EMG pearls

• Main Authors: Greenberg, Steven A. Steven Alan (Author), Amato, Anthony A. 1960- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Hanley & Belfus 2004
• Series: Pearls series
• Subjects: Electromyography > Case Reports > Problems and Exercises > methods; Neuromuscular Diseases > Case Reports > Problems and Exercises > diagnosis
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• Physical Description: xi, 266 pages illustrations 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781560536130; 1560536136

This title in the popular Pearls Series focuses on electrodiagnostic studies of neuromuscular diseases. E.M.G.s and their interpretation are a major component of the specialty of physical medicine and rehab physicians, and they are important to neurologists and electromyographers. For each case, patient information is presented, the E.M.G. findings are discussed, and the reader is asked to make a diagnosis based on these findings. The next page reveals the diagnosis, discussed the case and the medical condition in question, and then presents 3-4 pearls of practice distilled from the case. Pearls books feature real patient cases, providing information not found in standard texts Each case follows the same format for clarity and ease of presentation Provides information about the specific patient as well overall information on each disorder discussed. The text is interactive as the reader is asked make a diagnosis based on the case information presented Illustrations are provided for most of the cases Three or four "pearls of practice" are distilled for each case