A guide to the primary care of neurological disorders - Popp, A. John 1941-.; Deshaies, Eric M.; American Association of Neurosurgeons (New York Thieme Rolling Meadows, Ill. American Association of Neurosurgeons, 2007)
Primary care medicine and its relationship to the clinical neurosciences -- The history and scope of the clinical neurosciences -- Legal and ethical issues -- An overview of research design to aid in the critical appraisal of the neurosciences literature -- Improving outcomes for patients with neurological presentations in primary care -- Role of ambulatory nursing in the care of patients with neurological conditions -- The effective use of diagnostic testing in neurological disease -- History-taking and physical examination of the patient with neurological disease -- Why and when radiological studies should be ordered for neurological disease -- Electrophysiological testing in neurological disorders: electroencephalography, evoked potentials, and electromyography -- The patient with spinal disorders -- The patient with headaches -- The patient with chronic pain syndromes -- The patient complaining of numbness and weakness -- The patient with disorders of motor control -- The patient with visual symptoms -- The patient with disorders of the auditory system -- The dizzy patient -- The patient with epilepsy and seizures -- The patient with psychiatric disorders -- The patient with an altered mental status: dementia and delirium -- The patient in stupor, coma, and brain death -- Head injury -- Spinal trauma -- Ischemic cerebrovascular disease -- Hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease -- Neuro-oncology -- Infections/parainfectious disorders of the central nervous system -- Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating disorders of the central nervous system -- The pediatric patient -- The geriatric patient -- The role of the emergency department in managing the patient with altered mental status -- The patient undergoing rehabilitation for neurlogical disorders.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Nervous system -- Diseases; Primary care (Medicine); Nervous System Diseases; Primary Health Care -- methods