Karl E. Misulis, MD, PhD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Primary Brain Tumors •Metastatic Brain Tumors •Spinal and Leptomeningeal Tumors •Tumor Mimics •Remote Manifestations of Cancer ◦Paraneoplastic Encephalitis ◦Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ◦Paraneoplastic…
David A. Isaacs, MD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Syndromes ◦Tremor ◦Myoclonus ◦Rigidity and Stiffness ◦Athetosis, Chorea, Dystonia, Dyskinesia, Hemiballismus, and Tics ◦Ataxia •Movement Disorders ◦Parkinsonis ◦Tremor ◦Myoclonus ◦Hemiballismus ◦Restless Leg Syndrome…
E. Lee Murray, MD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Multiple Sclerosis ◦Overview of MS ◦First Diagnosis of MS in the Hospital ◦Exacerbation of MS ◦Complication of MS ◦Complication of MS Therapy •Neuromyelitis…
Veda V. Vedanarayanan, MD, FRCPC CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Peripheral Nerve ◦Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy ◦Acute-Onset Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy ◦Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy ◦Multifocal Motor Neuropathy ◦Mononeuropathies ◦Idiopathic Brachial Plexitis…
Karl E. Misulis, MD, PhD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Acute and Subacute Cognitive Disorders ◦Delirium ◦Metabolic Encephalopathy ◦Transient Global Amnesia ◦Syncope •Chronic Cognitive Disorders ◦First Recognition of Dementia During Hospitalization ◦Hospitalization…
Karl E. Misulis, MD, PhD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview ◦Spectrum of Clinical Seizures ◦Differential Diagnosis of Seizures ◦Symptomatic Seizures •Epilepsy ◦New-Onset Seizure ◦EEG Findings ◦AED Choice •Seizure Clusters •Status Epilepticus ◦Convulsive…
E. Lee Murray, MD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Meningitis ◦Viral Meningitis ◦Bacterial Meningitis ◦Fungal Meningitis •Encephalitis •Viral Myelitis •Prion Encephalopathies ◦Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ◦Variant CJD and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy •Brain Abscess •Herpes…
E. Lee Murray, MD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Brain Death •Persistent Vegetative State •Differential Diagnosis •Role of the Neurologist BRAIN DEATH The Medical Consultants on the Diagnosis of Death to the President’s…
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