Steadfast and Solid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MAXWELL MEZUWA BANDA

Contributor:

Bradley, W. G. (Walter George)

Daroff, Robert B.

African Books Collective

Series:

Book collections on Project MUSE.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nervous system--Diseases.

Nervous system.

Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological.

Nervous System Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological.

Nervous System Diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (some color)

Edition:

6th ed. / [edited by] Robert B. Daroff [and others].

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier/Saunders, 2012.

Contents:

V. 1. Principles of diagnosis and management

Approach to common neurological problems

Diagnosis of neurological disease

Episodic impairment of consciousness

Falls and drop attacks

Delirium

Stupor and coma

Approaches to intellectual and memory impairments

Global developmental delay and regression

Behavior and personality disturbances

Depression and psychosis in neurological practice

Limb apraxias and related disorders

Agnosias

Language and speech disorders: aphasia and aphasic syndromes

Language and speech disorders: motor speech disorders: dysarthria and apraxia of speech

Neurogenic dysphagia

Visual loss

Abnormalities of the optic nerve and retina

Pupillary and eyelid abnormalities

Disturbances of smell and taste

Cranial and facial pain

Brainstem syndromes

Ataxic and cerebellar disorders

Movement disorders: diagnosis and assessment

Gait disorders

Hemiplegia and monoplegia

Paraplegia and spinal cord syndromes

Proximal, distal, and generalized weakness

Muscle pain and cramps

Hypotonic (floppy) infant

Sensory abnormalities of the limbs, trunk, and face

Arm and neck pain

Lower back and lower limb pain

Neurological investigations and related clinical neurosciences

Laboratory investigations in diagnosis and management of neurological disease

Clinical neurophysiology: electroencephalography and evoked potentials

Clinical neurophysiology: clinical electromyography

Clinical neurophysiology: transcranial magnetic stimulation

Clinical neurophysiology: neuromodulation

Clinical neurophysiology: intraoperative monitoring

Neuroimaging: structural imaging: magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography

Neuroimaging: vascular imaging: computed tomographic angiography, magnetic resonance angiography, and ultrasound

Neuroimaging: functional neuroimaging: functional magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, and single-photon emission computed tomography

Neuroimaging: chemical imaging: ligands and pathology seeking agents

Neuroimaging: interventional neuroradiology: neurological endovascular therapy in hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes

Neuropsychology

Neuro-ophthalmology: ocular motor system

Neuro-ophthalmology: afferent visual system

Neuro-otology: diagnosis and management of neuro-otological disorders

Neurourology

Neuroepidemiology

Clinical neurogenetics

Neuroimmunology

Neuroendocrinology

Management of neurological disease

Principles of pain management

Principles of neurointensive care

Principles of neurosurgery

Principles of endovascular therapy

Principles and practices of neurological rehabilitation.

V. 2. Neurological disorders

Neurological diseases

Neurological complications of systemic disease: adults

Neurological complications of systemic disease: children

Trauma of the nervous system: basic neuroscience of neurotrauma

Trauma of the nervous system: craniocerebral trauma

Trauma of the nervous system: spinal cord trauma

Trauma of the nervous system: peripheral nerve trauma

Vascular diseases of the nervous system: ischemic cerebrovascular disease

Vascular diseases of the nervous system: intracerebral hemorrhage

Vascular diseases of the nervous system: intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage

Vascular diseases of the nervous system: stroke in children

Vascular diseases of the nervous system: spinal cord vascular disease

Vascular diseases of the nervous system: central nervous system vasculitis

Cancer and the nervous system: epidemiology of brain tumors

Cancer and the nervous system: pathology and molecular genetics

Cancer and the nervous system: clinical features and complications

Cancer and the nervous system: management of primary nervous system tumors in adults

Cancer and the nervous system: management of primary nervous system tumors in infants and children

Cancer and the nervous system: nervous system metastases

Cancer and the nervous system: paraneoplastic disorders of the nervous system

Infections of the nervous system: neurological manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus infection

Infections of the nervous system: viral encephalitis and meningitis

Infections of the nervous system: bacterial and fungal

Infections of the nervous system: prion diseases

Multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system

Anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

Toxic and metabolic encephalopathies

Deficiency diseases of the nervous system

Effects of toxins and physical agents on the nervous system

Brain edema and disorders of cerebrospinal fluid circulation

Developmental disorders of the nervous system

Developmental disabilities

Inborn errors of metabolism of the nervous system

Mitochondrial disorders

Channelopathies: episodic and electrical disorders of the nervous system

Neurocutaneous syndromes

Dementias

Epilepsies

Sleep and its disorders

Headache and other craniofacial pain

Cranial neuropathies

Movement disorders

Disorders of the cerebellum, including the degenerative ataxias

Disorders of bones, joints, ligaments, and meninges

Disorders of upper and lower motor neurons

Disorders of nerve roots and plexuses

Disorders of peripheral nerves

Disorders of the autonomic nervous system

Disorders of neuromuscular transmission

Disorders of skeletal muscle

Neurological problems of the newborn

Neurological problems of pregnancy

Functional and dissociative (psychogenic) neurological symptoms.

Notes:

Revised edition of: Neurology in clinical practice / edited by Walter G. Bradley [and others]. 5th ed. c2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Bradley's neurology in clinical practice.

ISBN:

9789996085369

9996085368

Publisher Number:

90104604167

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