Rapid Neurology and Neurosurgery

Overview

The principal purposes of this book are two-fold: to provide a revision tool for those approaching medical finals or other undergraduate neurology examinations and to provide a quick and easy to use on-the-ward reference for students on clinical placements, junior doctors and interns.

Rapid Neurology and Neurosurgery provides a concise, structured approach to neurology and neurosurgery learning, covering key facts in a simple and memorable way:

• Part 1 features the basic principles and facts that are essential for a good understanding of neurology and neurosurgery - common presentations; selected questions to ask; differentials; basic investigations and basic management
• Part 2 features OSCE-style examination preparation
• Part 3 presents important clinical conditions with common sections - definition; aetiology; pathology; epidemiology; history; examination; investigations; management; complications; prognosis and differential diagnoses

Contains only the essential, core relevant facts in a concise, pocket-sized, 'rapid' refresher for use on the wards, to provide a thorough foundation of neurological knowledge

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements

PART I The Basics

• 1. About the book and how to use it
• 2. Basic Neuroanatomy
• 3. Neurological history, examination, signs and localisation
• 4. Neurological Investigations

PART II Complaints: Face To Face With the Patient

• 5. Headache
• 6. Blackouts
• 7. Visual Disturbances
• 8. Dizziness and Vertigo
• 9. Weak Legs
• 10. Numbness and Sensory Disturbance
• 11. Gait Assessment and Disturbance

PART III Conditions: Applying the Basics

• 12. Headache
• 13. Transient Ischaemic Attacks
• 14. Stroke I: Thromboembolic Stroke and Syndromes
• 15. Stroke II: Intracerebral Haemorrhage
• 16. Stroke III: Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
• 17. Epilepsy
• 18. Multiple Sclerosis
• 19. Parkinson’s Disease and Other Related Syndromes
• 20. Other Movement Disorders
• 21. Central Nervous System Infections: Meningitis
• 22. Central Nervous System Infections: Cerebral Abscess
• 23. Radiculopathy and Disc Herniation
• 24. Peripheral Neuropathies’ Syndromes
• 25. Common Peripheral Nerve Lesions: Mononeuropathies
• 26. Motor Neurone Disease
• 27. Myasthenia Gravis and Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
• 28. Diseases of the Muscle
• 29. Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Syndromes
• 30. Raised Intracranial Pressure and Herniation Syndromes
• 31. Coma and Brain Stem Death
• 32. Head Injury: General Approach and Management
• 33. Head Injury: Subdural Haematoma, Skull Fractures and Contusions
• 34. Head Injury: Extradural Haematoma
• 35. Spine Injuries and Spinal Cord Syndromes
• 36. CNS Neoplasia
• 37. Hydrocephalus

Appendices

• Appendix 1 Management of Status Epilepticus (SE)
• Appendix 2 Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
• Appendix 3 Primary Neuroepithelial Tumours of the Central Nervous System
• Appendix 4 Other tumours affecting the CNS

• Index