Mount Sinai Expert Guides: Neurology

Mount Sinai Expert Guides: Neurology provides trainees in neurology with an extremely clinical and accessible handbook covering the major neurologic disorders and symptoms, their diagnosis and clinical management. Perfect as a point–of–care resource on the hospital wards and also as a refresher for board exam preparation, the focus throughout is on providing rapid reference, essential information on each disorder to allow for quick, easy browsing and assimilation of the must–know information. All chapters follow a consistent template including the following features: An opening bottom–line/key points section Classification, pathogenesis and prevention of disorder Evidence–based diagnosis, including relevant algorithms, laboratory and imaging tests, and potential pitfalls when diagnosing a patient Disease management including commonly used medications with dosages, management algorithms and how to prevent complications How to manage special populations, ie, in pregnancy, children and the elderly The very latest evidence–based results, major society guidelines and key external sources to consult In addition, the book comes with a companion website housing extra features such as case studies with related questions for self–assessment, key patient advice and ICD codes. Each guide also has its own mobile app available for purchase, allowing you rapid access to the key features wherever you may be. If you?re specialising in neurology and require concise, practical and clinical guidance from one of the world?s leading institutions in this field, then this is the perfect book for you. INDICE: Contributors xxx .Series foreword xxx .Preface xxx .About the Companion Website xxx .Section 1: Introduction .1 Neurologic history and examinationStuart Sealfon .2 NeuroradiologyThomas P. Naidich, Ruby J. Lien, Reade De Leacy .3 Neurophysiologic and other neurodiagnostic testsSusan Shin , Deborah Horowitz, David M. Simpson .Section 2: Diagnosis of patients with neurologic symptoms .4 Delirium and ComaStephen Krieger .5 Episodic collapse, loss of consciousness, seizuresLara V. Marcuse, Madeline C. Fields .5 Dysphasias, dyspraxias, and dysexecutive syndromes: the non–memory cognitive impairmentsMartin Goldstein .7 Memory Loss and DementiaSam Gandy .8 HeadacheMark Green .9 Abnormal movements and incoordinationWinona Tse .10 Sleep Disorders, Somnolence, and FatigueCharles B Stacy .11 Visual loss and double visionJanet C Rucker .12 Vertigo, Dizziness and Hearing LossBernard Cohen, Eric Smouha .13 Facial weakness, slurred speech and difficulty swallowingHailun Wang, Kenneth Altman .14 Difficulty walkingRuth H Walker .15 Muscle weakness and paralysisRajeev Motiwala .16 Tingling and loss of sensationLan Zhou .17 Low back pain and neck painCharles B Stacy .18 Suspected spinal cord dysfunctionAaron Miller .19 Bladder and sexual dysfunctionSteven Weissbart and Jonathan M. Vapnek .Section 3: Neurologic Diseases and Therapeutics .20 Vascular diseases–ischemic stroke, intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral venous thrombosis, arterio–venous malformationsStanley Tuhrim .21 Neurologic complications of systemic diseaseMichelle T. Fabian .22 NeurooncologyIsabelle Germano .23 Multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory diseasesFred D Lublin .24 Infections of the nervous systemMichael P. Mullen, Geena Varghese .25 Parkinson disease and related disordersBarbara Kelly Changizi .26 Hyperkinetic movement disordersRitesh A. Ramdhani, Steven J. Frucht .27 Alzheimer s disease and frontotemporal dementiaSam Gandy .28 Cerebellar and brain stem disordersFlorence Ching–Fen Chang, Catherine Cho .29 Inborn errors of metabolismShannon E. Babineau .30 EpilepsyMadeline C. Fields, Lara V. Marcuse, Isabelle Germano .31 Autonomic disordersJessica Robinson–Papp .32 Peripheral neuropathiesRaj Motiwala .33 MyopathyLan Zhou .34 Neuromuscular junction disordersMark A. Sivak .35 Motor neuron diseaseMark A. Sivak .36 Metabolic encephalopathy, hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy, and brain deathMandip S. Dhamoon .37 Pain disordersCharles B Stacy .38 Migraine and other headache syndromesMark W. Green .39 Sleep disordersSteven H. Feinsilver .40 Neurocritical careErrol L. Gordon .41 TraumaJeremy M Steinberger, Margaret Pain, Jamie S. Ullman .42 The postoperative Care of Neurosurgical PatientsJustin Mascitelli, Asha Iyer, Joshua Bederson .Index

• ISBN: 978-1-118-62108-0
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 520
• Fecha Publicación: 29/04/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés