The Only Neurology Book You'll Ever Need: Print + eBook with Multimedia

by Alison I. Thaler, Malcolm S. Thaler

Overview

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Clear and concise, The Only Neurology Book You'll Ever Need provides a straightforward and comprehensive overview of neurology. It covers all of the important neurologic diagnosis and management issues, along with clinically relevant anatomy and physiology. Written by Drs. Alison I. Thaler and Malcolm S. Thaler, this new title is packed with full-color illustrations, real-world clinical scenarios, and up-to-date guidelines and recommendations —giving you all the practical advice you need to master the challenging world of neurology. 

• Features a lighthearted, lively writing style that is compelling and gets right to the heart of what you need to know. 
• Discusses the elements of the neurologic exam and what symptoms do and don’t suggest a neurologic disorder. 
• Covers key topics such as stroke, headache, concussion, dizziness, seizures,  dementia, meningitis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, and much more. 
• Abundant illustrations, charts, and tables, help you easily understand and retain complex material. 
• Ideal for medical students, medicine and neurology residents, nurses, and PAs, as well as any and all practitioners who need a concise, easy-to-read review of clinically- relevant neurology. This book covers everything you need for the medical student shelf exam in neurology. 
• The VST Ebook contains digital flash cards to quiz yourself or friends to help retain information. 

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781975158675
Publisher:	LWW
Publication date:	09/20/2022
Edition description:	First, North American Edition
Pages:	429
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Let's Get Stated: Your Neurologic Toolbox 1

Case 1 2

Neuroanatomy: The Basics 3

Electrophysiology in Two Pages 8

The Good News! 9

The Neurologic History 10

The Neurologic Examination 13

Mental Status 14

Cranial Nerves 16

The Motor System 18

The Somatosensory System 23

Reflexes 26

Coordination 28

Gait 29

Note Template: An Example of How You Might Document a Normal Neurologic Examination 30

Is it Neurologic? 31

Diagnostic Tools 33

A Quick Overview of Head Imaging 34

Lumbar Puncture 39

Electroencephalography 41

Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography 42

Case 1 Follow-Up 43

Chapter 2 Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease 45

Case 2 46

Bad News But Good News Too 46

The Basics 47

Cerebrovascular Anatomy 48

Ischemic Stroke 52

Etiology 52

Stroke Syndromes 58

Management 70

Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) 76

Symptoms 77

Etiology 78

Management 79

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) 81

Presentation 81

Diagnosis 81

Treatment and Complications 82

A Few Other Cerebrovascular Disorders to Know 84

Cervicocephalic Arterial Dissection 84

Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis 85

Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS) 87

Vasculitis 88

Case 2 Follow-Up 89

Chapter 3 Headache 91

CASE 3 92

Headache Red Flags 93

Primary Headache Disorders 94

Migraine 95

Tension-type Headache 104

Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias (TACs) 105

Sinus Headache 107

Neuralgias 107

Episodic Versus Chronic Headache 110

Secondary Headache Disorders 111

Medication Overuse Headache (MOH) 111

Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) 112

Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension (SIH) 113

Pseudotumor Cerebri 115

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) 117

Cardiac Cephalalgia 118

Post-traumatic Headache 118

The General Approach to the Headache Patient 121

Case 3 Follow-Up 122

Chapter 4 Concussion (aka Mild Traumatic Brain Injury) 125

Case 4 126

Is It Mild or Severe? 126

So What Is a Concussion? 129

Sports-related Concussion 131

Postconcussion Syndrome 132

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy 133

Case 4 Follow-Up 135

Chapter 5 Dizziness 137

Case 5 138

A Simple Way to Categorize Dizziness 139

Vertigo: An Overview 139

Anatomy 139

Peripheral Versus Central Vertigo 141

Peripheral Vertigo 144

Central Vertigo 150

A Brief Word on Syncope 151

Case 5 Follow-Up 153

Chapter 6 Seizures 155

Case 6 156

Epilepsy 156

Provoked Versus Unprovoked Seizures 157

What Conditions Increase the Risk of Recurrence After a Single Seizure? 157

First-Time Seizure 159

Seizure Types 162

A Quick Note on the Differential Diagnosis of Seizures 165

Seizure Etiology 168

Epileptogenic Lesions 168

Toxic-Metabolic Derangements 169

Medications and Other Substances 169

Epilepsy Syndromes 170

Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs) 173

Status Epilepticus 177

Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES) 180

Case 6 Follow-Up 181

Chapter 7 Neurocognitive Disorders and Dementia 183

Case 7 184

Cognitive Impairment 184

Dementia (aka Major Neurocognitive Disorder) 188

Alzheimer Disease (AD) 188

Vascular Dementia 192

Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB) 193

Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) 195

Prion Diseases and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 196

Reversible Dementias 199

Case 7 Follow-Up 202

Chapter 8 Meningitis, Encephalitis, and Other Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System 203

Case 8 204

Meningitis 205

Bacterial Meningitis 205

Other Causes of Meningitis 210

Chronic Meningitis 215

Encephalitis 215

An Overview 215

Herpes Encephalitis 216

Arthropod-Borne Encephalitis 217

HIV Infection: Neurologic Complications 218

Neurosyphilis 220

Lyme Disease: Neurologic Manifestations 223

COVID-19: Neurologic Manifestations 224

A Few Other CNS Infections to Know About 225

Neurocysticercosis 225

Leprosy 226

Poliomyelitis 227

Botulism 228

Brain Abscess 228

Case 8 Follow-Up 230

Chapter 9 Multiple Sclerosis (and Other Immunologic Diseases of the Central Nervous System) 231

Case 9 232

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 233

Some Basic Background Facts 234

Defining MS 234

Clinical Signs and Symptoms 236

How to Make the Diagnosis 239

Differential Diagnosis 242

Clinical Course 245

Treatment 245

Prognosis 247

MS and Pregnancy 248

Autoimmune Encephalitis: One Other Immunologic CNS Disease You Should Know 248

Presentation 248

Diagnosis 250

Treatment 250

Case 9 Follow-Up 250

Chapter 10 The Spinal Cord 253

Case 10 254

Basic Anatomy 254

Acute Spinal Cord Compression 257

Causes 258

Clinical Presentation 259

Examination 262

Triage and Evaluation 262

Spinal Cord Syndromes 263

Brown-Sequard Syndrome 263

Anterior and Central Cord Syndromes 264

Conus Medullaris and Cauda Equina Syndromes 265

Transverse Myelitis 267

Toxic/Metabolic Spinal Cord Disorders 269

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis 270

Case 10 Follow-Up 271

Chapter 11 The Peripheral Neuropathies and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 273

Case 11 274

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) 275

Peripheral Neuropathies: An Overview 279

Polyneuropathies 280

Length-Dependent Sensorimotor Polyneuropathies 280

Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathies (Guillain-Barre Syndrome) 284

Small Fiber Neuropathy 288

Mononeuritis Multiplex 289

Plexopathies 290

Brachial Plexopathies 290

Lumbosacral Plexopathies 293

Mononeuropathies 293

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 293

Ulnar Neuropathy 295

Peroneal and Tibial Neuropathies 295

Bell Palsy 297

Meralgia Paresthetica 298

Case 11 Follow-Up 301

Chapter 12 Diseases of the Muscles and the Neuromuscular Junction 303

Case 12 304

Figuring Out the Cause of Weakness 304

Causes of Weakness-An Anatomic Approach 306

Causes of Myopathy 306

Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction 307

Myasthenia Gravis 307

Other Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction 315

Myopathies 317

The Inflammatory Myopathies 318

Noninflammatory Myopathies 321

Case 12 Follow-Up 329

Chapter 13 Parkinson Disease and Other Movement Disorders 331

Case 13 332

Parkinson Disease 332

Etiology 333

Clinical Presentation 335

Diagnosis 338

Treatment 339

Prognosis 341

Differential Diagnosis: Disorders That Can Mimic Parkinson Disease 341

Tremor 341

The Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes 342

Secondary Parkinsonism 344

Other Movement Disorders 346

Choreiform Disorders and Huntington Disease 346

Tardive Dyskinesia 348

Dystonia 348

Myoclonus 349

Tic Disorders and Tourette Syndrome 350

Sleep-Related Movement Disorders 350

Case 13 Follow-Up 351

Chapter 14 Neurocritical Care 353

Case 14 354

Cerebral Edema 355

Elevated Intracranial Pressure 357

Physiology 357

Causes and Presentation of Elevated ICP 359

Management of Elevated ICP 360

Herniation Syndromes 363

Brain Death 367

Case 14 Follow-Up 370

Chapter 15 Altered Mental Status 373

Case 15 374

Encephalopathy Versus Aphasia 375

Neurologic Causes of AMS 376

Non-Neurologic Causes of AMS 377

AMS: Evaluation in a Nutshell 385

Case 15 Follow-Up 386

Chapter 16 Neuro-Oncology 389

Case 16 390

A Quick Word on Mass Lesions 390

Primary Brain Tumors 391

Glial Tumors 391

Neuronal Tumors 394

Other Primary Brain Tumors 396

Cysts 400

Paraneoplastic Syndromes 402

Case 16 Follow-Up 404

Chapter 17 Genetic Diseases and Syndromes 407

Case 17 408

Lysosomal Storage Diseases 409

Glycogen Storage Diseases (GSDs) 411

Neurocutaneous Diseases 413

Mitochondrial Diseases 418

Case 17 Follow-Up 420

Chapter 18 The Cranial Nerves 423

Case 18 424

Cranial Nerve Basics 424

Brainstem Reflexes 427

Common Cranial Nerve Pathology 431

Visual Field Defects 431

Oculomotor Palsies (Third, Fourth and Sixth Nerve Palsies) 433

Facial (Seventh) Nerve Palsy 437

Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies 440

Case 18 Follow-Up 442

Chapter 19 Is That All There Is? 443

Index 445