Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Disease

✍ Scribed by Jeffrey A. Cohen, Justin Mowchun, Jon Grudem

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 199
• Series: What do I do now?
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a case-based learning guide for neuromuscular diseases. This second volume in the What Do I Do Now? series, Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Disease recreates real clinical situations in which the attending is asked for advice as the neurological consultant. The approach to the clinical question is discussed emphasizing differential diagnosis and treatment pathways. The authors have included clinical pitfalls which they have experienced in their own practice. This is a readable book which can be picked up in spare moments.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 12
SECTION I: NEUROPATHY......Page 16
1. Small Fiber Neuropathy......Page 18
2. Multifocal Motor Neuropathy......Page 25
3. Diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis......Page 30
4. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Ethical Issues and Management......Page 38
5. Arsenic Neuropathy......Page 45
6. Diagnosis of Guillain-Barré Syndrome......Page 52
7. Management of Guillain-Barré Syndrome......Page 58
8. Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy......Page 63
9. Idiopathic Brachial Neuritis......Page 70
10. Hereditary Neuropathy......Page 75
11. Critical Illness Neuropathy......Page 84
12. Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy......Page 90
13. Nutritional Neuropathies......Page 96
14. Pyridoxine Toxicity......Page 103
15. Vasculitic Neuropathy......Page 109
16. Piriformis Syndrome......Page 113
SECTION II: MYOPATHY......Page 120
17. Myotonic Dystrophy......Page 122
18. Metabolic Myopathy......Page 128
19. Inflammatory Myopathy......Page 134
20. Periodic Paralysis......Page 141
21. Statin Myopathy......Page 148
22. Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy......Page 153
23. Cramps......Page 158
SECTION III: NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY......Page 164
24. Myasthenia Gravis......Page 166
25. Treatment of Myasthenic Crisis......Page 171
26. Diagnosis of Autonomic Neuropathy......Page 176
27. Management of Autonomic Neuropathy......Page 183
C......Page 192
D......Page 193
G......Page 194
L......Page 195
N......Page 196
P......Page 197
T......Page 198
W......Page 199