Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pocketpedia

by Matthew Shatzer

Overview

Designed for the busy clinician, this pocket-sized powerhouse provides quick access to charts, tables, diagrams, and illustrations to give you fast facts essential for day-to-day patient care. Field-tested by residents and clinicians at top academic and clinical centers throughout the country, the book is authored by specialists in Physical Medicine&Rehabilitation who know what information you need at your fingertips.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451178227
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Health
Publication date:	09/26/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	9 MB

Table of Contents

Contributors

Preface

1. Neurologic Examination

2. Gait and Gait Aids

3. Wheelchairs

4. Modalities

5. Therapeutic Exercise

6. Acupuncture

7. Amputation/Prosthetics

8. Pediatrics: Cerebral Palsy

9. Concussion

10. Pain Medicine

11. Musculoskeletal/Sports/Orthopedics

12. Ultrasound

13. Electrodiagnostic Studies

14. Cardiac Rehabilitation

15. Pulmonary Rehabilitation

16. Burn Rehabilitation

17. Cancer Rehabilitation

18. Spinal Cord Injury

19. Traumatic Brain Injury

20. Stroke

21. Physiological Changes With Aging

22. Rheumatology

23. Osteoporosis

24. Multiple Sclerosis

25. Movement Disorders

26. Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

27. Spasticity

28. Neurogenic Bladder

29. Language, Speech, and Swallowing

30. Heterotopic Ossification

31. Deep Venous Thrombosis

32. Pressure Injury

33. Quality Improvement

Abbreviations

Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Leda A Ghannad, BS, MD (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
Description: This update of a quick, pocket-sized, reference for busy rehabilitation medicine clinicians is reconstructed with more clearly defined chapters, larger charts and graphics, and more in-depth topic discussion than appeared in the first edition published in 2003.
Purpose: The purpose is to elaborate on topics discussed in the original edition, provide more evidence-based recommendations, and include new chapters. As one of the only pocket-sized references available for clinicians in rehabilitation medicine, this is a useful tool. While this edition goes into more depth, it is also much larger in size than the original and is written mostly in paragraph format, which is not necessarily conducive to quick use.
Audience: It is intended primarily for medical students and physical medicine and rehabilitation residents. The first edition also was intended as a handy reference for any professional involved in rehabilitation medicine. Contributors include experts in physical medicine and rehabilitation, including attending and resident physicians in PM&R, attending rheumatologists, and therapists.
Features: This book covers topics important to those training to care for patients with rehabilitation needs due to TBI, stroke, spinal cord injury, and amputation/prosthetics. The chapter on musculoskeletal medicine starts with an excellent chart detailing the primary motions of the limbs, muscles involved, and innervation. It also includes an in-depth chapter on electrodiagnostic studies, including multiple charts, diagrams, and EMG recordings that are an excellent reference for those in training. While this edition includes chapters on pediatric and burn rehabilitation that were not part of the original, it fails to include certain topics important in rehabilitation medicine, such as cancer rehabilitation and industrial medicine.
Assessment: This is an excellent resource for medical students and residents in physical medicine and rehabilitation. It is a quick and easy reference on a majority of topics important to training in rehabilitation medicine. This edition is updated and more in depth compared to the first edition, which was published almost 10 years ago, and is one of the only pocket reference guides for practitioners in this field.

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