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A guide to the primary care of neurological disorders /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Association of Neurosurgeons
Other Authors: Popp, A. John, 1941-, Deshaies, Eric M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Rolling Meadows, Ill. : Thieme ; American Association of Neurosurgeons, [2008]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Nervous system > Diseases.
Primary care (Medicine)
Nervous System Diseases.
Primary Health Care > methods.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Primary care medicine and its relationship to the clinical neurosciences
  • The history and scope of the clinical neurosciences
  • Legal and ethical issues
  • An overview of research design to aid in the critical appraisal of the neurosciences literature
  • Improving outcomes for patients with neurological presentations in primary care
  • Role of ambulatory nursing in the care of patients with neurological conditions
  • The effective use of diagnostic testing in neurological disease
  • History-taking and physical examination of the patient with neurological disease
  • Why and when radiological studies should be ordered for neurological disease
  • Electrophysiological testing in neurological disorders: electroencephalography, evoked potentials, and electromyography
  • The patient with spinal disorders
  • The patient with headaches
  • The patient with chronic pain syndromes
  • The patient complaining of numbness and weakness
  • The patient with disorders of motor control
  • The patient with visual symptoms
  • The patient with disorders of the auditory system
  • The dizzy patient
  • The patient with epilepsy and seizures
  • The patient with psychiatric disorders
  • The patient with an altered mental status: dementia and delirium
  • The patient in stupor, coma, and brain death
  • Head injury
  • Spinal trauma
  • Ischemic cerebrovascular disease
  • Hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease
  • Neuro-oncology
  • Infections/parainfectious disorders of the central nervous system
  • Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating disorders of the central nervous system
  • The pediatric patient
  • The geriatric patient
  • The role of the emergency department in managing the patient with altered mental status
  • The patient undergoing rehabilitation for neurlogical disorders.