Full Description
This is an approach to clinical neurology specifically designed for the medical student during rotation and for junior neurology house staff. This text contains practical information, includes a brief overview of clinically relevant neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, emphasizes differential diagnosis and major principles of disease, and provides guidance in performing and interpreting the neurological examination. Clinical information is detailed throughout the text, with more advanced, in-depth optional discussions found in the "enrichment boxes". This pocket-sized companion offers beginners everything they need to know to succeed in neurology, and nothing they don't.
Contents
* How to Make the Most of Your Neurology Rotation PART I: CLINICALLY RELEVANT NEUROSCIENCE * An Overview of Neuroanatomy * An Overview of Neurophysiology PART II: APPROACH TO THE PATIENT * The Neurologic History * A Screening Neurologic Examination * Interpretation of Neurologic Examination Abnormalities * Neuro-ophthalmology * Diagnostic Reasoning and Neurologic Differential Diagnosis * Neurodiagnostic Testing PART III: NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS * Disorders Above the Foramen Magnum * Disorders Below the Foramen Magnum * Evaluation of Common Symptom Complexes Index
