First Exposure to Neurology
Published on 16. March 2007
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Paperback/Softback
429 pages
978-0-07-110490-6 (ISBN)
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English
Place of publication
United States
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
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Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
523 gr
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978-0-07-110490-6 (9780071104906)
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Howard Kirshner, MDProfessor of NeurologyVanderbilt University School of MedicineNashville, TennesseeDr. Kirshner has been the neurology clerkship director at Vanderbilt for 23 years and was recently awarded that schools prestigious Master of Clinical Teaching Award. Dr. Kirshner also served on the American Academy of Neurologys education committee that formulated the core competencies that neurology clerkships should include.
Content
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 syndromesi.Facial pain
ii.Neck pain
iii.Low back pain
iv.Neuropathic (dysesthetic) pain
Chapter 19. Numbness or paresthesiasChapter 20. Transient or episodic focal symptomsChapter 21. Transient or episodic alteration of consciousnessChapter 22. Sleep disordersChapter 23. Developmental disordersSection IV. Approach to specific neurological diseasesChapter 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. StrokeChapter 26. Seizure disordersChapter 27. Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasChapter 28. Parkinson's disease and related syndromesChapter 29. Essential tremorChapter 30 Multiple sclerosisChapter 31. MigraineChapter 32. Bell's palsyChapter 33. Carpal tunnel syndromeChapter 34. Diabetic polyneuropathyChapter 35. Brain death
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 syndromesi.Facial pain
ii.Neck pain
iii.Low back pain
iv.Neuropathic (dysesthetic) pain
Chapter 19. Numbness or paresthesiasChapter 20. Transient or episodic focal symptomsChapter 21. Transient or episodic alteration of consciousnessChapter 22. Sleep disordersChapter 23. Developmental disordersSection IV. Approach to specific neurological diseasesChapter 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. StrokeChapter 26. Seizure disordersChapter 27. Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasChapter 28. Parkinson's disease and related syndromesChapter 29. Essential tremorChapter 30 Multiple sclerosisChapter 31. MigraineChapter 32. Bell's palsyChapter 33. Carpal tunnel syndromeChapter 34. Diabetic polyneuropathyChapter 35. Brain death