E. Lee Murray, MD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Dementia ◦Degenerative Dementias ◦Nondegenerative Dementias ◦Infectious Dementias ◦Differential Diagnosis •Confusional State ◦Differential Diagnosis •Coma ◦Differential Diagnosis ◦Etiology of Coma •Transient Loss of Consciousness…
Maria Stefanidou, MD, MSc CHAPTER CONTENTS •Spectrum of Neurologic Problems in Pregnancy ◦Headache ◦Seizures ◦Encephalopathy ◦Focal Neurologic Deficit •Neurologic Disorders in Pregnancy ◦Eclampsia and Pre-Eclampsia ◦Cerebral Venous Thrombosis ◦Migraine ◦Epilepsy…
E. Lee Murray, MD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Increased CSF Pressure ◦Nonobstructive Hydrocephalus from Increased CSF Production ◦Nonobstructive Hydrocephalus from Reduced CSF Resorption •Obstruction of CSF Flow ◦Colloid Cyst ◦Aqueductal Stenosis…
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…
E. Lee Murray, MD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Differential Diagnosis •Clinical Diagnosis •Disorders ◦Degenerative Spine Disease ◦Cervical Radiculopathy ◦Lumbosacral Radiculopathy ◦Thoracic Radiculopathy ◦Spondylotic Myelopathy ◦Cauda Equina Syndrome and Conus Medullaris Syndrome…
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…
