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Clinical Cases in Neurology

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Ondrej Dolezal

    1. Department of Neurology, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Dumfries, UK

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  • Provides neurological cases in a reader-friendly manner that enables the reader to improve their diagnostic skill
  • Facilitates self-testing by giving the reader the opportunity to review MRI scans by themselves
  • Provides a short answer and follow-up story at the end of each case

Part of the book series: In Clinical Practice (ICP)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Anticoagulation and Fall

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    Pages 1-6

  3. Pain in the Face

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    Pages 7-12

  4. Dementia and “Something Else”

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    Pages 13-20

  5. New Symptoms in Old Illness

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    Pages 21-26

  6. Young Lady with Severe Arm Pain

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    Pages 27-31

  7. “Remember Bingo Numbers!”

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    Pages 33-38

  8. Poor Hearing and Seizures

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    Pages 39-46

  9. Tired and Sleepy Woman with Headaches

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    Pages 47-51

  10. Disorientation, Confusion I

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    Pages 53-58

  11. Disorientation, Confusion II

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    Pages 59-64

  12. Woman with Sudden Headache

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    Pages 65-71

  13. First Seizure

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    Pages 73-79

  14. Elephant in the Room vs. Red Herring

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    Pages 81-89

  15. Gait Disorder and Falls

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    Pages 91-97

  16. “Tongue Tied” Man with Opiate Addiction

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    Pages 99-105

  17. Right Sided Hemiparesis in Young Smoker

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    Pages 107-112

  18. Young Man with Pins and Needles

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    Pages 113-118

  19. Painful and Weak Young Man

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    Pages 119-123

  20. Recurrent Otitis Media

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    Pages 125-131
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About this book

This book presents a selection of neurological clinical cases and tests the reader in order to allow them to gain clinical self-confidence in approaching the case, requesting tests (negotiating test with other specialties e.g. radiology) and also in referring to other specialties. The book examines a range of different clinical scenarios and neurological conditions from multiple sclerosis and degenerative disorders to epilepsy and headache. 

The book can serve as a teaching aid in a classroom setting, where teacher introduces the case (“telling the story”, neurological examination) and the students then propose differential diagnoses and further tests. Teacher, when suitable, shows representative test result to students and expects students to interpret scan/test, eventually concluding the case, proposing further referrals and discussing prognosis Each chapter also contains visual aids in the form of  Neuroexam, helping the reader gain a quick understanding of the case.

Aimed at trainee neurologists and any non-neurologists who might encounter neurological cases in the clinic, this book is useful for bedside teaching especially when there are not enough available patients on ward.


Reviews

“Written for non‐neurologists, the book targets medical students and internists interested in learning about how neurologists organize and think about their patients.” (Sridhar S Yaddanapudi, Doody's Book Reviews, November 01, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neurology, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Dumfries, UK

    Ondrej Dolezal

About the author

Dr Dolezal was born in Prague Czech republic. He studied medicine at Charles University in Prague (MD degree). He obtained there also his postgraduate doctorate (PhD) in neuroscience with thesis title:” Grey matter pathology in Multiples Sclerosis”. His primary subspecialty is multiple sclerosis. He collaborated with and worked at Buffalo Neuroimaging analysis centre (USA). As a part of his training he volunteered as a GP in Zambia. Currently works as Neurology Consultant at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary (UK). 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical Cases in Neurology

  • Authors: Ondrej Dolezal

  • Series Title: In Clinical Practice

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16628-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16627-4Published: 11 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-16628-1Published: 29 May 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2199-6652

  • Series E-ISSN: 2199-6660

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 188

  • Number of Illustrations: 62 b/w illustrations, 80 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurology, Diagnostic Radiology, General Practice / Family Medicine

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