A Guide to the Primary Care of Neurological Disorders: 2/e

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Synthesizing the expert clinical advice of specialists who treat disorders of the nervous system, this book is an accessible, single-volume resource for primary care physicians requiring practical information on a range of neurological disorders. A Guide to the Primary Care of Neurological Disorders provides readers with a firm foundation in neuroscience concepts that will enable them to make timely diagnostic, treatment, and referral decisions about common symptoms, including chronic pain, headache, seizures, numbness, and dizziness. Additional chapters cover specific categories of neurological disease, providing the reader with concise descriptions of the clinical manifestations, examination techniques, and treatment options for each.

Features:

An outline at the start of each chapter aids rapid location of topics of interest
Thorough coverage of history-taking and the physical examination
Pearls and Pitfalls at the end of each chapter review fundamental concepts and provide helpful guideposts for managing each clinical situation

Packed with essential information on clinical neurosciences, this comprehensive book is ideal for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, residents in primary care specialties, and medical students.

(A co-publication of Thieme and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons)

Table of Contents
Table of Contents	1. Primary care medicine & the patient with diseases of the nervous systemMaugans2. The history and scope of the clinical neurosciencesPopp3. Legal and ethical issuesMoore4. An overview of research design to aid in the critical Mayer appraisal of the neurosciences literature5. Improving outcomes for patients with neurological presentations Chessare in primary care6. Nursing issues in the primary care of Neurology patientsHabiniak/Goodell7. The effective use of diagnostic testing in neurological diseaseMayer8. History-taking and physical examination of the patient with Dentinger neurological disease9. How to talk to patientsDeshaies/Thompson/Popp10. Why and when radiological studies should be ordered for Belden neurological disorders11. Electrophysiological testing in neurological disorders: Ramani electroencephalography, evoked potentials and electromyography12. Acute spinal pain and other spinal complaintsDirisio13. HeadacheDentinger14. Management of the patient with chronic painSmith15. The patient complaining of numbness or weaknessStorey16. Disorders of motor controlMolho17. Management of the patient with visual symptomsSimon18. Management of patients with disorders of the auditory systemPames19. The dizzy patientPames20. Epilepsy and seizuresRitaccio21. The patient presenting with psychiatric disordersBalkoski22. The patient with an altered mental state: dementia and deliriumRamani23. Stupor, coma and brain deathRitaccio24. Head injuryTranmer25. Spinal traumaDirisio26. Ischemic cerebrovascular diseaseTranmer27. Hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease including subarachnoid hemorrhageBoulos28. Neuro-oncologyEmrich29. Infections/Parainfectious disorders of the central nervous systemLepow30. Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating disorders of the Barron central nervous system31. The pediatric patientWaldman32. The geriatric patientCoffey33. Role of the emergency department in the patient with an acute McErlean neurological disorder34. The patient undergoing rehabilitation for neurological disordersForrest

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Primary care medicine & the patient with diseases of the nervous systemMaugans2. The history and scope of the clinical neurosciencesPopp3. Legal and ethical issuesMoore4. An overview of research design to aid in the critical Mayer appraisal of the neurosciences literature5. Improving outcomes for patients with neurological presentations Chessare in primary care6. Nursing issues in the primary care of Neurology patientsHabiniak/Goodell7. The effective use of diagnostic testing in neurological diseaseMayer8. History-taking and physical examination of the patient with Dentinger neurological disease9. How to talk to patientsDeshaies/Thompson/Popp10. Why and when radiological studies should be ordered for Belden neurological disorders11. Electrophysiological testing in neurological disorders: Ramani electroencephalography, evoked potentials and electromyography12. Acute spinal pain and other spinal complaintsDirisio13. HeadacheDentinger14. Management of the patient with chronic painSmith15. The patient complaining of numbness or weaknessStorey16. Disorders of motor controlMolho17. Management of the patient with visual symptomsSimon18. Management of patients with disorders of the auditory systemPames19. The dizzy patientPames20. Epilepsy and seizuresRitaccio21. The patient presenting with psychiatric disordersBalkoski22. The patient with an altered mental state: dementia and deliriumRamani23. Stupor, coma and brain deathRitaccio24. Head injuryTranmer25. Spinal traumaDirisio26. Ischemic cerebrovascular diseaseTranmer27. Hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease including subarachnoid hemorrhageBoulos28. Neuro-oncologyEmrich29. Infections/Parainfectious disorders of the central nervous systemLepow30. Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating disorders of the Barron central nervous system31. The pediatric patientWaldman32. The geriatric patientCoffey33. Role of the emergency department in the patient with an acute McErlean neurological disorder34. The patient undergoing rehabilitation for neurological disordersForrest