First Exposure to Neurology

Front Cover
McGraw Hill Professional, Mar 15, 2007 - Medical - 320 pages
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.


The Ultimate Neurology Clerkship Companion

Everything you need for your rotation in neurology is right at your fingertips in this portable, hands-on guide. With its streamlined coverage of diagnostic skills, symptom complexes, specific diseases, plus "Don't Miss Diagnoses," FIRST EXPOSURE TO NEUROLOGY accelerates your mastery of the core competencies of the Neurology clerkship.

The ideal databank and toolset for your rotation

FIRST EXPOSURE TO NEUROLOGY enhances your rotation with:

  • A compelling profile of the practice of neurology
  • Just the right amount of material for your 4-week clerkship
  • Information on how to interpret neurodiagnostic tests and brain imaging procedures
  • A focus on important concepts you should learn-not memorization of facts
  • How-to's for evaluating the emergency patient
  • The "Chief Complaints" most often presented in neurology departments
  • "Don't Miss Diagnoses" table for each major clinical problem
  • Clinically relevant detail on cases you will see
  • Learning objectives at the start of each chapter
    		•

    From inside the book

     

    39 pages matching lumbar in this book

    Where's the rest of this book?

    Results 1-3 of 39

    Contents

    The Neurological Examination
    		3
    Syndromes
    		39
    NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOM COMPLEXES
    		67
    Copyright

    35 other sections not shown

    Other editions - View all

    First Exposure to Neurology
    Howard Kirshner
    No preview available - 2007

    Common terms and phrases

    abnormal acute agents Alzheimer’s disease aneurysm aphasia APPROACHES TO SPECIFIC apraxia artery associated ataxia bilateral bladder blood brain tumors brainstem carotid cause cerebellar cerebral cervical CHAPTER chronic clinical cognitive common contralateral cortex cranial nerve deficits delirium dementia demyelinating differential diagnosis diplopia disorders distal dose drug dysarthria dysfunction dysphagia dystonia effective Engl epilepsy essential tremor facial focal frontal function gait genetic headache hemorrhage infarction intracranial involvement ipsilateral ischemic JAMA lesions limb lobe Mayo Clin Proc meningitis migraine motor neuron movements MRI scan multiple sclerosis muscle myasthenia myopathies nerve root neurological examination NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOM COMPLEXES neuropathic pain normal occasionally occur onset optic paresthesias Parkinson’s disease patients peripheral neuropathy posterior reflexes SECTION seizures sensation sensory loss side sleep SPECIFIC NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES speech spinal cord stroke symptoms and signs syncope syndrome temporal therapy tion traumatic brain injury treatment usually vascular vertigo visual weakness

    Bibliographic information

    TitleFirst Exposure to Neurology
    Lange First Exposure
    AuthorHoward Kirshner
    PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2007
    ISBN0071509259, 9780071509251
    Length320 pages
    Subjects ›  › 

    Medical / Diagnosis
    Medical / Neurology
    Medical / Surgery / Neurosurgery
      
    Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan