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Practicing neurology : what you need to know, what you need to do

n this new edition, Practicing Neurology: What You Need to Know, What You Need to Do, the latest volume from our Current Clinical Neurology series, Rahman Pourmand takes readers through the process of treating neurological conditions from evaluation to emergencies. For each condition, Pourmand provides basic facts, key definitions, step-by-step instructions for conducting a concise physical examination, neurologic signs to watch for, treatment strategies, and the prognosis. In Part I, the author outlines neurological history and examination, highlighting some common neurological constructs while elucidating the most up-to-date neurodiagnostic tests and procedures. Part II details common neurological conditions including stroke, seizure and epilepsy, central nervous system infections, complications from alcohol, dizziness and vertigo, headaches, sleep disorders, and back and neck pain. In Part III, neurological urgencies and emergencies, such as comas, status epilepticus, brain edema, transtentorial herniation, metastatic epidural spinal cord compression, acute meningitis, delirium tremens, Wernicke's encephalopathy, myastenia gravis crisis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, and temporal arteritis are covered in detail.

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Call Number
616.8 RAH p
Publisher
Totowa, N.J : Humana Press,.,
Collation
1 online resource (xii, 222 pages)
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
1588296091
Classification
616.8
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Edition
2nd edition
Subject(s)
Nervous system--Diseases
Neurology
Medicine
Internal Medicine
Nervous system--Diseases--Diagnosis
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