European Handbook of Neurological Management

Nils Erik Gilhus, Michael R. Barnes, Michael Brainin, Nils Erik Gilhus, Michael R. Barnes, Michael Brainin

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2011
• ISBN:
  9781444346244
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicina
• Subtopic: Neurología

Evidence-based, peer reviewed, best practice management guidelines for neurologists

Diagnosis is only part of the puzzle. Effective treatment is what your patients really want. The European Federation of Neurological Societies has been publishing management guidelines in the European Journal of Neurology for many years. Developed by a consensus approach, using graded evidence, and then fully peer reviewed, these guidelines provide gold-standard, best-practice guidance to the treatment of neurological disorders. They help bridge the gap between what is done and what should be done for patients with neurological disorders.

The basic guidelines have been expanded with 'Recommendations' based on strong evidence and 'Good Practice Points' where only weaker evidence is available. The Guidelines in this volume include, amongst others:

• Neurostimulation therapy for neuropathic pain
• Molecular diagnosis for a range of neurological conditions
• Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of neurological diseases
• Sleep disorders in neurodegenerative disorders and stroke
• Management of low-grade gliomas
• Treatment of miscellaneous idiopathic headache disorders

The European Handbook of Neurological Management provides a thoroughly rounded and grounded approach to best-practice neurological management using evidence-based principles.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Introduction
• CHAPTER 1 Guidance for the preparation of neurological management guidelines by EFNS Scientific Task Forces: revised recommendations 2004
• CHAPTER 2 Neurostimulation therapy for neuropathic pain
• CHAPTER 3 Trigeminal neuralgia management
• CHAPTER 4 Molecular diagnosis of neurogenetic disorders: general issues, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and dystonias
• CHAPTER 5 Molecular diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders
• CHAPTER 6 Molecular diagnosis of ataxias and spastic paraplegias
• CHAPTER 7 Molecular diagnosis of channelopathies, epilepsies, migraine, stroke and dementias
• CHAPTER 8 Molecular diagnosis of neurogenetic disorders: motoneuron, peripheral nerve and muscle disorders
• CHAPTER 9 Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of neurological diseases
• CHAPTER 10 Sleep disorders in neurodegenerative disorders and stroke
• CHAPTER 11 Management of community-acquired bacterial meningitis
• CHAPTER 12 Diagnosis and management of European lyme neuroborreliosis
• CHAPTER 13 Disease-specific cerebrospinal fluid investigations
• CHAPTER 14 Neuroimaging in the management of motor neuron diseases
• CHAPTER 15 Management of low-grade gliomas
• CHAPTER 16 Treatment of tension-type headache
• CHAPTER 17 Diagnosis, therapy and prevention of Wernicke’s encephalopathy
• CHAPTER 18 Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage
• CHAPTER 19 Diagnostic approach to pauci- or asymptomatic hyperCKemia
• CHAPTER 20 Diagnosis and management of neuromyelitis optica
• CHAPTER 21 Screening for tumours in paraneoplastic syndromes
• CHAPTER 22 Treatment of miscellaneous idiopathic headache disorders
• CHAPTER 23 Treatment of medication overuse headache
• Index