Ulteriori informazioni
Informationen zum Autor Bart M. Demaerschalk , MD, MSc, FRCP(C), Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA Dean M. Wingerchuk , MD, MSc, FRCP(C), Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Klappentext In Evidence-based Neurology Management of Neurological Disorders, expert editors and contributors drawn from the Cochrane Neurological Network , provides specialists and those in training with the skills and knowledge to apply evidence-based practice in the clinical setting. Fully revised and updated with twelve additional chapters, this second edition covers current developments in the application of evidence-based medicine for neurology with a new approach to methodology. Clinical content is structured according to presentation in clinical practice, with dedicated sections on evidence-based neurology in the hospital and in the clinic This edition is divided into four sections over 30 chapters, highlighting the different approach to and application of EBM in the hospital, clinic and as telemedicine. The chapters present a brief definition of the clinical condition, together with its incidence and natural history. A clear formulation of a case or question usually follows, structured using the standard three elements of patient, intervention, and outcome with a focus on ensuring the results are as quantitative as possible. Evide nce-based Neurology: Management of Neurological Disorders fills the gap between guidelines and primary studies as well as between primary and secondary scientific medical literature summarizes the most recent and important findings on treatments for neurological patients measures the benefit and, when applicable, the risk of harm inherent in specific neurological interventions now includes new non-clinical topics of interest to neurologists such as education and research Evidence-Based Neurology is an essential resource for neurologists at any stage of their career wanting to improve their everyday practice. Zusammenfassung From an expert editor team drawn from the Cochrane Neurological Network! Evidence-Based Neurology provides specialists and those in training with the skills and knowledge to apply evidence-based practice in the clinical setting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors vii Part 1 Evidence-based neurology: introduction 1 Evidence-based neurology in health education 3 Lawrence Korngut, Miguel Bussière and Bart M. Demaerschalk 2 Evidence-based medicine in health research 9 Dean M. Wingerchuk 3 Evidence and ethics 13 Joseph L. Verheijde Part 2 Evidence-based neurology in the hospital 4 Thunderclap headache 23 Jonathan H. Smith and Todd J. Schwedt 5 Coma 33 Bappaditya Ray and Salah G. Keyrouz 6 Acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack 53 Maria I. Aguilar 7 Spinal cord compression 67 Naresh P. Patel, Christopher A. Payne and Bhavesh M. Patel 8 Delirium 75 William D. Freeman 9 Status epilepticus 81 Kameshwar Prasad, Manya Prasad, Sridharan Ramaratnam and Anthony G. Marson 10 Raised intracranial pressure 87 William David Freeman 11 Traumatic brain injury 93 Miguel Arango, Walter Videtta and Corina Puppo 12 Myasthenia gravis 107 Brent P. Goodman 13 Acute visual loss 113 Byron Roderick Spencer 14 Secondary prevention of stroke 119 Gord Gubitz Part 3 Evidence-based neurology in the clinic 15 Central nervous system infections 131 Gloria von Geldern and Avindra Nath 16 Evidence-based neuro-oncology 143 Michael G. Hart and Ro...
