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Management of neurological disorders /

Management of Neurological Disorders.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ashworth, Bryan
Otros Autores: Saunders, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Elsevier Science, 1985.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Management of Neurological Disorders; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Intensive care; Respiratory failure; Cardiac arrest and its neurological complications; Brain-stem death; Chapter 2. Rehabilitation; Organization of rehabilitation services; Physiotherapy; Physical methods; General approach to neurological physiotherapy; Occupational therapy; The provision of aids; Speech therapy; Speech therapy in children; Dysphasia; Dysarthria; Neurological nursing; Severe disability and terminal care; Chapter 3. Psychiatric aspects of neurology
  • Measurement in psychiatryDepression; Depression associated with neurological disorders; Mania; Schizophrenia and organic psychosis; Personality disorders and neurological disease; Iatrogenic psychiatric problems; Drug abuse; Chapter 4. The neurogenic bladder; Anatomy and physiology; Urodynamic investigations; Clinical assessment; Examples of disturbed bladder function; Management; Urinary infection; Chapter 5. Chronic pain; Anatomy; The relief of pain; Drug treatment of pain; Operative and chemical interruption of pain pathways; Miscellaneous procedures for pain relief; Specific pain problems
  • Chapter 6. Headache and facial painAcute headache and facial pain; Recurrent headache; Chronic headache; Chronic facial pain; Chapter 7. Epilepsy; Investigation; Differential diagnosis; Anticonvulsant drugs; Treatment; Epilepsy in childhood; All other types of epilepsy; Status epilepticus; Surgical treatment; Other therapies; Psychological aspects of epilepsy; Social aspects of epilepsy; Narcolepsy; Chapter 8. Parkinsonism and involuntary movement; Parkinsonism; Therapeutic measures; Involuntary movements; Wilson's disease; Chapter 9. Special senses; Olfaction and taste
  • Management of visual failureVertigo and deafness; Acoustic neuroma; Meni�ere's disease; Vestibular neuronitis; Positional vertigo; Other causes of vertigo and deafness; Chapter 10. Dementia and degenerative disorders; The scope of the problem; Assessment of dementia; Management of dementia; Management of specific disorders; Degenerative disorders; Metabolic dementia; Dementia associated with primary and metastatic tumours; Infection; Chapter 11. Multiple sclerosis; Diagnosis; Classification; Management; Other demyelinating diseases; Chapter 12. Cerebral vascular disease; Cerebral haemorrhage
  • Occlusive vascular disease due to embolism or thrombosisManagement of the progressive stroke; Management of the established stroke; Chapter 13. Head injuries; Early assessment; Post-traumatic amnesia; Early management; Specific early complications; Late sequelae; Chapter 14. Cerebral tumours and raised intracranial pressure; Tumours involving the cerebral hemisphere; Posterior fossa tumours; Intraventricular tumours; Pineal and parapineal tumours; Shunts; Tumours involving the visual pathway; Diabetes insipidus (DI); Leukaemia and reticulosis; Radiotherapy; The inoperable tumour