Neurological Differential Diagnosis

ISBN-13: 9783540199373 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 450 str.

John P. Patten

Opis

The majority of doctors are ill at ease when confronted by a patient with a neurological problem. Candidates for qualifying examinations and higher diplomas dread that they will be allocated a neurological 'Iong case'. This is a serious reflection on the adequacy of training in neurology. It is still possible in some medical schools for a student to go through the entire clinical course without an attachment to the neurological unit. Increasing competition for teaching time has led to the situation where in most US medical schools, and at least one new medical school in the UK, a two-week c1inical attachment to the neurology service is considered adequate. Those fortunate enough to attend a postgraduate course find a minimum of 3 months' intensive training is necessary before any confidence in tackling a neurological problem is achieved. Unfortunately, neurological textbooks seldom seem to recognize the intensely practical nature of the subject. There are many short texts that achieve brevity by the exclusion of explanatory material; these are difficult to read and digest. At the opposite extreme are the neurological compendia, often unbalanced by excessive coverage of rare diseases and all based on the assumption that patients announce on arrival that they have a demyelinating, heredofamilial, neoplastic etc. disorder. These texts are useful only to those who already have a good working knowledge of neurological diseases.

Recenzje

"...what makes this book interesting is the extremely sober and concise style in which its subject is presented...This book is excellently structured and its descriptions are clear and informative...can be recommended without reservations, primarily to neurologists, but also, and with the same conviction, to neurosurgeons." Neurosurgical Review

Spis treści

1. History Taking and Physical Examination 2. The Pupils and their Reactions 3. Vision, the Visual Fields and the Olfactory Nerve 4. Examination of the Optic Fundus 5. The Third, Fourth and Sixth Cranial Nerves 6. The Cerebellopontine Angle and Jugular Foramen 7. Conjugate Eye Movements and Nystagmus 8. The Cerbral Hemispheres: The Lobes of the Brain 9. The Cerbral Hemispheres: Vascular Diseases 10. The Cerbral Hemispheres: Disorders of the Limbic System and Hypothalamus 11. The Brain Stem 12. The Extrapyramidal System and the Cerebellum 13. The Anatomy, Physiology and Clinical Features of Spinal Cord Diseases 14. Metabolic Infective and Vascular Disorders of the Spinal Cord 15. The Spinal Cord in Raltion to the Vertebral Column 16. Diagnosis of Cervical Root and Peripheral Nerve Lesions Affecting the Arm 17. Nerve Root and Peripheral Nerve Lesions Affecting the Leg 18. Diseases of Muscle and the Muscle End-Plate 19. Peripheral Neuropathy and Diseases of the Lower Motor Neuron 20. Headache 21. Facial Pain 22. Attacks of Altered Consciousness 23. Trauma and the Nervous System 24. Neurological Complications of Systemic Disorders Suggestions for Further Reading and Study Index