A Practical Approach to Movement Disorders: Diagnosis and Management - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826146589 ISBN 13: 9780826146588

Verlag: Springer Publishing Co Inc, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

“This updated edition, with its latest treatments and a primer on deep brain stimulation, is helpful for clinicians dealing with movement disorders. It will be an excellent addition to the library of those who see movement disorders." ---Doody's Review Service, 5 stars

Revised Third Edition of the practical yet authoritative guide to diagnosis and treatment of movement disorders. Written in an expanded outline format, this book is packed with flow charts, algorithms, and tables to provide quick access to point-of-care information. Easy-to-read and thoroughly up-to-date, this new edition includes the latest diagnostic and treatment protocols, recent FDA-approved drugs, and non-pharmacological therapies. With coverage of all major disease categories, this essential handbook belongs in the pocket of any clinician who suspects a movement disorder in a patient.

The book is organized by medical, behavioral, surgical, and non-pharmacological treatment approaches to movement disorders. Opening chapters walk the practitioner through clinical presentation, diagnosis, and work-up of common and uncommon disorders, sleep-related movement disorders, eye and vestibular function, including pediatric issues. Behavioral and psychiatric complications for Parkinson disease, Huntington disease, and Tourette syndrome follow, with a fully reconfigured chapter on functional movement disorders, incorporating changes in classification and treatment approach. Expanded chapters on surgical devices and indications address deep brain stimulation surgery; lesioning, shunts, and pumps; post-operative care; and neuropsychological, social, and ethical issues. The final section on non-pharmacological approaches covers physical and occupational therapy, speech and swallowing therapy, nutrition, and palliative care.

Key Features:

• Thoroughly revised and updated third edition of popular practical resource for busy clinicians
• Incorporates most recent evidence for the pharmacological, behavioral, surgical, and non-pharmacological treatment of the full spectrum of movement disorders
• Expanded bullet-point outline format for quick access to essential information
• Loaded with illustrative flow charts, algorithms, and tables outlining drug dosing, side effects, and other therapeutic treatments
• Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr. Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Head of Movement Disorders, Center for Neurological Restoration, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0826146589
• ISBN 13: 9780826146588
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 579
• Herausgeber: Fernandez Hubert H. M.D., Walter Benjamin L. M.D., Rush Taylor E. Ph.D., Ahmed Anwar M.D.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar