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Informationen zum Autor Tarek A-Z K Gaber is a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust. Klappentext Explores a multitude of clinical scenarios in rehabilitation medicine, advising on management issues and options. Zusammenfassung Rehabilitation medicine is one of the fastest growing specialties in medicine. This timely book! presented as a series of case studies! describes the wide range of clinical scenarios encountered by the rehabilitation medicine team and advises on management issues and options. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. The Rehabilitation Consultation; The Rehabilitation Unit: Part II. Medical Issues in Brain Injury Rehabilitation: 1. Post-traumatic seizures; 2. Episodic agitation following Herpes Simplex Encephalitis; 3. Hypopituitarism; 4. Anxiety following head injury; 5. Hydrocephalus following Saubarachnoid Haemorhage; 6. Autonomic impairment following brain injury; 7. Locked-in Syndrome; 8. Pharmacological management of attention impairment; 9. Rehabilitation of Pontine Myelinolysis; 10. Assessment of frontal lobe function; 11. An aggressive patient; Progressive neurological disorders: 12. Ataxia in Multiple Sclerosis; 13. Psychiatric manifestations in Huntington Disease; 14. End Stage Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy; 15. Recurrent aspiration in a Parkinson's patient; Medical complications of immobility: 16. Thromboembolism; 17. Osteoporosis; 18. Pressure sores; 19. Heterotopic ossification; Orthotics in neurological rehabilitation: 20. Secondary Scoliosis; 21. Post Polio Syndrome; 22. Charcot Joint; Ethical and medico-legal controversies: 23. Wandering patients; 24. Rehabilitation of ethnic minorities; 25. Service provision for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Chronic pain: 26. Central pain syndrome; 27. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; 28. Shoulder pain following stroke; Medically Unexplained Disabilities: 29. Conversion Syndrome; 30. Somatisation in Multiple Sclerosis; 31. Complementary and alternative medicine; Spasticity management: 32. Management of spastic Equino-varus deformity; 33. Management of severe generalised spasticity; Ventilatory support in Rehabilitation: 34. Artificial ventilation in Guillain Barre Syndrome; 35. Diaphragmatic paralysis; Sphincteric dysfunction: 36. Botulinum Toxin for Neuropathic Bladder; 37. Bowel Dysfunction following spinal injury; Communication disability: 38. Expressive aphasia; 39. Jargon aphasia; 40. Hypokinetic dysarthria; Sensory disability: 41. Cortical Blindness; 42. Visual Spatial Neglect; Prescriptions for independence: 43. Exercise prescription; 44. Vocational Rehabilitation; 45. Driving assessment; Part III. Multiple Choice Questions in Neurological Rehabilitation: Multiple Choice Questions Answers....
