Main description:

Neurological Differential Diagnosis is a practical, comprehensive, and highly illustrated book covering all aspects of neurology, from clinical history taking and examination to management of neurological conditions, and their complications.

This book consists of 46 chapters, beginning with clinical history and neurological examination. Subsequent chapters detail the ideal approach to patients with a vast range of neurological conditions, from epilepsy and coma, to dementia, gait disorders, and lower backache.

Neurological Differential Diagnosis includes over 250 full colour images and illustrations, which enhance the range of common and rare neurological conditions covered, making this an ideal reference guide for neurologists.

Key Points

Highly illustrated guide to neurological examination
46 chapters cover extensive range of neurological conditions
257 full colour images and illustrations

Contents:

Clinical History and Neurologic Examination of Adult
Historical Aspects of Neurological Examination
Transient Loss of Consciousness
Approach to Patients with New-Onset Seizures
Approach to Intractable Epilepsy
Psychogenic Non-epileptic Attack Disorder
Approach to Coma
Delirium and Acute Confusional States
Approach to a Patient with Intellectual and Memory Impairment
Approach to Global Development Delay and Developmental Regression
Approach to a Patient with Speech and Language Disorders
Clinical Evaluation of Apraxia and Agnosia
Dementia: Clinical Approach
Approach to Disturbances of Smell and Taste
Approach to Visual Loss
Clinical Approach to Pupillary and Eyelid Abnormalities
Approach to a Dizzy Patient
Approach to Deafness
Approach to a Patient with Neurogenic Dysphagia
Evaluation of Acute Headache
Chronic Headache
Approach to Ataxia of Limbs and Gait
Approach to Gait Disorders
Approach to Falls in the Young, Middle Aged, and the Elderly
Dystonia: A Clinical Approach
Myoclonus
Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders
Hypokinetic Disorders
Approach to Monoplegia and Hemiplegia
Approach to Patients with Paraplegia
An Approach to the Floppy Infant
32. Clinical Approach to a Patient with Peripheral Neuropathy
Clinical Approach to Muscle Disease
Approach to Neck and Arm Pain
Lower Backache and Lower Limb Pain
Suspected Spinal Cord Syndromes: A Clinical Approach
Craniovertebral Junction Anomalies-Diagnosis and Changing Trends in Management
Approach to Bladder, Bowel, and Sexual Dysfunction
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
Differential Diagnosis of the Parasomnias
Diagnosis of Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage and Its Complications
Approach to a Patient with Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
Approach to Stroke in Young
Spinal Cord Vascular Diseases
Approach to Non-arterial Ischemic Strokes-Central Nervous System Vasculitis
Approach to a Patient with Acute Ischemic Stroke within Four Hours of Onset

Appendix

Index