A Guide to the Primary Care of Neurological Disorders

Section I: Primary Care and the Neurosciences
1. Primary Care Medicine and Its Relationship to the Clinical Neurosciences
2. The History and Scope of the Clinical Neurosciences
3. Legal and Ethical Issues
4. An Overview of Research Design to Aid in the Critical Appraisal of the Neurosciences Literature
5. Improving Outcomes for Patients with Neurological Presentations in Primary Care
6. Role of Ambulatory Nursing in the Care of Patients with Neurological Conditions
7. The Effective Use of Diagnostic Testing in Neurological Disease
Section II: Diagnosis of the Patient with Neurological Disease
8. History-Taking and Physical Examination of the Patient with Neurological Disease
9. Why and When Radiological Studies Should Be Ordered for Neurological Disease
10. Electrophysiological Testing in Neurological Disorders: Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, and Electromyography
Section III: Diagnosis and Management of Common Neurological Symptoms
11. The Patient with Spinal Disorders
12. The Patient with Headaches
13. The Patient with Chronic Pain Syndromes
14. The Patient Complaining of Numbness or Weakness
15. The Patient with Disorders of Motor Control
16. The Patient with Visual Symptoms
17. The Patient with Disorders of the Auditory System
18. The Dizzy Patient
19. The Patient with Epilepsy and Seizures
20. The Patient with Psychiatric Disorders
21. The Patient with an Altered Mental Status: Dementia and Delirium
22. The Patient in Stupor, Coma, and Brain Death
Section IV: Management of Specific Categories of Neurological Diseases and Patients
23. Head Injury
24. Spinal Trauma
25. Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease
26. Hemorrhagic Cerebrovascular Disease
27. Neuro-oncology
28. Infections/Parainfectious Disorders of the Central Nervous System
29. Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System
30. The Pediatric Patient
31. The Geriatric Patient
32. Role of the Emergency Department in Managing the Patient with Altered Mental Status
33. The Patient Undergoing Rehabilitation for Neurological Disorders