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The essential neurosurgery companion /
A practical neurosurgical resource rich with answers to questions commonly encountered in clinical practicePresented in a highly efficient question-and-answer format, The Essential Neurosurgery Companion is a portable handbook for quick referencing of key concepts encountered in neurosurgical practi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Thieme,
©2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Essential Neurosurgery Companion; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributing Editors; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Neurosurgical Abbreviations; 2 The Neurosurgery Candidate; 2.1 Gathering a Background in the Field; 2.2 Optimizing Clinical and Professional Skills; 2.3 The Application Process, Interview Season, and the Match; 3 Board Examinations in Neurosurgery; 3.1 U.S. (American Board of Neurological Surgery); 3.2 European Written Board Examination; 3.3 Canadian Board Examination (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada).
- 4 Historical Pearls in NeurosurgeryCore Competencies; 5 ACGME; 5.1 ACGME Basics; 5.2 ACGME Hour Regulations for U.S. NSGY Residents; 5.3 ACGME Outcome Project; 6 Quality Assessment; 6.1 JCAHO; 6.2 NSQIP/SCIP; 7 Emergency Transfers-EMTALA; 8 Medicolegal Aspects; 8.1 Error Disclosure; 8.2 Patient Insurance (Medicare/Medicaid/HMOs/PPOs); 8.3 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); 9 Ethics: Relationship with Vendors; Daily Essentials; 10 Focused Neurological Exam; 10.1 Basic Concepts; 10.2 Level of Consciousness/Mental Status; 10.3 Cranial Nerves; 10.4 Motor Exam.
- 10.5 Sensory Exam10.6 Reflexes; 10.7 Coordination and Gait; 10.8 Neurological Examination of the Comatose Patient; 11 Survival Skills; 11.1 Managing a Service; 11.2 Round Conduction; 12 On-Call Skills; 12.1 On-Call Students; 12.2 On-Call Residents; 12.3 Consults; 12.4 Work Environment Tips; 13 Oral Presentation Pearls; 14 Medical Spanish for Neurosurgeons; 14.1 Basic Commands; 14.2 Shunt Evaluation; 14.3 Explaining Imaging Findings; 14.4 Spine; 14.5 Brain Injury; 14.6 Stroke; 14.7 Tumors; 14.8 Aneurysms; 14.9 Postoperative; 14.10 Follow-Up; 15 Neurosurgical Instruments; Fundamentals.
- 16 Neuroanatomy16.1 Brainstem and Cranial Nerves; 16.1.1 Medulla; 16.1.2 Pons; 16.1.3 Midbrain; 16.2 Cerebellum; 16.3 Diencephalon; 16.3.1 Thalamus; 16.3.2 Hypothalamus; 16.3.3 Subthalamus; 16.3.4 Epithalamus; 16.4 Cerebral Hemispheres/Telencephalon; 16.4.1 Limbic System; 16.4.2 Basal Ganglia; 16.5 Vascular Territories; 16.5.1 Carotid Arteries; 16.5.2 Anterior and Posterior Circulation; 16.5.3 Spinal Cord Blood Supply; 16.6 Spinal Cord and Tracts: Descending Pathways; 16.6.1 Corticospinal Tract; 16.6.2 Descending Autonomic System; 16.7 Spinal Cord and Tracts: Ascending Pathways.
- 16.7.1 Dorsal Columnar Pathway or Medial Lemniscal System16.7.2 Spinothalamic Tracts; 16.8 Autonomic Nervous System; 16.8.1 Sympathetic; 16.8.2 Parasympathetic; 16.9 CSF and Cisterns; 16.10 Meninges; 17 Neurophysiology; 17.1 Basic Concepts; 17.2 EEG Interpretation; 17.3 EMG Interpretation; 17.4 Evoked Potential Interpretation; 17.5 Sleep Studies; 18 Neurobiology; 18.1 Neuronal Death and Regeneration; 18.2 Neuron/Axon Structure; 18.3 Action Potential; 18.4 Muscle Spindles and Golgi Tendon Organs; 19 Neuroendocrinology; 19.1 Circumventricular Organs; 19.2 Hypothalamus; 19.2.1 Anterior.