Fundamentals of Neurologic Disease

ISBN-13: 9781493923588 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 294 str.

Larry E. Davis; Sarah Pirro Richardson

Opis

This concise text delivers a basic introduction to neurology and is designed for use by medical students during their rotation in neurology and related disciplines. Updated and expanded, this second edition follows the same order as the first, starting with how to approach a patient with a neurologic problem followed by the latest information on the phenomenology, pathophysiology and symptoms of common adult and pediatric neurologic diseases. Supplementing the learning experience are clinical cases that begin each chapter and videos of examples ranging from how to perform the normal neurologic exam to abnormal exam findings.Easy-to-read and richly illustrated, Fundamentals of Neurologic Disease, 2nd Edition is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to learn the fundamentals of neurology.

Spis treści

Preface

Acknowledgments

Foreword

1                    Approach to the patient with neurologic problem: key steps in neurological diagnosis and treatment

 

2                    Neurologic examination

 

3                    Common neurologic tests

 

4                    Disorders of muscle

5                    Disorders of the neuromuscular junction

 

6                    Disorders of peripheral nerves

 

7                    Disorders of the spinal cord and vertebral bodies

 

8                    Disorders of the brainstem and cerebellum

 

9                    Disorders of the cerebrovascular system

 

10               Disorders of myelin

 

11               Disorders of higher cortical function

 

12               Disorders of the extrapyramidal system

 

13               Infections of the Nervous System

 

14               Brain tumors

15               Seizures and status epilepticus

 

 

16               Cardiac arrest, coma and cerebral death

 

17               Disorders of the developing nervous system

 

18               Traumatic brain injury and subdural hematoma

 

19               Neurologic complications of alcohol and B12 deficiency

 

20               Disorders of pain and headache

 

21               Disorders of the vestibular system

 

22               Sleep

 

 

 

 

 

 

O autorze

Larry E. Davis, MD

Chief Neurology Service

Distinguished Professor of Neurology

New Mexico VA Health Care System

1501 San Pedro Dr. SE

Albuquerque, NM, 87108

Sarah Pirio Richardson, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurology

Health Sciences Center

MSC 11 6035

1 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001