Practical neurology

Put Key Neurology Information At Your Fingertips And Successfully Apply It In Practice With Practical Neurology, Fifth Edition. This Popular Reference Is A Concise Complement To Core Neurology Texts, Providing Easy Access To The Clinically Relevant Information You Need To Know. Organized In A Reader-friendly Outline Format With Straightforward, Templated Chapters, This Edition Contains New Chapters That Highlight Recent Advances In Neurotherapeutics And Clinical Neurosciences, 82 New Clinical Videos, And Fully Updated Content Throughout. Half Title Page......Page 2 Title Page......Page 3 Copyright Page......Page 4 Dedication......Page 6 Contributors......Page 7 Preface......Page 19 Acknowledgments......Page 21 Contents......Page 22 1 Approach to the Patient with Acute Confusional State (Delirium/Encephalopathy)......Page 26 2 Approach to the Patient with Dementia......Page 48 3 Approach to the Patient with Aphasia......Page 70 4 Approach to the Patient with Memory Impairment......Page 90 5 Approach to the Comatose Patient......Page 111 6 Approach to the Patient with Seizures......Page 121 7 Approach to the Patient with Syncope......Page 139 8 Approach to the Patient with Gait Disturbance and Recurrent Falls......Page 155 9 Approach to the Patient with Sleep Disorders......Page 176 10 Approach to the Patient with Visual Loss......Page 201 11 Approach to the Patient with Abnormal Pupils......Page 222 12 Approach to the Patient with Diplopia......Page 239 13 Approach to the Patient with Facial Numbness......Page 256 14 Approach to the Patient with Facial Pain......Page 273 15 Approach to the Patient with Facial Weakness......Page 288 16 Approach to the Patient with Dizziness and Vertigo......Page 300 17 Approach to the Patient with Hearing Loss......Page 329 18 Approach to the Patient with Dysphagia......Page 347 19 Approach to the Patient with Dysarthria......Page 363 20 Approach to the Patient with Acute Headache......Page 373 21 Approach to the Patient with Chronic and Recurrent Headache......Page 388 22 Approach to the Patient with Neck Pain and/or Arm Pain......Page 410 23 Approach to the Patient with Low Back Pain, Lumbosacral Radiculopathy, and Lumbar Stenosis......Page 425 24 Approach to the Patient with Upper Extremity Pain and Paresthesias and Entrapment Neuropathies......Page 438 25 Approach to the Patient with Lower Extremity Pain, Paresthesias, and Entrapment Neuropathies......Page 463 26 Approach to the Patient with Failed Back Syndrome......Page 482 27 Approach to the Patient with Acute Sensory Loss......Page 495 28 Approach to the Hyperkinetic Patient......Page 513 29 Approach to the Ataxic Patient......Page 542 30 Approach to the Hypokinetic Patient......Page 558 31 Approach to the Patient with Acute Muscle Weakness......Page 578 32 Approach to the Patient with Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension, Sexual and Urinary Dysfunction, and Other Autonomic Disorders......Page 589 33 Approach to the Patient with Functional Disorders in the Neurology Clinic......Page 619 34 Approach to the Patient with Suspected Brain Death......Page 639 35 Neuroimaging of Common Neurologic Conditions......Page 656 36 Approach to the Selection of Electrodiagnostic, Cerebrospinal Fluid, and Other Ancillary Testing......Page 677 37 Approach to Common Office Problems of Pediatric Neurology......Page 716 38 Approach to Common Emergencies in Pediatric Neurology......Page 739 39 Approach to Ethical Issues in Neurology......Page 761 40 Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease......Page 785 41 Hemorrhagic Cerebrovascular Disease......Page 817 42 Epilepsies in Children......Page 843 43 Epilepsy in Adults......Page 876 44 Multiple Sclerosis......Page 922 45 Movement Disorders......Page 945 46 Dementia......Page 967 47 Central Nervous System Infections......Page 989 48 Neurologic Complications in Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome......Page 1008 49 Inherited Metabolic Neurologic Disorders......Page 1044 50 Spinal Cord Disorders......Page 1054 51 Peripheral Neuropathy......Page 1080 52 Myopathy......Page 1097 53 Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction......Page 1117 54 Therapy of Migraine, Tension-Type, and Cluster Headache......Page 1136 55 Chronic Pain......Page 1161 56 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome......Page 1177 57 Primary Central Nervous System Tumors......Page 1197 58 Nervous System Complications of Cancer......Page 1219 59 Neurotoxicology......Page 1239 60 Sleep Disorders......Page 1270 61 Dizziness and Vertigo......Page 1312 62 Neurologic Diseases in Pregnancy......Page 1330 63 The ABCs of Neurologic Emergencies......Page 1360 Index......Page 1415 This book is a complement to core neurology texts, providing easy access to the clinically relevant information, Organized in a reader-friendly outline format with straightforward, templated chapters, this edition contains new chapters that highlight recent advances in neurotherapeutics and clinical neurosciences, 82 new clinical videos, and fully updated content throughout