Clinical Neurology Made Easy

Description

This book is a reference guide to the diagnosis and management of neurological disorders for clinicians.

Beginning with an overview of history, examination and investigations, the following chapters cover numerous common neurological problems including headache, dizziness, and cerebrovascular stroke.

The text also describes neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and dementia, and includes discussion on symptom-oriented diseases like tension headache and migraine.

The text places emphasis on the importance of history taking and clinical examination for accurate diagnosis.

Highly illustrated with photographs and diagrams, the book also features clinical cases and tables for quick reference.

Key Features

• This book is a guide for approach to diagnosis, appropriate investigations and proper management of common neurological problems.
• Discusses common neurological disorders like tension headache, migraine, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and dementia which are entirely based on the clinical diagnosis and there are no investigations to confirm the diagnosis.
• Illustrated case histories with step-wise diagnosis are provided to help the clinician think and analyse the symptoms accurately.
• Contains tables for quick reference.
• Ready reckoner for the busy OPD practice.

Table of Contents

1. 1.  History
   2. Neurological Examination
   3. Investigations
   4. Headache
   5. Dizziness/Vertigo
   6. Neck Pain
   7. Back Pain
   8. Blurring of Vision, Double Vision
   9. Syncope/Drop Attacks
   10. Seizure/Epilepsy
   11. Difficulty to Talk
   12. Difficulty to Write
   13. Gait Imbalance
   14. Motor Weakness and Paraplegia
   15. Neurogenic Bladder
   16. Difficulty to get up from Squatting/Climbing Stairs
   17. Pins and Needles in Feet
   18. Tremors
   19. Parkinson’s Disease
   20. Memory Impairment/Dementia
   21. Confusion and Coma
   22. Meningoencephalitis
   23. Cerebrovascular Stroke
   24. Miscellaneous

Author Biography

HV Srinivas MD MD

Consultant Neurologist, Agadi Hospital and Sagar Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India