Neurology

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4051-6220-3
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 414 g

Reihe: Clinical Cases

Neurology is a rapidly advancing core topic within the clinical curriculum and students and junior doctors are expected to recognise, understand and know how to investigate and manage many neurological-related disorders and conditions.
Neurology: Clinical Cases Uncovered leads students through the clinical approach to managing neurological problems via real-life patient cases and outcomes. Following a question-answer approach to developing the narrative, and including self-assessment MCQs, EMQs and SAQs, the book includes 27 fully-illustrated cases covering a wide range of neurological presentations and conditions.

Ideal for medical students with clinical attachments in neurology, and in the run up to examinations, the book will also be useful to doctors in training in general internal medicine, medicine of the elderly, psychiatry and neurology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macleod, Malcolm

Simpson, Marion

Pal, Suvankar

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Fachpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Ausbildung in der Pflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

Acknowledgements viii

How to Use This Book ix

List of Abbreviations x

Part 1 Basics 1

Basic science 1

Approach to the patient 10

Part 2 Cases 18

Case 1 A 76-year-old man whose hand went weak 18

Case 2 A 60-year-old man with back pain and weakness 22

Case 3 A 25-year-old woman with weakness and tingling in her arms and legs 27

Case 4 A 45-year-old man with uncontrollable seizures 32

Case 5 A 24-year-old woman with headaches and abnormal optic fundi 36

Case 6 A 37-year-old man with sudden severe headache 39

Case 7 A 17-year-old girl who becomes unresponsive after a late night 46

Case 8 A 30-year-old woman found fitting on the train 51

Case 9 A 66-year-old woman with confusion and weakness 54

Case 10 An 18-year-old girl with headache fever and confusion 58

Case 11 A 30-year-old woman with double vision and fatigue 61

Case 12 A 29-year-old woman with tingling weakness of the left arm and leg 67

Case 13 A 45-year-old woman with pain in the leg 70

Case 14 A 29-year-old woman thrown from her horse 73

Case 15 A 67-year-old man who is unsteady on his feet 77

Case 16 A 49-year old man with burning in the feet and difficulty walking 81

Case 17 A 72-year-old woman with memory problems 86

Case 18 A 54-year-old woman with tingling hands 90

Case 19 A 26-year-old woman with right-sided weakness 93

Case 20 A 19-year-old woman with acute headache and tingling 97

Case 21 A 63-year-old man whose hands have got so weak he can’t work 101

Case 22 A 55-year-old woman with episodes of excruciating facial pain 105

Case 23 A 38-year-old man with heaviness of the legs 108

Case 24 An 84-year-old man with confusion and unsteadiness 112

Case 25 A 45-year-old man with constant headache 115

Case 26 A 68-year-old man with a 2-week history of unsteadiness 118

Case 27 A 15-year-old girl with fidgeting movements 121

Part 3 Self-assessment 124

MCQs 124

EMQs 131

SAQs 135

Answers 140

Index of cases by diagnosis 146

Index 147

Über Autor(innen)

Malcolm Macleod, Reader and Head of Experimental Neuroscience, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, and Honorary Consultant Neurologist and Clinical Lead for Neurology, NHS Forth Valley, Stirling

Marion Simpson, Neurology Registrar, The Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Suvankar Pal, Neurology Registrar, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh