 075067525X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-06
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

Authoritative and expertly informed, the fifth edition of Neurology in Clinical Practice continues to bring you the most current clinical neurology in a versatile, multimedia format. The result of years of experience, this outstanding resource leads you through the thought processes of seasoned clinicians. This versatile, new E-dition includes the 2-volume set and a dedicated website featuring the entire text, fully searchable, along with video clips and additional full-color illustrations, links to related websites, and regular updates. Includes a new chapter on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, reflecting latest in the clinical area of neurophysiology. Contains new contributions from some of the most respected names in the field. Utilizes a new, full-color design for a cleaner look thats easier to consult. Covers all disorders and authoritative approaches to diagnosis and management. Keeps you up to date on the latest advances in the field. Logical formatting that mirrors the way you treat patients in practice. Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.

Table of Contents

Principles of Diagnosis and Management

Approach to Common Neurologic Problems

Diagnosis of Neurological Disease

Episodic impairment of consciousness

Falls and drop attacks

Delirium and confusional states

Clinical approach to stupor and coma

Approaches to intellectual and memory impairments

Global developmental delay and developmental regression

Behavior and personality disturbances

Depression and psychosis in neurological practice

Upper Limb Action-Intentional and Cognitive-Apraxic Motor Disorders

The agnosias (incl definition of neglect)

Language Disorders

Aphasia

Motor Speech Disorders: Dysarthria and Apraxia of Speech

Neurogenic dysphagia

Vision loss

Abnormalities of the optic nerve and retina

Eye movement disorders: Diplopia, nystagmus, and other ocular oscillations

Pupillary and eyelid abnormalities

Dizziness, Vertigo, & Hearing loss

Disturbances of taste and smell

Cranial and facial pain, Jerry Swanson, MD

Brainstem syndromes

Ataxic disorders

Movement disorders: Diagnosis and assessment

Gait disorders

Hemiplegia and monoplegia

Paraplegia and spinal cord syndromes

Proximal, distal, and generalized weakness

Muscle pain and cramps

The hypotonic (floppy) infant

Sensory abnormalities of the limbs, trunk, and face

Neurological causes of bladder, bowel, and sexual dysfunction

Arm and neck pain

Lower back and lower limb pain

Neurological Investigations and Related Clinical Neurosciences

Laboratory investigations in diagnosis and management of neruological disease

Clinical Neurophysiology

Electroencephalography and evoked potentials

Clinical Electromyography

Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Intraoperative monitoring

Neuroimaging

Structural Neuroimaging

Angiography by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

Neuroangiographic Functional Anatomy

Ultrasound Imaging of Cerebral Vasculature

Functional neuroimaging

Neuropsychology

Neuro-Ophthalmology: Ocular Motor System

Neuro-ophthalmology: Afferent Visual

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