Decision-Making in Adult Neurology

Now significantly revised and expanded, Decision-Making in Adult Neurology, 2nd Edition, provides nearly 140 evidence-based algorithms that offer practical guidance when encountering patients with neurologic disease, including patients with unfamiliar or complex conditions. Written by expert neurologists for neurologists, internists, emergency medicine physicians, and any specialty that routinely deals with patients with neurologic conditions, this useful handbook encourages clinicians to think systematically and follow a logical sequence through the steps necessary for efficient and effective decision-making. Each algorithm is accompanied by brief text on the facing page that explains the significance of important decision points. Outlines the key decision points in patient management, providing a wealth of systematic information that ensures you take into account the proper physical signs and test results that will guide your recommendations Begins with a section on common presenting symptoms and signs (such as headache, weakness, visual loss, or behavioral change) and then discusses specific neurologic conditions-137 diagnostic and treatment algorithms cover the conditions you’re most likely to encounter Contains important updates on the management of headache, multiple sclerosis, and stroke Includes new diagnostic algorithms for evaluation of patients with papillaedema, myelopathy, Parkinsonism, neurologic side effects of cancer treatment, coma after cardiac arrest, multiple microhemorrhages, and meningeal disorders. Includes new treatment algorithms for managing patients with Alzheimer’s disease, diabetic neuropathy, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, hypersomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, and stroke-related vascular risk factors Provides visual guidance with magnetic resonance images in relevant chapters and videos that support select algorithms An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date