Book[edited by] Brett L. Cucchiara, Raymond S. Price.
Summary: "Written by neurologists for neurologists, Decision-Making in Adult Neurology provides practical guidance when encountering patients whose clinical presentation is unfamiliar or complex, or whose treatment path is not completely certain. This useful handbook is filled with diagnostic and treatment algorithms that encourage you to think systematically and follow a logical sequence through the steps necessary for efficient and effective decision-making"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Initial headache
Chronic headache
Neck pain
Low back pain
Aphasia
Chronic cognitive decline
Acute memory loss
Chronic memory loss
Rapidly progressive dementia
Delirium
Coma
Transient visual loss
Visual field loss
Visual hallucinations
Ptosis
Pupillary asymmetry (anisocoria)
Diplopia
Nystagmus
Facial weakness
Acute vertigo
Recurrent episodic dizziness
Hearing loss
Pulsatile tinnitus
Dysarthria
Proximal weakness
Wrist drop
Unilateral hand weakness
Unilateral hand numbness
Knee extension weakness
Unilateral foot drop
Fasciculations
Sensory disturbance: pain and temperature
Sensory disturbance: vibration and proprioception
Hyperreflexia and hyporeflexia
Multiple cranial neuropathies
Ataxia
Difficulty walking
Bladder dysfunction
Transient loss of consciousness
Transient ischemic attack
Acute ischemic stroke
Malignant middle cerebral artery infarction
Large cerebellar infarction
Prevention of recurrent ischemic stroke
Ischemic stroke in the young
Patent foramen ovale and ischemic stroke
Spinal cord infarction
Asymptomatic carotid stenosis
Preoperative neurovascular (carotid) clearance
Acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage in the young
Intracerebral hemorrhage due to anticoagulant therapy
Restarting antithrombotic therapy after intracerebral hemorrhage
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Unruptured intracranial aneurysm
Vascular malformations
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
Brain death
Management of increased intracranial pressure
Management of neuromuscular respiratory failure
Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity
Traumatic brain injury
Concussion
Postconcussive syndrome
Migraine headache: acute treatment
Migraine headache: prophylactic treatment
Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias: treatment
Trigeminal neuralgia
Intracranial hypotension
Evaluation of adult with first seizure
Initial treatment of epilepsy
Drug-resistant epilepsy
Antiepileptic drug selection
Status epilepticus
Management of comorbidities in patients with epilepsy
EEG interpretation
Hypersomnia
Insomnia
Restless legs syndrome
Parasomnias
Abnormal involuntary movements
Chorea
Tremor
Treatment of essential tremor
Treatment of Parkinson's disease
Treatment of dystonia
Treatment of tics
Electromyography and nerve conduction studies
Distal symmetric polyneuropathy
Demyelinating neuropathies
Paraprotein-associated neuropathies
Mononeuropathy multiplex
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Brachial plexus syndromes
Lumbosacral plexus syndromes
Motor neuron disease
Myasthenia gravis: diagnosis
Myasthenia gravis: treatment
Myopathy
Myotonia
Rhabdomyolysis
Glioma
Meningioma
Paraneoplastic syndromes
Encephalitis
Acute meningitis
Subacute and chronic meningitis
Tuberculosis affecting the nervous system
Neurosyphilis
Lyme disease involving the nervous system (neuroborreliosis)
Optic neuritis
Treatment of multiple sclerosis
Transverse myelitis
Neurosarcoidosis
Autoimmune encephalitis
White matter lesions on magnetic resonance imaging
Ring-enhancing lesions on magnetic resonance imaging
Sellar lesions on magnetic resonance imaging
Cerebellopontine angle mass lesions on magnetic resonance imaging,