Introduction to Clinical Neurology

Name: Introduction to Clinical Neurology
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ISBN: 9780750696517

ISBN-10: 0750696516

ISBN-13: 9780750696517

Edition: 1st 1995

Authors: Douglas J. Gelb

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A practical guide to an often intimidating subject! Readers will appreciate the clear, sensible discussions of common neurologic conditions in this nicely updated New Edition. It details the initial examination, interpretation of results, diagnosis, treatment options, and more. Dr. Gelb's systematic approach to patient management, and his reader-friendly style, makes complex information easy to understand and apply.

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List price: $34.00
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Contributing Authors	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Preface to the First Edition	p. xix
The Basic Approach	p. 1
Where's the Lesion?	p. 3
Sample Localization Problems	p. 3
The Game	p. 5
The Rules	p. 6
The Play--The Long Version	p. 7
The Play--The Abbreviated Version	p. 15
Rules for Speed Play	p. 38
The Neurologic Examination	p. 43
More Localization Problems	p. 43
The Neurologic Examination: General Comments	p. 44
The Neurologic Examination: How to Do It	p. 47
Mental Status Examination	p. 48
Cranial Nerve Examination	p. 54
Motor Examination	p. 59
Reflex Examination	p. 63
Sensory Examination	p. 66
The Neurologic Examination: How to Interpret It	p. 69
Mental Status Examination	p. 69
Cranial Nerve Examination	p. 71
Motor Examination	p. 78
Reflex Examination	p. 83
Sensory Examination	p. 83
The Neurologic Examination: How to Modify It	p. 86
Screening Neurologic Examination	p. 86
Examination of Stuporous or Comatose Patients	p. 87
Discussion of Localization Problems	p. 90
What's the Lesion?	p. 91
Case Histories	p. 91
Beyond Localization	p. 94
Localization	p. 94
Temporal Profile	p. 95
Epidemiology	p. 96
Etiology	p. 96
Degenerative Diseases	p. 96
Neoplastic Diseases	p. 96
Vascular Diseases	p. 97
Inflammatory Diseases	p. 97
Toxic and Metabolic Diseases	p. 97
Traumatic Diseases	p. 98
Congenital and Developmental Diseases	p. 98
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 100
Common Diseases	p. 105
Stroke	p. 107
Case Histories	p. 107
Background Information	p. 108
Definitions	p. 108
Pathophysiology	p. 108
Classification of Strokes by Etiology	p. 109
Approach to Stroke	p. 109
Management of Acute Stroke	p. 110
Reversal of Deficits	p. 110
Limitation of Deficits	p. 111
Rehabilitation	p. 112
Secondary Prevention	p. 113
Diagnosis	p. 113
Treatment	p. 117
Primary Prevention	p. 123
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 124
Seizures	p. 129
Case Histories	p. 129
Background Information	p. 131
Definitions	p. 131
Clinical Characteristics of Seizures	p. 131
Electroencephalogram Characteristics of Seizures	p. 133
Classification of Seizures and Seizure Disorders	p. 134
Approach to Seizures	p. 134
Seizure Management	p. 135
Determining If the Patient Has Had a Seizure	p. 135
Determining the Cause of Seizures	p. 138
Determining If Seizures Require Treatment	p. 139
Antiepileptic Drugs	p. 140
Surgical Options in Epilepsy Management	p. 145
Patient Education	p. 146
Special Clinical Problems	p. 146
Convulsive Status Epilepticus	p. 146
Seizures and Pregnancy	p. 148
Refractory Seizures	p. 149
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 149
Neuromuscular Disorders	p. 153
Case Histories	p. 153
Background Information	p. 155
Approach to Neuromuscular Diseases	p. 156
Anatomic Localization	p. 157
Electrodiagnostic and Other Laboratory Studies	p. 159
Specific Neuromuscular Diseases	p. 160
Motor Neuron Diseases	p. 160
Nerve Root Disorders (Radiculopathies)	p. 161
Plexus Disorders (Plexopathies)	p. 162
Peripheral Nerve Disorders (Neuropathies)	p. 162
Neuromuscular Junction Disorders	p. 168
Muscle Disorders (Myopathies)	p. 169
Symptomatic Treatment	p. 171
Emergency Measures	p. 171
Non-Urgent Measures: Motor Symptoms	p. 172
Non-Urgent Measures: Sensory Symptoms	p. 172
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 172
Dementing Illnesses	p. 175
Case Histories	p. 175
Approach to Dementing Illnesses	p. 178
Is It Abnormal?	p. 178
Is It Dementia?	p. 179
Is It Progressive?	p. 181
Is There a Potentially Reversible Cause?	p. 181
Which Diagnosis Is Most Likely?	p. 182
Primary Dementing Illnesses	p. 183
Alzheimer's Disease	p. 183
Dementia with Lewy Bodies	p. 189
Frontotemporal Dementia	p. 190
Multi-Infarct Dementia	p. 190
Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus	p. 191
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease	p. 193
Other Neurologic Diseases That Produce Dementia	p. 194
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 194
Movement Disorders	p. 197
Case Histories	p. 197
Background Information	p. 198
Definitions	p. 198
Classification of Movement Disorders	p. 200
Approach to Movement Disorders	p. 201
Specific Movement Disorders	p. 201
Parkinson's Disease	p. 201
Essential Tremor	p. 205
Huntington's Disease	p. 206
Tardive Dyskinesia	p. 207
Dystonias	p. 207
Wilson's Disease	p. 209
Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome	p. 210
Multisystem Degenerations	p. 210
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 214
Sleep Disorders	p. 217
Case Histories	p. 217
Definitions	p. 219
Approach to Sleep Disorders	p. 219
Trouble Staying Awake	p. 220
Insufficient Sleep	p. 220
Sleep Apnea	p. 221
Narcolepsy	p. 222
Other Causes of Hypersomnolence	p. 224
Trouble Sleeping	p. 224
Sleep-Onset Delay	p. 224
Early Morning Arousal	p. 226
Sleep Fragmentation	p. 226
Sleep State Misperception	p. 227
Abnormal Behavior During Sleep	p. 227
NREM Sleep Parasomnias	p. 227
REM Sleep Parasomnias	p. 229
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 230
Multifocal Central Nervous System Disorders	p. 233
Case Histories	p. 233
Approach to Multifocal Disorders	p. 235
Focal Diseases with Multifocal Propagation	p. 236
Metastatic Cancer	p. 236
Central Nervous System Infections	p. 238
Inherently Multifocal Diseases	p. 250
Multiple Sclerosis	p. 250
Connective Tissue Diseases	p. 253
Sarcoidosis	p. 255
Coagulation Disorders	p. 256
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 257
Common Symptoms	p. 261
Acute Mental Status Changes	p. 263
Case Histories	p. 263
Background Information	p. 265
Definitions	p. 265
Mechanisms of Mental Status Changes	p. 265
Approach to Acute Mental Status Changes	p. 265
ABCs	p. 266
Oxygen, Glucose, Naloxone	p. 266
Pupils, Doll's Eyes, Motor Asymmetry	p. 268
Other Electrolytes, Renal, Hepatic, Temperature	p. 270
Everything Else	p. 271
Special Circumstances	p. 272
Head Trauma	p. 272
Increased Intracranial Pressure	p. 274
Brain Death	p. 275
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 276
Headache	p. 279
Case Histories	p. 279
Background Information	p. 280
Approach to Headache	p. 281
Is It an Emergency?	p. 281
Are the Headaches Primary or Secondary?	p. 283
Which Syndrome Fits Best?	p. 284
Primary Headache Conditions	p. 285
Migraine and Tension Headaches	p. 285
Cluster Headaches	p. 291
Trigeminal Neuralgia	p. 292
Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia	p. 294
Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania	p. 294
Atypical Facial Pain	p. 295
Secondary Headaches	p. 295
Sinus Disease	p. 295
Temporomandibular Joint Disease	p. 296
Postconcussion (or Post-traumatic) Syndrome	p. 296
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 297
Visual Symptoms	p. 299
Case Histories	p. 299
Background Information	p. 300
Definitions	p. 300
Overview of the Visual System	p. 300
Approach to Visual Symptoms	p. 301
Monocular Vision Loss	p. 301
Acute Monocular Vision Loss in Young Patients	p. 302
Acute Monocular Vision Loss in Older Patients	p. 303
Transient Vision Loss (Monocular or Binocular)	p. 303
Binocular Vision Loss	p. 304
Diplopia	p. 305
Localization in Diplopia	p. 305
Differential Diagnosis and Management	p. 306
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 308
Dizziness and Disequilibrium	p. 311
Case Histories	p. 311
Approach to Dizziness	p. 313
Light-Headedness (Presyncope)	p. 314
Vertigo	p. 314
Localization	p. 314
Differential Diagnosis	p. 315
Disequilibrium	p. 318
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 319
Back Pain and Neck Pain	p. 323
Case Histories	p. 323
Approach to Back or Neck Pain	p. 324
Emergency Situations	p. 324
Is Surgery Appropriate?	p. 325
Specific Conditions Causing Back or Neck Pain	p. 326
Musculoskeletal Pain	p. 326
Disk Herniation	p. 326
Spinal Stenosis	p. 327
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 328
Incontinence	p. 329
Case Histories	p. 329
Background Information	p. 330
Evaluation of Incontinence	p. 330
Neurologic vs. Urologic Causes of Incontinence	p. 331
Central vs. Peripheral Nervous System Causes of Incontinence	p. 332
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 333
Bookends	p. 335
Pediatric Neurology	p. 337
Case Histories	p. 337
Developmental Issues	p. 339
Hypotonic Infants	p. 341
Developmental Delay and Developmental Regression	p. 342
Paroxysmal Symptoms	p. 343
Headaches	p. 344
Seizures	p. 344
Breath-Holding Spells	p. 345
Benign Paroxysmal Vertigo	p. 346
Gait Disturbance	p. 346
Spasticity	p. 346
Weakness	p. 347
Ataxia	p. 347
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 348
Geriatric Neurology	p. 355
Case Histories	p. 355
Geriatric Issues	p. 357
The Neurologic Examination in Normal Aging	p. 358
Mental Status	p. 359
Cranial Nerves	p. 359
Motor System	p. 360
Reflexes	p. 360
Sensation	p. 360
Common Neurologic Complaints in the Elderly	p. 361
Dizziness	p. 361
Gait Disturbance	p. 361
Incontinence	p. 362
Dementia	p. 362
Pain	p. 362
Discussion of Case Histories	p. 363
Index	p. 367
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