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A practical, protocol-oriented guide to the practice of neurology in the hospital setting
A Doody's Core Title for 2019!
Designed to meet the need for a practical and pedagogical resource on hospital neurology, The Hospital Neurology Book is a concise and useful work that guides general neurologists, neurohospitalists, and internists in the proper care of patients in the hospital who have neurological diseases and disorders and associated internal medicine conditions.
The Hospital Neurology Book features a highly readable format, providing information physicians can act upon, including recipes and protocols for patient care and question-based chapter headings that lead physicians to the exact issue they are dealing with in the moment. Realistic case studies appear throughout chapters alongside practical tables, algorithms, full-color illustrations, radiological images, detailed references, and high yield key points useful for consolidating learning.
· A unique practical and pedagogical tool that takes a symptoms-based approach to neurology practice in the hospital setting
· Organized around common presentations that a hospital neurologist or a hospitalist with neurology patients would likely encounter
· Utilizes a case-based approach for optimum assimilation of information
· Concentrates on presenting hospital neurology in a digestible way, focusing on practical information and approach, while providing references to more detailed sources of information
· Each chapter is self-contained and can be read in any particular order, based on interest or need
If you are looking for text that bridges the gap between the way neurology is taught and is actually
Table des matières
Chapter 1. Introduction to Hospital Neurology
Chapter 2. Potential Harms to Physician and the Patient
Chapter 3. General Care of the Hospitalized Patient
Chapter 4. Women's Issues in Hospital Neurology
Chapter 5. Principals of Care for the Hospitalized Geriatric Patient
Chapter 6. Chronic Pain in Neurological Patients
Chapter 7. Infections of the Central Nervous System
Chapter 8. The Neurological Examination
Chapter 9. Neurophysiology
Chapter 10. Imaging
Chapter 11. Interpretation of Common Laboratory Tests
Chapter 12. Common Laboratory Diagnosed Conditions
Chapter 13. Stroke Neurology
Chapter 14. Status Epilepticus and First Seizure Episode
Chapter 15. Neurotrauma and Myelopathies
Chapter 16. Neuromuscular Emergencies
Chapter 17. Movement Disorders Emergencies
Chapter 18. Some Common Neurological Emergencies
Chapter 19. Cardiovascular Emergencies on the Neurology Wards
Chapter 20. Airway and Respiratory Emergencies on the Neurology Ward
Chapter 21. Principles of Neurocritical Care
Chapter 22. Altered Mental Status
Chapter 23. Aphasia
Chapter 24. Spells, Not Epileptic or Vascular
Chapter 25. Approach to Acute Visual Changes, Abnormal Eye Movements and Double Vision
Chapter 26. Dizziness and Vertigo
Chapter 27. Headache and Facial Pain
Chapter 28. Patterns of Weakness
Chapter 29. Gait Disorders
Chapter 30. The Ataxias
Chapter 31. Epilepsy
Chapter 32. Rapidly Progressive Dementias
Chapter 33. Slowly Progressive Dementias
Chapter 34. Movement Disorders
Chapter 35. Perioperative Neurology
Chapter 36. Coma and Other States of Altered Consciousness
Chapter 37. Genetic Neurological Diseases in the Adult
Chapter 38. Spinal Cord Neurology
Chapter 39. Back, Neck and Limb Pain
Chapter 40. Approach to Sensory Changes
Chapter 41. Neuropathies and Motor Neuron Disease
Chapter 42. Myopathies and NMJ Disease
Chapter 43. Demyelinating Diseases
Chapter 44. Common Tumors of the Nervous System
Chapter 45. Common Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Disorders
Chapter 46. Common Metabolic Problems on the Neurology Ward
Chapter 47. Common Cardiorespiratory Problems on the Neurology Ward
Chapter 48. Fever, Hypotension and Reduced Urine Output
Chapter 49. Common Psychiatric Conditions
Chapter 50. Adverse Neurologic Effects of Commonly Used Medications
Chapter 51. Internal Medicine and Neurology
Chapter 52. Medication and Dosing
