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._x000d_
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_x000d_
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_x000d_
Contains important updates on the management of headache, multiple sclerosis, and stroke_x000d_
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