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In this new edition, Practicing Neurology: What You Need to Know, What You Need to Do, the latest volume from our Current Clinical Neurology series, Rahman Pourmand takes readers through the process of treating neurological conditions from evaluation to emergencies. For each condition, Pourmand provides basic facts, key definitions, step-by-step instructions for conducting a concise physical examination, neurologic signs to watch for, treatment strategies, and the prognosis.§In Part I, the author outlines neurological history and examination, highlighting some common neurological constructs while elucidating the most up-to-date neurodiagnostic tests and procedures. Part II details common neurological conditions including stroke, seizure and epilepsy, central nervous system infections, complications from alcohol, dizziness and vertigo, headaches, sleep disorders, and back and neck pain. In Part III, neurological urgencies and emergencies, such as comas, status epilepticus, brain edema, transtentorial herniation, metastatic epidural spinal cord compression, acute meningitis, delirium tremens, Wernicke's encephalopathy, myastenia gravis crisis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and temporal arteritis are covered in detail.

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Book category Books in English Medicine Clinical & internal medicine Neurology & clinical neurophysiology

• Full title: Practicing Neurology
• Subtitle: What You Need to Know, What You Need to Do
• Author: Rahman Pourmand
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222
• EAN: 9781588296092
• ISBN: 1588296091
• ID: 02106901
• Publisher: Humana Press Inc.
• Weight: 440 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 152 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. November 2007

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