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Informationen zum Autor Malcolm Macleod, Reader and Head of Experimental Neuroscience, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, and Honorary Consultant Neurologist and Clinical Lead for Neurology, NHS Forth Valley, StirlingMarion Simpson, Neurology Registrar, The Austin Hospital, Melbourne, AustraliaSuvankar Pal, Neurology Registrar, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh Klappentext CCU CLINICAL CASES UNCOVERED Rehearse for life in clinical practice with this easy-to-use and unique series, which combines cases drawn from real-life experiences with a refreshing approach to presentations as you would see them in day-to-day situations. Get the most from clinical practice, with Clinical Cases Uncovered Neurology is a rapidly advancing core topic within the clinical curriculum and students and junior doctors are expected to recognise, understand and know how to investigate and manage many neurological-related disorders and conditions. Neurology: Clinical Cases Uncovered leads students through the clinical approach to managing neurological problems via real-life patient cases and outcomes. Following a question-answer approach to developing the narrative, and including self-assessment MCQs, EMQs and SAQs, the book includes 27 fully illustrated cases covering a wide range of neurological presentations and conditions. Ideal for medical students with clinical attachments in neurology, and in the run-up to examinations, the book will also be useful to doctors in training in general internal medicine, medicine of the elderly, psychiatry and neurology. Zusammenfassung Neurology is a rapidly advancing core topic within the clinical curriculum and students and junior doctors are expected to recognise, understand and know how to investigate and manage many neurological-related disorders and conditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface vii Acknowledgements viii How to Use This Book ix List of Abbreviations x Part 1 Basics 1 Basic science 1 Approach to the patient 10 Part 2 Cases 18 Case 1 A 76-year-old man whose hand went weak 18 Case 2 A 60-year-old man with back pain and weakness 22 Case 3 A 25-year-old woman with weakness and tingling in her arms and legs 27 Case 4 A 45-year-old man with uncontrollable seizures 32 Case 5 A 24-year-old woman with headaches and abnormal optic fundi 36 Case 6 A 37-year-old man with sudden severe headache 39 Case 7 A 17-year-old girl who becomes unresponsive after a late night 46 Case 8 A 30-year-old woman found fitting on the train 51 Case 9 A 66-year-old woman with confusion and weakness 54 Case 10 An 18-year-old girl with headache fever and confusion 58 Case 11 A 30-year-old woman with double vision and fatigue 61 Case 12 A 29-year-old woman with tingling weakness of the left arm and leg 67 Case 13 A 45-year-old woman with pain in the leg 70 Case 14 A 29-year-old woman thrown from her horse 73 Case 15 A 67-year-old man who is unsteady on his feet 77 Case 16 A 49-year old man with burning in the feet and difficulty walking 81 Case 17 A 72-year-old woman with memory problems 86 Case 18 A 54-year-old woman with tingling hands 90 Case 19 A 26-year-old woman with right-sided weakness 93 Case 20 A 19-year-old woman with acute headache and tingling 97 Case 21 A 63-year-old man whose hands have got so weak he can't work 101 Case 22 A 55-year-old woman with episodes of excruciating facial pain 105 Case 23 A 38-year-old man with heaviness of the legs 108 Case 24 An 84-year-old man with confusion and unsteadiness 112 Case 25 A 45-year-old man with constant headache 115 Case 26 A 68-year-old man with a 2-week history of unsteadiness 118 Case 27 A 15-year-old girl with fidgetin...
