PART 1—INDICATIONS FOR TESTING Print Section Listen Diagnostic testing is used to evaluate symptoms or abnormal physical examination findings. Testing should be ordered to assess the severity or stability of…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Headache, cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, and neuroimmunological conditions will be discussed in relation to specific women’s issues in the childbearing age, pregnancy, peripartum, and menopausal periods. Special…
ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS Print Section Listen Introduction Bacterial meningitis remains the most dangerous and often rapidly fatal infection. Hence, a timely diagnosis and prompt treatment are key to preventing mortality…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The principles of geriatric assessment focus on function, cognition, and safety. An acute hospitalization is a critical time in which geriatric patients are particularly vulnerable to…
OVERVIEW OF THE NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION Print Section Listen One of the single greatest challenges in performing the neurologic examination for the practicing neurohospitalist is simply recognizing that it is being…
ABSTRACT Print Section Listen Prevention and treatment of hospital-acquired conditions is as much a part of the care of the hospitalized patient as treatment of the primary diagnosis. The development…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The principles of geriatric assessment focus on function, cognition, and safety. An acute hospitalization is a critical time in which geriatric patients are particularly vulnerable to…
ABSTRACT Print Section Listen Potential harm to both physician and patient remains a constant challenge for the neurohospitalist. Physicians can be faced with violent or threatening patients where a strategic…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen All subspecialties are a product of their history, and Neurology and Internal Medicine are no exceptions. Classical Neurology evolved in Europe on the bedrock of clinical…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Each day children and adolescents† face a wide range of medical illnesses including allergies, asthma, epilepsy, cancer, diabetes, and obesity, all of which appear to be…
