Main description:

The new edition of this book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of neurological diseases and disorders.

Beginning with an overview of neurological examination, each of the following chapters covers a different condition including peripheral nerve disease, bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction, various pareses (muscular weakness caused by nerve damage), Parkinsonism, dementia, dysphagia, and many more.

Each disorder is presented in a step by step format, describing neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, history taking, symptoms and signs, examination, interpretation and diagnosis, and management strategies.

The book concludes with a chapter on neurological examination of a child.

The text is further enhanced by clinical photographs and diagrams, as well as a selection of case studies to assist learning.

The second edition has been fully revised and updated to provide clinicians and trainees with the latest advances in the field. The content has been reorganised and new topics added to help trainees prepare for examinations.

The previous edition (9789389587913) published in 2020.

Contents:

1. Overview of Neurological Examination

2. Approach to Motor System Disorders

3. Approach to Peripheral Nerve Disease

4. Approach to Bladder, Bowel, and Sexual Dysfunction

5. Approach to Paraparesis

6. Approach to Quadriparesis

7. Approach to Hemiparesis

8. Approach to Monoparesis

9. Approach to Cranial Neuropathies

10. Approach to Ataxia

11. Approach to Parkinsonism

12. Approach to Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders

13. Approach to Gait Disorders

14. Approach to Dysphagia

15. Approach to Common Neurological Disorders (Headache, Low Back Pain, Seizure, and Unconsciousness)

16. Approach to Speech and Language Dysfunction

17. Approach to Dementia

18. Approach to Neurological Evaluation of a Child