Clinical Cases in Neurology (In Clinical Practice)

Description:

This book presents a selection of neurological clinical cases and tests the reader in order to allow them to gain clinical self-confidence in approaching the case, requesting tests (negotiating test with other specialties e.g. radiology) and also in referring to other specialties. The book examines a range of different clinical scenarios and neurological conditions from multiple sclerosis and degenerative disorders to epilepsy and headache.  The book can serve as a teaching aid in a classroom setting, where teacher introduces the case (“telling the story”, neurological examination) and the students then propose differential diagnoses and further tests. Teacher, when suitable, shows representative test result to students and expects students to interpret scan/test, eventually concluding the case, proposing further referrals and discussing prognosis Each chapter also contains visual aids in the form of  Neuroexam, helping the reader gain a quick understanding of the case. Aimed at trainee neurologists and any non-neurologists who might encounter neurological cases in the clinic, this book is useful for bedside teaching especially when there are not enough available patients on ward.

Table of Contents:

1. Anticoagulation and Fall

2. Pain in the Face

3. Dementia and “Something Else”

4. New Symptoms in Old Illness

5. Young Lady with Severe Arm Pain

6. “Remember Bingo Numbers!”

7. Poor Hearing and Seizures

8. Tired and Sleepy Woman with Headaches

9. Disorientation, Confusion I

10. Disorientation, Confusion II

11. Woman with Sudden Headache

12. First Seizure

13. Elephant in the Room vs. Red Herring

14. Gait Disorder and Falls

15. “Tongue Tied” Man with Opiate Addiction

16. Right Sided Hemiparesis in Young Smoker

17. Young Man with Pins and Needles

18. Painful and Weak Young Man

19. Recurrent Otitis Media

20. Deafness and Shoulder Weakness

21. Young Girl with the Wrist Drop

22. Facial Tingling and Poor Hearing

23. Balance and Gait Problems

24. Numb Legs and Constipation

25. Yellow and Weak Young Man

Back Matter