Practice Pearls in Neurology

This book is a practical guide to the diagnosis and management of both common and less common neurological disorders and diseases for clinicians and trainees.

Divided into sixteen sections, each chapter presents a different condition providing a step by step approach from basic knowledge, history and examination, to key aspects of clinical diagnosis, investigations, and medical and surgical treatment.

A complete chapter is dedicated to the effects of diabetes on the central and peripheral nervous system, and potential complications.

The text is accompanied by clinical photographs and diagrams to enhance learning.

Key points

• Practical guide to the diagnosis and management of neurological disorders and diseases
• Presented in step by step approach covering both common and less common conditions
• Complete chapter dedicated to effects and complications of diabetes on central nervous system
• Includes clinical photographs and diagrams to enhance learning

1. Management of Emergency Headache
2. Diabetes Mellitus and Central Nervous System
3. Seizures in Systemic Disorders
4. Medically Refractory Epilepsy: A Clinical Approach
5. Emergencies in Movement Disorders
6. Restless Leg Syndrome
7. Nonmotor Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease
8. Influence of Gut Microbiota on the Brain
9. Neurological Manifestations of Chronic Liver Disease
10. Tuberculous Meningitis
11. Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
12. Approach to the Management of Aphasia
13. Multiple Sclerosis in India
14. Phantom Limb
15. Paradigm for Management of Non-compressive Myelopathy
16. Sensory Modulation in Rehabilitation

Index

AV Srinivasan MD DM PhD FAAN FIAN DSc FRCP
Emeritus Professor, The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, Former Head and Professor of Neurology, Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

D Vasudevan MD DM
Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, Saveetha Medical College, Chennai; Senior Consultant Neurologist, The Brain, Spine and Nerve Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

K Bhanu DNB DM FMMC FRCP
Director of Neurosciences, Mehta’s Hospital Pvt Ltd, Chennai; Former Director, Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India