Samuel's Manual of Neurologic Therapeutics, 9e

Description:

The best-selling Samuels’s Manual of Neurologic Therapeutics is a practical, accessible handbook for the diagnosis and treatment of neurologic disorders. Completely updated to reflect the most recent developments in the field, the book features a concise, intuitive outline format that makes today’s best approaches easy to find and apply. Implement the current strategies to combat neurological diseases. Highlights include new pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments for seizures; new molecular techniques and personalized approaches to neurologic cancers; new approaches for treating pain; the most recent intra-arterial therapies for acute stroke; and new treatments for neurologic infectious diseases. Manage benign autoimmune conditions with the aid of a new chapter that discusses diagnosis via serological testing as well as therapies involving immune modulation. Treat patients in resource-limited environments, thanks to a new chapter that focuses on cost-effective management options. Locate the information you need quickly through accessible and well-organized chapters and an outline format.

Table of Contents:

1 Coma, Head Trauma, and Spinal Cord Injury

2 Epilepsy

3 Dizziness

4 Back and Neck Pain

5 Sleep Disorders

6 Cancer Neurology

7 Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

8 Autoimmune Disorders

9 Neuromuscular Junction Disorders and Myopathies

10 Motor Neuropathies and Peripheral Neuropathies

11 Chronic Pain

12 Headache and Facial Pain

13 Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders

14 Movement Disorders

15 Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology

16 Management of Neurologic Disorders in Resourc e-Limited Settings

17 Neuroophthalmology

18 Toxic and Metabolic Disorders

19 Infectious Diseases

Drug Index

Subject Index