How to Think Like a Neurologist flips the neurology educational narrative on its head and attempts to lift the veil of neurophobia to show how neurologists use critical thinking and clinical reasoning to diagnose neurologic diseases.
This book aims to provide a practical representation of the modern-day practice of medicine, where the good clinical neurologist is no longer seen as somebody who somehow carries encyclopedic knowledge of every medical condition. Rather, they appropriately recognize and categorize findings, and then, having narrowed the possibilities, they do the necessary additional research in order to appropriately diagnose and treat the patient.
This case-based volume focuses not on the diseases themselves, but rather on the clinical methods used to identify neurologic diseases, and the method is disarmingly simple. The cases in this book are a fascinating collection of oddities and rarities, but the diseases themselves in this book are merely the vessel through which clinical reasoning is taught. By the end of the book, readers are empowered with a foundation they can apply in their own clinical practice.
Author(s): Ethan Meltzer
Edition: 1
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Tags: Neurology; Neuroscience
Cover
How to Think Like a Neurologist
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. How to think like a neurologist
Introduction
What is pace?
What is localization?
What is the syndrome?
What is the clinical context?
What is the differential diagnosis?
Organization of the remaining chapters
2. A woman with rapid onset of aphasia
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Clinical course and additional information
What is the localization?
Conclusion
3. A woman with sudden numbness
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
4. A woman who couldn’t hold a cigarette in her mouth
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
5. A woman who didn’t realize she couldn’t see half the world
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
Additional information
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
6. A woman who developed weakness after windsurfing
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
7. A man who became unresponsive
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
8. A woman who appeared intoxicated
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
9. A man who appeared jumpy
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
10. A woman who only ate fast food
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
11. A woman whose cruise was cut short
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Additional information
Conclusion
12. A man who began to drool
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Additional information
Conclusion
13. A woman with pain and difficulty walking
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the differential diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
14. A woman who collapsed in a train station
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the differential diagnosis?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
15. A man with symptoms that improved throughout the day
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Additional information
What is the differential diagnosis?
Clinical course and additional information
Conclusion
16. A woman who bit her nails in public
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
17. A woman who fell in the shower
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
18. A woman with cough and neurologic deterioration
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the differential diagnosis?
What is the differential diagnosis?
Clinical course and additional information
What is the context?
Conclusion
19. A man with dyspnea and orthopnea
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
Bonus question: Can we explain his dyspnea and orthopnea?
20. A man with difficulty walking and spasms in his legs
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
21. A woman with recurrent episodes of confusion and stiffness
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Additional information
Conclusion
22. A man who could only see half of La Sagrada Familia
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
23. A boy who could no longer ride his bike
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
Clinical course and additional information
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
24. A woman with loss of consciousness while driving
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the localization?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
25. A man with painful feet
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
26. A man with difficulty climbing the stairs
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the pace?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
27. A man with pain in his arms
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Additional information
Conclusion
28. A man with painful, blurry vision
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
29. A woman with blurry vision and difficulty driving
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
Clinical course and additional information
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
30. A woman with a tingling scalp
What is the pace?
What is the localization?
Additional information
What is the localization?
What is the syndromic diagnosis?
What is the etiologic diagnosis?
Conclusion
Index
