Evidence-based Neurology: Management of Neurological Disorders - Hardcover

Livia Candelise; Richard Hughes; Alessandro Liberati; Bernard Uitdehaag; Charles Warlow

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0727918117 ISBN 13: 9780727918116

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2007

Synopsis

In Evidence–based Neurology: Management of NeurologicalDisorders a carefully selected group of clinicallyexperienced collaborators use the best available evidence to answermore than 100 clinical questions about the treatment and managementof neurological disorders. Divided into three sections and 24 chapters, this book fills the gap between guidelines and primary studies as well asbetween primary and secondary scientific medical literature summarizes the most recent and important findings on treatmentsfor neurological patients measures the benefit and, when applicable, the risk of harminherent in specific neurological interventions. This unique, evidence–based text, edited by members of theCochrane Neurological Network will be an essential resource for allgeneral neurologists, from the novice to the most experienced, intheir everyday clinical practice.

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About the Author

Livia Candelise, Cochrane Neurological Network, Dipartimentodi Scienze Neurologiche, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico,Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Richard Hughes, Department of Clinical Neurosciences,King s College London School of Medicine at Guy s,King s College and St Thomas Hospitals, London,UK

Alessandro Liberati. Department of Hematology andOncology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, AziendaOspedaliera Policlinico, Ferrara, Italy

Bernard Uitdehaag, Department of Neurology and Departmentof Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU Medical Centre,Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Charles Warlow, Department of Clinical Neurosciences,Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

From the Back Cover

In Evidence–based Neurology: Management of NeurologicalDisorders , a carefully selected group of clinicallyexperienced collaborators use the best available evidence to answermore than 100 clinical questions about the treatment and managementof neurological disorders. Divided into three sections and 24 chapters, Evidence–based Neurology: Management of NeurologicalDisorders : fills the gap between guidelines and primary studies as well asbetween primary and secondary scientific medical literature summarizes the most recent and important findings on treatmentsfor neurological patients measures the benefit and, when applicable, the risk of harminherent in specific neurological interventions. Each chapter starts with a brief definition of the clinicalcondition, together with its incidence and natural history. A clearformulation of a real–world scenario or question usually follows,structured using the standard three elements of patient,intervention, and outcome. The results are as quantitative aspossible. This unique, evidence–based text, edited by members of theCochrane Neurological Network will be an essential resource for allgeneral neurologists, from the novice to the most experienced, intheir everyday clinical practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0727918117
• ISBN 13: 9780727918116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288