Evidence-based neurology / edited by Bart M. Demaerschalk, Dean M. Wingerchuk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Demaerschalk, Bart M., editor.

Wingerchuk, Dean M., editor.

Series:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nervous system--Diseases.

Nervous system.

Neurology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (637 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, [England] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From an expert editor team drawn from the Cochrane Neurological Network, Evidence-Based Neurology provides specialists and those in training with the skills and knowledge to apply evidence-based practice in the clinical setting. * fills the gap between guidelines and primary studies as well as between primary and secondary scientific medical literature * summarizes the most recent and important findings on treatments for neurological patients * measures the benefit and, when applicable, the risk of harm inherent in specific neurological interventions * now includes new non-clinical topics of interest to neurologists such as education and research

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Part 1: Evidence-based neurology: introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Evidence-based neurology in health education""; ""Introduction""; ""Objectives""; ""Topic selection""; ""Tutorial""; ""Post-tutorial""; ""The critically appraised topic (CAT)""; ""Resources""; ""The evidence to support an evidence-based health curriculum""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Evidence-based medicine in health research""; ""Introduction""; ""Using evidence-based principles to develop and answer clinical research questions""

""Sound research design with the end result in mind""""Resources for clinical investigators""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Evidence and ethics""; ""Introduction""; ""The current ethical framework in health care""; ""References""; ""Part 2: Evidence-based neurology in the hospital""; ""Chapter 4: Thunderclap headache""; ""Background""; ""Case scenario""; ""Framing answerable clinical questions""; ""Critical review of the evidence""; ""Conclusions""; ""Future research needs""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Coma""; ""Background""; ""Monitoring of a comatose patient""; ""Management""

""Clinical examination and scales""""Neuroimaging""; ""Electrophysiology""; ""Biomarkers""; ""Combining various parameters to predict outcome""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: Acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack""; ""Background""; ""Mechanism and pathophysiology""; ""Epidemiology""; ""Clinical scenario""; ""Framing clinical questions and general approach to searching evidence""; ""Critical review of the evidence""; ""Epidemiology""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Evaluation""; ""Framing clinical questions and general approach to searching evidence""; ""Treatment""

""References""""Chapter 7: Spinal cord compression""; ""Introduction""; ""Spinal cord compression due to tumor - metastatic spinal cord compression""; ""Clinical questions: management of acute metastatic spinal cord compression""; ""Spinal cord compression due to infection - spondylodiscitis""; ""Clinical questions: management of spinal cord compression due to infection""; ""Spinal cord compression due to degenerative disease - cervical and thoracic spondylotic myelopathy""; ""Clinical questions: management of spinal cord compression due to degenerative disease""

""Spinal cord compression due to trauma - traumatic spinal cord injury""""Clinical questions: management of spinal cord compression due to traumatic injury""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8: Delirium""; ""Introduction""; ""Methodology""; ""Clinical questions and evidence""; ""Summary""; ""Acknowledgments/Disclosures""; ""References""; ""Chapter 9: Status epilepticus""; ""Background""; ""Framing clinical questions and search for evidence""; ""Critical review of the evidence for each question""; ""Summary""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""

""Chapter 10: Raised intracranial pressure""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 10, 2015).

ISBN:

1-119-06734-0

1-119-06733-2

1-119-06732-4

OCLC:

932057461