Neurological Case Histories (Oxford Case Histories): Case Histories in Acute Neurology and the Neurology of General Medicine - Softcover

Rothwell, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192631624 ISBN 13: 9780192631626

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2007

Synopsis

This book is a collection of over 50 case histories of patients with predominantly acute neurological illness, with particular emphasis on conditions that present to physicians in both acute general (Internal) medicine and neurology, including headache, encephalopathy and altered consciousness, behavioural disturbance, seizures and focal deficits. The majority of the cases have endocrine, vascular, infectious or metabolic aetiologies and include examples of common conditions presenting in unusual ways. The differential diagnosis in such cases is often broad but rapid diagnosis and treatment is often paramount. Each case is outlined in brief and is followed by several questions on clinically important aspects of the diagnosis and management. The answers are accompanied by a detailed discussion of the differential diagnosis, together with other clinically important aspects of the condition. The text is complimented by over 170 radiographic illustrations. The question-and-answer format is designed to enhance the reader's diagnostic ability and clinical understanding.

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About the Author

Sarah T Pendlebury trained at Cambridge and Oxford Universities before completing a D Phil on recovery after stroke using magnetic techniques. She is currently a general physician at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Her interests include stroke, cognitive problems and the neurology of general medicine

Philip Anslow is a Consultant Neuroradiologist at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and received the Award of Royal College of Radiologists' Gold Medal (2004)

Peter M Rothwell trained at Edinburgh and Oxford. He completed an MD on the neuroendocrine response to acute illness and subsequently a PhD on stroke prevention in patients with carotid stenosis. He is currently professor of clinical neurology at Oxford, director of the Stroke Prevention Research Unit and a practising neurologist.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192631624
• ISBN 13: 9780192631626
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340