Eureka: Neurology & Neurosurgery
Eureka Series

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Language: English
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384 p. · 16x24 cm · Paperback
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Eureka ? an innovative series for students that fully integrates core science, clinical medicine and surgery. With its engaging and authoritative text, featuring insightful clinical cases, graphic narratives, SBAs and a wealth of other learning tools, Eureka has everything students need to succeed in medicine and pass their exams.

Series features across titles:

  • Engaging clinical cases show how skilled clinician would work through a presentation, and put diseases and biomedical principles into patient context
  • Innovative graphic narratives bring clinical cases to life, show how to approach difficult scenarios and convey the experience of being a patient
  • Starter questions - stimulating answers to intriguing questions make learning fun 
  • Boxes highlight tips, tricks and key learning points

 

Neurology & Neurosurgery

  • First principles chapter clearly explains the key concepts, processes and structures of the nervous system
  • Clinical essentials chapter provides an overview of the symptoms and signs of neurological disease, relevant history and examination techniques, investigations and management options
  • Disease-based chapters give concise descriptions of all major disorders, e.g. headache and pain syndromes, stroke and dementia, each chapter introduced by engaging clinical cases that feature unique graphic narratives
  • Emergencies chapter covers the principles of immediate care in situations such as severe headache, trauma and unconsciousness
  • Integrated care chapter discusses strategies for the management of chronic conditions across primary and other care settings
  • Self-Assessment ? 80 multiple choice questions in clinical SBA format, in line with current exam format

Ch01 First principles
Ch02 Clinical essentials
Ch03 Raised intracranial pressure and traumatic brain injury
Ch04 Headache and facial pain syndromes
Ch05 Seizures
Ch06 Neurovascular disease
Ch07 Neurological tumours
Ch08 Neurological infections
Ch09 Movement disorders
Ch10 Multiple sclerosis
Ch11 Spinal disorders
Ch12 Systemic immune disease affecting the nervous system
Ch13 Motor neuron and genetic neurodegenerative diseases
Ch14 Dementia
Ch15 Congenital and hereditary conditions
Ch16 Peripheral neurological disease
Ch17 Neurological emergencies
Ch18 Integrated care
Ch19 Self-assessment

Undergraduate Medical Students

Dawn Collins
Dulanka Silva
Ronan Dardis
Sanjoy Nagaraja

Warwick Medical School, UK

John Goodfellow

Glasgow Medical School, UK