Clinical neurology from the classroom to the exam room

• Main Author: Clark, Jeffrey W. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Lippencott Williams & Wilkins 2007
• Subjects: Nervous System Diseases > Case Reports > diagnosis; Neurologic Examination > Case Reports > methods; Physician-Patient Relations > Case Reports > diagnosis
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This book takes a novel approach to fundamental neurology that bridges the gap between the classroom and the patient encounter: it teaches students and residents how to arrive at a presumptive diagnosis in an efficient manner. Beginning with the initial approach to the neurologic patient, the book d...

Table of Contents:

• Your approach to the neurologic patient (Where do you start ?)
• The clinical history (Getting the important information you need efficiently)
• The neurologic examination (Be precise and keep it simple!)
• The neuraxis chart (Putting it all together)
• What could the problem be? (Quickly consider the possibilities)
• Case studies (Apply the approach to some real patients).