A Practical Approach to Movement Disorders (eBook)

Diagnosis and Management, Third Edition

Benjamin Lee Walter, Taylor Rush, Anwar Ahmed (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021 | 3., Third Edition, New Edition
440 Seiten
Demos Medical (Verlag)
9780826146595 (ISBN)

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"e;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."e; ---Doody's Review Service, 5 starsRevised 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 cliniciansIncorporates most recent evidence for the pharmacological, behavioral, surgical, and non-pharmacological treatment of the full spectrum of movement disordersExpanded bullet-point outline format for quick access to essential informationLoaded with illustrative flow charts, algorithms, and tables outlining drug dosing, side effects, and other therapeutic treatments

Inhalt

Preface

Acknowledgements

PART I. Getting Started

Chapter 1. The Body Language of Movement Disorders

PART II. Diagnostic and Pharmacological Approach to Movement Disorders

Chapter 2. Tremors

Chapter 3. Parkinsonism

Chapter 4. Parkinson Disease

Chapter 5. Dystonia

Chapter 6. Chorea

Chapter 7. Spasticity

Chapter 8. Myoclonus

Chapter 9. Ataxia

Chapter 10. Tics

Chapter 11. Sleep-Related Movement Disorders

Chapter 12. Approach to Eye and Vestibular Function in Movement Disorders

Chapter 13. Key Concepts in Pediatric Movement Disorders

PART III. Behavioral Issues in Movement Disorders

Chapter 14. The Psychiatric Assessment

Chapter 15. Psychiatric Issues in Parkinson Disease

Chapter 16. Psychiatric Issues in Huntington Disease

Chapter 17. Psychiatric Issues in Tourette Syndrome

Chapter 18. Approach to Functional Movement Disorders

PART IV. Surgical Approach to Movement Disorders

Chapter 19. Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery: Indications, Devices, Techniques, Procedure

Chapter 20. Lesioning, Shunts and Pumps

Chapter 21. Post-Operative Care, Programming and Troubleshooting

Chapter 22. Neuropsychological, Social and Ethical Issues in Functional Neurosurgery

PART V. Non-Pharmacological Approach to Movement Disorders

Chapter 23. Exercise and Physical Therapy

Chapter 24. Occupational Therapy and Useful Devices

Chapter 25. Speech and Swallowing Therapy

Chapter 26. Nutritional Considerations

Chapter 27. Palliative Care and Hospice

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Rehabilitation
• Schlagworte: clinician,diagnosis and management,movement disorders,Parkinson disease,pathophysiology,phenomenology
• ISBN-13: 9780826146595 / 9780826146595