Patients with pain disorders pose many clinical challenges for the attending physician. Even experienced clinicians occasionally arrive at the point where diagnostic, work-up, treatment, or prognostic thinking becomes blocked. Pain teaches the reader to recognize and appropriately treat a variety of pain disorders using a case study format. Divided into three section, chronic pain conditions, chronic pain and related disorders, and treatment overview, and derived from consultation...

Examination Paediatrics, is designed to assist candidates to pass clinical examinations in paediatrics, particularly at post-graduate level. This book is written for candidates preparing for the Fellowship Examination of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Australian & New Zealand candidates and candidates taking the Australian Examination in other countries), and candidates preparing for the Membership Examination for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) (Part ...

Excel in your neurology clerkship and on the USMLE Step 2 CKSixty high-yield cases!You need exposure to cases to pass the USMLE and shelf exams and that's exactly what this innovative resource offers. Written by experienced educators, Case Files: Neurology, 2e helps you think through diagnosis and managemenet when confronting neurological clinical problems. Sixty high-yield clinical cases focus on the core competencies for the neur...

Neurology – as only Harrison’s can cover itA Doody's Core Title for 2017!Featuring a superb compilation of chapters related to neurology derived from Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, Nineteenth Edition (including content from the acclaimed Harrison’s DVD), this concise, full-color clinical companion delivers the latest knowledge in the field backed by the scientific rigor and authority that have defined...

Paediatric Neurology returns for a fourth edition with all the knowledge and guidance you need to investigate, diagnose, and treat common and rare neurological conditions in paediatrics. This unique guide has been fully updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, including a more in-depth look at genetic investigations, new material on neuroinflammation and neuromuscular disorders, extensive updates on epilepsy and other neurology conditions affecting children, and a ...

The first book to synthesize relevant, critically reviewed data for application to the diagnosis and treatment of prenatal patients—updated and in full colorA Doody's Core Title for 2011!5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!"The book is comprehensive, concise, well illustrated, and an extremely valuable resource for perinatal healthcare providers....This book has rapidly become a go-to reference in the perinatal field and this new ...

Designed for the busy practitioner, Geriatrics presents 97 alphabetically arranged topics covering all major concerns in geriatric rehabilitation ranging from age-related changes to end-of-life care. The first section reviews topics related to normal aging and assessment methods to measure systemic changes. The second section addresses common aging-associated diseases and disorders affecting relevant organ systems, including neurologic, musculoskeletal, rheumatologic, and cardiova...

Fractures in the Elderly: A Guide to Practical Management provides geriatricians and other medical specialists who provide care for older adults with the vital guidance and most current data and opinions regarding the treatment of elderly patients who sustain a variety of fractures. It also provides orthopedic surgeons with the necessary information and most current data and opinions regarding assessment and management of geriatric conditions that predispose the elderly to fracture, periop...

The Essential Guide for Clinicians Who Prescribe and Inject BoNTsThis is a detailed and practical guide to botulinum neurotoxin therapy (BoNT) and the wide range of applications for neurological and pain disorders. A unique reference source for new injectors and experienced clinicians alike, this indispensable manual provides information on dose, dilution, and indications for all four FDA-approved toxins in one handy text.Following a brief review o...

As the global geriatric population continues to grow, an increasing proportion of people reporting to emergency departments are elderly. The work-up of these patients uses more time and resources than that of younger patients, and is complicated by the fact that acute disease often presents more subtly, without the outward manifestations typically seen in younger patients. This volume focuses on the unique pathophysiology of the elderly, presenting guidelines for resuscitation, evaluation ...

Whereas most book about the neurologic examination are disease and anatomy oriented, The Neurologic Examination: Scientific Basis for Clinical Diagnosis focuses on a pathophysiological approach to the nervous system. The authors emphasize that the scientific interpretation of symptoms obtained from carefully taking the patient's history and noting signs found during physical examination are essential in the diagnosis of neurologic diseases, even if laboratory testing, such as elec...

THE LATEST THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OPTIONS IN INTERNAL MEDICINE--AT YOUR FINGERTIPSThis peer-reviewed guide highlights important therapeutic treatment options for the most common diseases managed by clinicians practicing internal medicine.SHORT BULLETED CONTENT for ease of use in a clinical settingORGANIZED BY DISEASE STATECLINICAL PEARLS to aid in disease managementEMBEDDED REFERENCES to facilitate further researchDRUG TABLES t...