The Only Neurology Book You’ll Ever Need

 

Clear and concise, The Only Neurology Book You'll Ever Need provides a straightforward and comprehensive overview of neurology. It covers all of the important neurologic diagnosis and management issues, along with clinically relevant anatomy and physiology. Written by Drs. Alison I. Thaler and Malcolm S. Thaler, this new title is packed with full-color illustrations, real-world clinical scenarios, and up-to-date guidelines and recommendations —giving you all the practical advice you need to master the challenging world of neurology.

Features a lighthearted, lively writing style that is compelling and gets right to the heart of what you need to know.

Discusses the elements of the neurologic exam and what symptoms do and don't suggest a neurologic disorder.

Covers key topics such as stroke, headache, concussion, dizziness, seizures, dementia, meningitis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, and much more.

Abundant illustrations, charts, and tables, help you easily understand and retain complex material.

Ideal for medical students, medicine and neurology residents, nurses, and PAs, as well as any and all practitioners who need a concise, easy-to-read review of clinically- relevant neurology. This book covers everything you need for the medical student shelf exam in neurology.

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Table of Contents:

 

 

Chapter 1: Let’s Get Started: Your Neurologic Toolbox

CASE 1

Neuroanatomy: The Basics

Electrophysiology in Two Pages

The Good News!

The Neurologic History

The Neurologic Examination

Mental Status

Cranial Nerves

The Motor System

The Somatosensory System

Reflexes

Coordination

Gait

Note Template: An Example of How You Might Document a Normal Neurologic Examination

Is it Neurologic?

Diagnostic Tools

A Quick Overview of Head Imaging

Lumbar Puncture

Electroencephalography

Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

CASE 1: Follow-Up

Chapter 1: Flash Card

Chapter 2: Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease

CASE 2

Bad News But Good News Too

The Basics

Cerebrovascular Anatomy

Ischemic Stroke

Etiology

Stroke Syndromes

Management

Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)

Symptoms

Etiology

Management

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)

Presentation

Diagnosis

Treatment and Complications

A Few Other Cerebrovascular Disorders to Know

Cervicocephalic Arterial Dissection

Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis

Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS)

Vasculitis

CASE 2: Follow-Up

Chapter 2: Flash Card

Chapter 3: Headache

CASE 3

Headache Red Flags

Primary Headache Disorders

Migraine

Tension-type Headache

Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias (TACs)

Sinus Headache

Neuralgias

Episodic Versus Chronic Headache

Secondary Headache Disorders

Medication Overuse Headache (MOH)

Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension (SIH)

Pseudotumor Cerebri

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES)

Cardiac Cephalalgia

Post-traumatic Headache

The General Approach to the Headache Patient

CASE 3: FOLLOW-UP

Chapter 3: Flash Card

Chapter 4: Concussion (aka Mild Traumatic Brain Injury)

CASE 4

Is It Mild or Severe?

So What Is a Concussion?

Sports-related Concussion

Postconcussion Syndrome

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

CASE 4: FOLLOW-UP

Chapter 4: Flash Card

Chapter 5: Dizziness

CASE 5

A Simple Way to Categorize Dizziness

Vertigo: An Overview

Anatomy

Peripheral Versus Central Vertigo

Peripheral Vertigo

Central Vertigo

A Brief Word on Syncope

CASE 5: FOLLOW-UP

Chapter 5: Flash Card

Chapter 6: Seizures

CASE 6

Epilepsy

Provoked Versus Unprovoked Seizures

What Conditions Increase the Risk of Recurrence After a Single Seizure?

First-Time Seizure

Seizure Types

A Quick Note on the Differential Diagnosis of Seizures

Seizure Etiology

Epileptogenic Lesions

Toxic-Metabolic Derangements

Medications and Other Substances

Epilepsy Syndromes

Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs)

Status Epilepticus

Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES)

CASE 6: FOLLOW-UP

Chapter 6: Flash Card

Chapter 7: Neurocognitive Disorders and Dementia

CASE 7

Cognitive Impairment

Dementia (aka Major Neurocognitive Disorder)

Alzheimer Disease (AD)

Vascular Dementia

Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB)

Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)

Prion Diseases and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Reversible Dementias

CASE 7: FOLLOW-UP

Chapter 7: Flash Card

Chapter 8: Meningitis, Encephalitis, and other Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System

CASE 8

Meningitis

Bacterial Meningitis

Other Causes of Meningitis

Chronic Meningitis

Encephalitis

An Overview

Herpes Encephalitis

Arthropod-Borne Encephalitis

HIV Infection: Neurologic Complications

Neurosyphilis

Lyme Disease: Neurologic Manifestations

COVID-19: Neurologic Manifestations

A Few Other CNS Infections to Know About

Neurocysticercosis

Leprosy

Poliomyelitis

Botulism

Brain Abscess

CASE 8: FOLLOW-UP

Chapter 8: Flash Card

Chapter 9: Multiple Sclerosis (and other Immunologic Diseases of the Central Nervous System)

CASE 9

Multiple Sclerosis

Some Basic Background Facts

Defining MS

Clinical Signs and Symptoms

How to Make the Diagnosis

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Course

Treatment

Prognosis

MS and Pregnancy

Autoimmune Encephalitis: One Other Immunologic CNS Disease You Should Know

Presentation

Diagnosis

Treatment

CASE 9: Follow-Up

Chapter 9: Flash Card

Chapter 10: The Spinal Cord

CASE 10

Basic Anatomy

Acute Spinal Cord Compression

Causes

Clinical Presentation

Examination

Triage and Evaluation

Spinal Cord Syndromes

Brown-Sequard Syndrome

Anterior and Central Cord Syndromes

Conus Medullaris and Cauda Equina Syndromes

Transverse Myelitis

Toxic/Metabolic Spinal Cord Disorders

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

CASE 10: Follow-Up

Chapter 10: Flash Card

Chapter 11: The Peripheral Neuropathies and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

CASE 11

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Peripheral Neuropathies: An Overview

Polyneuropathies

Length-Dependent Sensorimotor Polyneuropathies

Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathies (Guillain-Barre Syndrome)

Small Fiber Neuropathy

Mononeuritis Multiplex

Plexopathies

Brachial Plexopathies

Lumbosacral Plexopathies

Mononeuropathies

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Ulnar Neuropathy

Peroneal and Tibial Neuropathies

Bell Palsy

Meralgia Paresthetica

CASE 11: Follow-Up

Chapter 11: Flash Card

Chapter 12: Diseases of the Muscles and the Neuromuscular Junction

CASE 12

Figuring Out the Cause of Weakness

Causes of Weakness—An Anatomic Approach

Causes of Myopathy

Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction

Myasthenia Gravis

Other Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction

Myopathies

The Inflammatory Myopathies

Noninflammatory Myopathies

CASE 12: Follow-Up

Chapter 12: Flash Card

Chapter 13: Parkinson Disease and other Movement Disorders

CASE 13

Parkinson Disease

Etiology

Clinical Presentation

Diagnosis

Treatment

Prognosis

Differential Diagnosis: Disorders That Can Mimic Parkinson Disease

Tremor

The Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes

Secondary Parkinsonism

Other Movement Disorders

Choreiform Disorders and Huntington Disease

Tardive Dyskinesia

Dystonia

Myoclonus

Tic Disorders and Tourette Syndrome

Sleep-Related Movement Disorders

CASE 13: Follow-Up

Chapter 13: Flash Card

Chapter 14: Neurocritical Care

CASE 14

Cerebral Edema

Elevated Intracranial Pressure

Physiology

Causes and Presentation of Elevated ICP

Management of Elevated ICP

Herniation Syndromes

Brain Death

CASE 14: FOLLOW-UP

Chapter 14: Flash Card

Chapter 15: Altered Mental Status

CASE 15

Encephalopathy Versus Aphasia

Neurologic Causes of AMS

Non-Neurologic Causes of AMS

AMS: Evaluation in a Nutshell

CASE 15: FOLLOW-UP

Chapter 15: Flash Card

Chapter 16: Neuro-Oncology

CASE 16

A Quick Word on Mass Lesions

Primary Brain Tumors

Glial Tumors

Neuronal Tumors

Other Primary Brain Tumors

Cysts

Paraneoplastic Syndromes

CASE 16: FOLLOW-UP

Chapter 16: Flash Card

Chapter 17: Genetic Diseases and Syndromes

CASE 17

Lysosomal Storage Diseases

Glycogen Storage Diseases (GSDs)

Neurocutaneous Diseases

Mitochondrial Diseases

CASE 17: Follow-Up

Chapter 17: Flash Card

Chapter 18: The Cranial Nerves

CASE 18

Cranial Nerve Basics

Brainstem Reflexes

Common Cranial Nerve Pathology

Visual Field Defects

Oculomotor Palsies (Third, Fourth and Sixth Nerve Palsies)

Facial (Seventh) Nerve Palsy

Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies

CASE 18: Follow-Up

Chapter 18: Flash Card

Chapter 19: Is That All There Is?

Index

 

 

An aparitie	25/09/2022
Autor	Alison I. Thaler and Malcolm S. Thaler
Dimensiuni	177.00 x 254.00 mm
Editura	LWW
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9781975191153
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	350
Versiune digitala	DA