Clinical Neurology : A Primer
Peter. Gates
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : Elsevier Health Sciences APAC, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (425 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; Clinical Neurology; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Reviewers; chapter 1 - Clinically Oriented Neuroanatomy:; CONCEPT OF THE MERIDIANS OF LONGITUDE AND PARALLELS OF LATITUDE; THE MERIDIANS OF LONGITUDE: LOCALISING THE PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE DESCENDING MOTOR AND ASCENDING SENSORY PATHWAYS; THE PARALLELS OF LATITUDE: FINDING THE SITE OF PATHOLOGY WITHIN THE STRUCTURES OF THE CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; REFERENCES; chapter 2 - The Neurological History; PRINCIPLES OF NEUROLOGICAL HISTORY TAKING. - CHOOSING THE APPROPRIATE DRUG, DOSE AND ONGOING MONITORING OF THE RESPONSE TO THERAPY. - CONTROL OF EYE MOVEMENTS, THE PUPIL AND EYELID OPENING: SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION OF THE PUPIL AND EYELIDTHE TRIGEMINAL (5TH) NERVE; THE FACIAL (7TH) NERVE; THE AUDITORY/VESTIBULAR (8TH) NERVE; THE GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL (9TH) NERVE; THE VAGUS (10TH) NERVE; THE ACCESSORY (11TH) NERVE; THE HYPOGLOSSAL (12TH) NERVE; THE 'RULE OF 4' OF THE BRAINSTEM; REFERENCES; chapter 5 - The Cerebral Hemispheres and Cerebellum; THE FRONTAL LOBES; THE PARIETAL LOBES; THE OCCIPITAL LOBES; THE CEREBELLUM; THE TEMPORAL LOBES; TESTING HIGHER COGNITIVE FUNCTION; REFERENCES. - GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CLASSIFICATION OF INTERMITTENT DISTURBANCESEPISODIC DISTURBANCES WITH FALLING; FALLING WITHOUT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS; EPISODIC DISTURBANCES WITHOUT FALLING; REFERENCES; chapter 8 - Seizures and Epilepsy; CLINICAL FEATURES CHARACTERISTIC OF EPILEPSY; THE PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH A SUSPECTED SEIZURE OR EPILEPSY; CONFIRMING THAT THE PATIENT HAS HAD A SEIZURE OR SUFFERS FROM EPILEPSY; CHARACTERISATION OF THE TYPE OF SEIZURE; IDENTIFYING ANY PRECIPITATING CAUSES; ASSESSING THE FREQUENCY OF SEIZURES; ESTABLISHING AN AETIOLOGY; DECIDING WHETHER TO TREAT OR NOT. - THE UNDERLYING PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS: MODE OF ONSET, DURATION AND PROGRESSION OF SYMPTOMSTHE NATURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SYMPTOMS; PAST HISTORY, FAMILY HISTORY AND SOCIAL HISTORY; THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE HISTORY; REFERENCES; chapter 3 - Neurological Examination of the Limbs; THE MOTOR EXAMINATION; THE SENSORY EXAMINATION; EXAMINING CEREBELLAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL CASES; REFERENCES; chapter 4 - The Cranial Nerves and Understanding the Brainstem; THE OLFACTORY NERVE; THE OPTIC NERVE, CHIASM, RADIATION AND THE OCCIPITAL CORTEX; THE 3RD, 4TH AND 6TH CRANIAL NERVES. - chapter 6 - After the History and Examination, What Next?LEVEL OF CERTAINTY OF DIAGNOSIS; AVAILABILITY OF TESTS TO CONFIRM OR EXCLUDE CERTAIN DIAGNOSES; THE POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS OF TESTS; SEVERITY AND URGENCY: THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF A PARTICULAR ILLNESS NOT BEING DIAGNOSED AND TREATED; THE BENEFIT VERSUS RISK PROFILE OF ANY POTENTIAL TREATMENT; SOCIAL FACTORS AND PAST MEDICAL PROBLEMS THAT MAY INFLUENCE A COURSE OF ACTION OR TREATMENT; REFERENCES; chapter 7 - Episodic Disturbances of Neurological Function; THE HISTORY AND INTERMITTENT DISTURBANCES. - Please note that this eBook does not include the DVD accompaniment. If you would like to have access to the DVD content, please purchase the print copy of this title. This is a clinical neurology book for students and non neurologists, and for those who teach them. The book covers neuroanatomy, history taking and examination and then proceeds to discuss the clinical features of common problems as well as selected, less common neurological disorders, in a way that will demystify a part of medicine that many find complex and difficult to understand. The book is accompanied by a
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| ISBN | 9780729539357
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