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Blueprints Clinical Cases in Neurology (Blueprints Notes & Cases)

by Kevin Sheth

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Publisher Comments:

Blueprints Clinical Cases in Neurology, Second Edition offers third- and fourth-year medical students valuable preparation for clerkships and the USMLE Steps 2 and 3. The book features 60 clinical cases, 10 new to this edition and 50 revised and updated from the first edition. Each case consists of a clinical vignette followed by thought questions and discussion, and ends with a question-and-answer review and a listing of suggested additional reading. A question-and-answer section at the end of the book contains 100 USMLE-format multiple-choice questions and detailed answer explanations.

Table of Contents

I Patients Who Present with a Seizure 1

CASE 1 Seizure 3

CASE 2 New Onset Seizure in Adulthood 8

CASE 3 Prolonged Seizures 13

CASE 4 New Onset Seizure and Fever 18

CASE 5 Seizure in a 43-Year-Old Woman 23

CASE 6 Seizures in an 8-Year-Old Girl 28

II Patients Who Present with Involuntary Movements 33

CASE 7 Tremor in Adulthood 35

CASE 8 Child with Involuntary Movements 40

CASE 9 Fluctuating Tremor in an Adult 46

CASE 10 Infant with Episodic Body Jerking 51

III Patients Who Present with a Headache 57

CASE 11 "Worst Headache of My Life" 59

CASE 12 Headache and Confusion 63

CASE 13 Headache 70

CASE 14 Headache and Vomiting 75

CASE 15 Blurry Vision and Headache 79

CASE 16 Headache and Progressive Right-Sided Weakness 83

CASE 17 Headache and Lethargy 89

IV Patients Who Present with Altered Mental Status/Memory Loss/Personality Changes 93

CASE 18 New Onset Dementia 95

CASE 19 Memory Loss and Personality Changes 100

CASE 20 Headache and Personality Changes 106

CASE 21 Developmental Regression in Childhood 112

CASE 22 Episode of Confusion 118

CASE 23 Confusion in an Elderly Man 124

CASE 24 Altered Mental Status and Fever 129

CASE 25 Frontal Sinus Fracture 135

CASE 26 Coma 140

V Patients Who Present with Hemiparesis and Generalized Weakness 145

CASE 27 Acute Left-Sided Weakness 147

CASE 28 Worsening Left-Sided Weakness 152

CASE 29 Hemiparesis Following Trauma 157

CASE 30 Progressive Hemiparesis 162

CASE 31 Generalized Weakness in an Adult 166

CASE 32 Bilateral Foot Drop, Lower Extremity Numbness, and Tingling 171

CASE 33 Progressive Numbness and Weakness 175

CASE 34 Floppy Infant 180

VI Patients Who Present with Trouble Walking, Leg Weakness, Numbness, or Pain 185

CASE 35 Paraparesis, Ataxia, and Incontinence 187

CASE 36 Leg Pain and Urinary Incontinence 192

CASE 37 Chronic Progressive Difficulty Walking 197

CASE 38 Child Late in Walking 202

CASE 39 Child Clumsy in Walking 206

CASE 40 Low Back Pain 211

CASE 41 Right Ankle Weakness 216

CASE 42 Delayed Walking 222

VII Patients Who Present with Arm/Hand Weakness, Numbness, or Pain 227

CASE 43 Bilateral Arm Weakness 229

CASE 44 Neck and Arm Pain 236

CASE 45 Infant Not Moving Right Arm 241

CASE 46 Right Hand Weakness 246

CASE 47 Acute Right Arm Weakness and Neck Pain 251

CASE 48 Right Hand Numbness 257

VIII Patients Who Present with Sleep and Speech Problems 263

CASE 49 Excessive Daytime Sleepiness 265

CASE 50 Sleep Problems in Childhood 270

CASE 51 Difficulty Speaking in an Adult 274

IX Patients Who Present with Vertigo, Diplopia, and Facial Weakness 281

CASE 52 Vomiting, Vertigo, and Ataxia 283

CASE 53 Dizziness, Vomiting, and Imbalance 288

CASE 54 Diplopia 294

CASE 55 Diplopia and Dysphagia 300

CASE 56 Diminished Visual Acuity and Eye Pain 306

CASE 57 Left-Sided Facial Droop 310

X Patients Who Present with an Abnormal Head 317

CASE 58 Microcephaly 319

CASE 59 Macrocephaly 324

CASE 60 Misshapen Head 329

XI REVIEW Q&A 333

Product Details

ISBN:
9781405104944
Author:
Sheth, Kevin
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Author:
Cho, Tracey A
Author:
Caughey, Aaron B.
Author:
Wechsler
Author:
Wechsler, Max.
Author:
Harris, Odette A
Subject:
Neurology
Subject:
Diagnosis
Subject:
Test Preparation & Review
Subject:
Neurology - General
Subject:
Diagnosis, differential
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
Enlarged/Expand
Series:
Blueprints Clinical Cases
Publication Date:
September 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
390
Dimensions:
8.06x5.02x.60 in. .91 lbs.

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