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First Exposure to Neurology

ISBN10: 0071458190 | ISBN13: 9780071458191

First Exposure to Neurology
ISBN10: 0071458190
ISBN13: 9780071458191
By Howard Kirshner

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The Ultimate Neurology Clerkship Companion Everything you need for your rotation in neurology is right at your fingertips in this portable, hands-on guide. With its streamlined coverage of diagnostic skills, symptom complexes, specific diseases, plus “Don't Miss Diagnoses,” FIRST EXPOSURE TO NEUROLOGY accelerates your mastery of the core competencies of the Neurology clerkship. The ideal databank and toolset for your rotation FIRST EXPOSURE TO NEUROLOGY enhances your rotation with: A compelling profile of the practice of neurology Just the right amount of material for your 4-week clerkship Information on how to interpret neurodiagnostic tests and brain imaging procedures A focus on important concepts you should learn-not memorization of facts How-to's for evaluating the emergency patient The “Chief Complaints” most often presented in neurology departments “Don't Miss Diagnoses” table for each major clinical problem Clinically relevant detail on cases you will see Learning objectives at the start of each chapter

Section I. Approach to the neurological patient

Chapter 1. The Neurological Examination


a. How to take a neurological history
b. How to perform a comprehensive neurological examination
c. How to perform a screening neurological examination
d. How to examine an obtunded or comatose patient
e. How to interpret findings of the neurological examination
f. An approach to differential diagnosis

Chapter 2. Localization of neurological lesions


a.Cerebral hemisphere lesions
b.Posterior fossa lesions
c.Spinal cord lesions
d.Nerve root/plexus lesions
e.Peripheral nerve lesions
f.Muscle disorders

Section II. Neurological symptom complexes


Chapter 3. Focal weakness

Chapter 4. Diffuse weakness

Chapter 5. Clumsiness and ataxia

Chapter 6. Involuntary movements

Chapter 7. Gait disturbance

Chapter 8. Bowel, bladder, and sexual dysfunction

Chapter 9. Dizziness and vertigo

Chapter 10. Vision loss

Chapter 11. Diplopia

Chapter 12. Dysarthria

Chapter 13. Dysphagia

Chapter 14. Acute mental status changes, delirium

Chapter 15. Dementia

Chapter 16. Aphasia

Chapter 17. Headache

Chapter 18. Focal pain syndromes

i.Facial pain
ii.Neck pain
iii.Low back pain
iv.Neuropathic (dysesthetic) pain

Chapter 19. Numbness or paresthesias

Chapter 20. Transient or episodic focal symptoms

Chapter 21. Transient or episodic alteration of consciousness

Chapter 22. Sleep disorders

Chapter 23. Developmental disorders

Section IV. Approach to specific neurological diseases

Chapter 24. Neurological emergencies


a. Increased intracranial pressure
b.Encephalopathy/delirium
c.Subarachnoid hemorrhage
d.Meningitis, encephalitis
e.Status epilepticus
f.Acute stroke and cerebral hemorrhage
g.Spinal cord or cauda equina syndromes
h.Traumatic brain injury
i.Acute respiratory distress secondary to neuromuscular disease
j.Temporal arteritis

Chapter 25. Stroke

Chapter 26. Seizure disorders

Chapter 27. Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

Chapter 28. Parkinson’s disease and related syndromes

Chapter 29. Essential tremor

Chapter 30 Multiple sclerosis

Chapter 31. Migraine

Chapter 32. Bell’s palsy

Chapter 33. Carpal tunnel syndrome

Chapter 34. Diabetic polyneuropathy

Chapter 35. Brain death

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