Outpatient Neurology, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 41-1 - November 18, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Doris Kung, Everton A. Edmondson
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 6 9 7 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 6 9 8 - 4
In this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Doris Kung and Everton A. Edmondson bring their considerable expertise to Outpatient Neurology. Top experts in the field… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Doris Kung and Everton A. Edmondson bring their considerable expertise to Outpatient Neurology. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as neck pain; how to read neurophysiology reports for the non-neurophysiologist; trigeminal neuralgia; epilepsy: choosing the best AED for your patient; insomnia: differential diagnosis and treatment options; dementia: management of psychiatric symptoms; and more.
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Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including back pain; MS/CNS demyelinating disorders: diagnosis, initial treatment, and prognosis; chronic migraine; post-concussion syndrome; diabetic neuropathies: mononeuritis multiplex, plexopathy, and distal symmetric polyneuropathy; and more.
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Provides in-depth clinical reviews on outpatient neurology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Neurology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Insomnia: Personalized Diagnosis and Treatment Options
- Key points
- Introduction
- Background
- Definitions
- Pathophysiology
- Clinical evaluation
- Management of insomnia
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Evaluation of Cerebellar Ataxic Patients
- Key points
- Introduction
- Cerebellar anatomy
- Cognition and mood in cerebellar ataxia
- Symptoms of cerebellar disease
- Examining patients with cerebellar ataxia
- Other movement disorder examination considerations
- General neurologic examination considerations
- Other examination considerations
- Clinical rating scales to track ataxia severity
- Evaluation of ataxia cause based on presentation
- Diagnostic investigation of cerebellar ataxia
- Hereditary causes of cerebellar ataxia
- Therapeutic management of cerebellar ataxia
- Clinics care points
- Summary
- Supplementary data
- Electrodiagnosis: How to Read Electromyography Reports for the Nonneurophysiologist
- Key points
- Goals of electrodiagnosis
- Introduction
- Nerve conduction studies overview
- Nerve conduction studies in an electromyography report
- Reported values during motor nerve conduction studies
- Reported values during sensory nerve conduction studies
- Needle electromyography overview
- Reported findings during needle electromyography
- Components of the electromyography report
- Clues to reliability of the electrodiagnostic evaluation study in the electromyography report
- Disease-specific electromyography report considerations
- Electromyography reports in peripheral neuropathies
- Electromyography reports in radiculopathies
- Electromyography reports in mononeuropathies
- Electromyography reports in myopathies
- Electromyography reports in neuromuscular junction disorders
- Anomalous anatomy in the electromyography report
- Summary
- Back Pain: Differential Diagnosis and Management
- Key points
- Introduction
- Assessment and diagnosis
- Referred pain and nonspecific back pain
- Imaging and additional testing
- Medical and psychological treatment options
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Interventional treatment
- Surgical treatments
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Neck Pain: Differential Diagnosis and Management
- Key points
- Introduction
- Diagnostic workup
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Cervical myelopathy
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Immunopathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis: A Clinical Update
- Key points
- Introduction
- Background
- Pathophysiology
- Racial and ethnic disparities
- Clinical features
- Diagnostic evaluation
- Other central nervous system demyelinating diseases
- Treatment
- Injectable therapies
- Oral therapies
- Infusion therapies
- Treatment goals
- Approach to treatment
- Progressive disease
- Emerging therapies
- Neuroprotection
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Trigeminal Neuralgia: Diagnosis and Treatment
- Key points
- Introduction
- Diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia
- Management and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Management of Psychiatric Symptoms in Dementia
- Key points
- Introduction
- General principles for the treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
- The treatment of specific behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
- Other problematic behaviors
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Chronic Migraine: Diagnosis and Management
- Key points
- Introduction
- Epidemiology of chronic migraine
- Definition of chronic migraine
- Pathophysiology
- Medication overuse headaches
- Developing a treatment plan
- Acute treatment of migraine
- Newer acute therapies
- Oral preventive treatment of chronic migraine
- Parenteral prevention for chronic migraine
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Postconcussional Syndrome: Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment
- Key points
- Definitions
- Postconcussional syndrome criteria definitions
- Introduction and history
- Prevalence and diagnosis of postconcussional syndrome
- Cause, populations at risk, and moderating risk factors
- Neuropsychological assessment of postconcussional syndrome
- Pharmacologic treatment approaches for postconcussional syndrome
- Nonpharmacologic treatment approaches for postconcussional syndrome
- Prognosis
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Headache in Adolescents
- Key points
- Introduction
- Headache classification
- Abortive therapies
- Lifestyle factors
- Preventive therapies
- Alternative therapies
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Dysautonomia: Diagnosis and Management
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definition
- Prevalence
- Diagnosis
- Evaluation
- Workup and testing
- Autonomic-specific testing
- Common autonomic test results and how to interpret them
- Treatment
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Educating Residents and Students in the Clinic
- Key points
- Introduction
- Learning objectives
- Neurology clerkship directors/program directors
- Neurology curriculum
- Newer approaches to learning
- Assessment
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 41-1
- Published: November 18, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323986977
- eBook ISBN: 9780323986984
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Doris Kung
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Clerkship Director, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of MedicineEE
Everton A. Edmondson
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor , Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas