Written by a neurologist with 20 years of experience working in a general hospital, this engaging and informative book brings together 55 example cases from a general hospital setting with differential diagnoses. The case report format facilitates up to date management including modern neuroimaging, but also allows the reader to consider the potential diagnoses before turning the page to determine the correct diagnosis and treatment. The history, epidemiology as well as diagnostic criteria and management of specific neurological disorders are provided in an accompanying comment section. Unusual for a book of neurology, patients have had an opportunity to explain how neurological illness impacted their physical, psychological and social activities (provided by a relative/carer when the patient could not contribute). The themes provide a personal and truthful testament of the immediate and longer-term real-life impact of neurological illness, giving readers an insight into the effects of neurological diagnoses on their patients.
Author(s): Mark McCarron
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Commentary: TRUE PDF WITH BOOKMARKS
Tags: Neurology; Clinical Neurophysiology; Internal Medicine; Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Cover
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Section 1 Visual Disturbance
1 Weight Loss Effects on Vision and Limbs
2 Adult-Onset Visual Loss
3 A BEE of a Syndrome
4 Multiple Problems
5 Chasing Periorbital Nerves
6 High Pressure
7 Test Characteristic Limitations
8 Temporary Visual Failure
9 Chasing the Clot
Section 2 Headache and Pain
10 Losing Volume
11 Where Is the Pus?
12 Recurrent Acute Headaches
13 A ‘Never’ Recurring Event
14 Headache and Fever
15 Brain Infection
16 Headache and Droopy Eye
17 Facial Somatic Mosaicism
18 An Alarm Clock Headache
Section 3 Weakness
19 Bleeding Brain
20 A Battery Issue
21 Symptoms Took Years to Develop
22 High-Frequency Improvement
23 Singling Out Dermatomes
24 Asthmatic Neurology
25 Neurological Consequences of Infection
26 When Speech and Swallow Fail
27 Recurrent Weakness
28 Increasing Golfing Handicap
Section 4 Behavioural and Language Changes
29 Emotional Consequences
30 Covalent Cascade
31 Progressive Silence
32 Personality Change
33 Evolving and Changing Neurology
Section 5 Confusion
34 Clouding of Consciousness in Hospital
35 Leaky Effects of Rising Pressure
36 Smoking Encephalopathy
37 Losing Running Memories
Section 6 Movement Disturbances
38 Involuntary Arm Movement
39 Salt Control
40 A Young Man with More Than Dizziness
41 Late Familial Falling
42 Non-familial Falling
43 Shaking Leg
44 A Viral Opportunity
45 More Searching for Causes of Progressive Unsteadiness
Section 7 Acute Onset of Neurological Symptoms
46 A Neurological Miscarriage
47 Am I Repeating Myself?
48 A Raspberry Causing Trouble
49 Different Spells
50 Following the Eyes
51 Fuming Loss of Consciousness
52 From Skin to Brain
53 Self-Tolerance Failure
54 Not a Minor Problem
55 Seized
Perspectives
Index
