Evidence-Based Neurology: Management of Neurological Disorders (Evidence-based Medicine)

In **__Evidence-based Neurology: Management of Neurological Disorders__** a carefully selected group of clinically experienced collaborators use the best available evidence to answer more than 100 clinical questions about the treatment and management of neurological disorders.Divided into three sections and 24 chapters, this book * fills the gap between guidelines and primary studies as well as between primary and secondary scientific medical literature * summarizes the most recent and important findings on treatments for neurological patients * measures the benefit and, when applicable, the risk of harm inherent in specific neurological interventions. This unique, evidence-based text, edited by members of the Cochrane Neurological Network will be an essential resource for all general neurologists, from the novice to the most experienced, in their everyday clinical practice.Content: Chapter 1 Evidence?based Medicine: Its Contributions in the Way We Search, Appraise and Apply Scientific Information to Patient Care (pages 3–10): Alessandro Liberati, Lorenzo P. Moja and Ivan MoschettiChapter 2 What to do When there is no Evidence (pages 11–14): Charles WarlowChapter 3 Outcome and Adverse Effect Measures in Neurology (pages 15–22): Jorge G. Burneo and Samuel WiebeChapter 4 Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Research (pages 23–26): Bernard M.J. Uitdehaag and Peter M. RothwellChapter 5 Acute Migraine Attacks (pages 29–39): Anne MacGregorChapter 6 Back and Neck Pain (pages 40–46): Harry McNaughtonChapter 7 Neuropathic Pain (pages 47–58): Giorgio Cruccu, Nadine Attal and Rod TaylorChapter 8 Vertigo and Dizziness: Treatment of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, Vestibular Neuritis and Meniere's Disease (pages 59–69): Michael Strupp, Thomas Brandt and Christian Daniel CnyrimChapter 9 Sleep Disorders (pages 70–78): Michel BilliardChapter 10 Cognitive Rehabilitation of Non?progressive Neuropsychological Disorders (pages 79–88): Stefano F Cappa, Thomas Benke, Stephanie Clarke, Bruno Rossi, Brigitte Stemmer and Caroline M van HeugtenChapter 11 Management and Pharmaceutical Treatment of Central and Spinal Spasticity (pages 89–99): David T. ShakespeareChapter 12 Background to Neurorehabilitation (pages 100–109): Kathryn McPherson, Paula Kersten and Lynne Turner?StokesChapter 13 Acute Stroke Manatement and Prevention of Recurrences (pages 113–126): Gord GubitzChapter 14 Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (pages 127–141): Jan van Gijn and Gabriel J.E. RinkelChapter 15 Acute Traumatic Brain Injury (pages 142–150): Miguel F Arango, Walter Videtta and Corina PuppoChapter 16 Corticosteroids in Central Nervous System Infentions (pages 151–160): Anu Jacob, Tom Solomon and Paul GarnerChapter 17 Brain Tumours (pages 161–172): Michael G. Hart and Robin GrantChapter 18 Epilepsy (pages 173–183): Sridharan Ramaratnam and Anthony MarsonChapter 19 Dementia Treatment: Let the Evidence Lead us (pages 184–198): Bart M. Demaerschalk, Bryan K. Woodruff and Richard J. CaselliChapter 20 Parkinson's Disease (pages 199–220): Miguel Coelho, Joaquim Ferreira and Cristina SampaioChapter 21 Multiple Sclerosis: Critical Review of the Evidence for each Question (pages 221–233): Graziella Filippini and George EbersChapter 22 Motor Neurone Disorders (pages 234–243): Douglas MitchellChapter 23 Peripheral Nerve Disorders (pages 244–257): Richard Hughes, Eva L. Feldman and Jeremy D.P. BlandChapter 24 Muscle Disorders (pages 258–265): Fiona Norwood and Michael R. Rose

in evidence-based Neurology: Management Of Neurological Disorders, A Carefully Selected Group Of Clinically Experienced Collaborators Use The Best Available Evidence To Answer More Than 100 Clinical Questions About The Treatment And Management Of Neurological Disorders.

divided Into Three Sections And 24 Chapters, evidence-based Neurology: Management Of Neurological Disorders:

• fills The Gap Between Guidelines And Primary Studies As Well As Between Primary And Secondary Scientific Medical Literature
  
• summarizes The Most Recent And Important Findings On Treatments For Neurological Patients
  
• measures The Benefit And, When Applicable, The Risk Of Harm Inherent In Specific Neurological Interventions.

each Chapter Starts With A Brief Definition Of The Clinical Condition, Together With Its Incidence And Natural History. A Clear Formulation Of A Real-world Scenario Or Question Usually Follows, Structured Using The Standard Three Elements Of Patient, Intervention, And Outcome. The Results Are As Quantitative As Possible.

this Unique, Evidence-based Text, Edited By Members Of The Cochrane Neurological Network Will Be An Essential Resource For All General Neurologists, From The Novice To The Most Experienced, In Their Everyday Clinical Practice.

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reviewer:michael Benatar, Md, Phd(emory University School Of Medicine)
description:this Edited Compilation Aims To Present A Summary Of The Best Available Evidence For The Treatment Of A Range Of Neurological Symptoms And Disorders. The Authors Have Employed An Evidence-based Approach, Framing Clinical Questions And Then Systematically Searching The Literature To Find Answers. Where Possible, Meta-analysis Is Used To Summarize Data.
purpose:the Editors' Stated Purpose Is Threefold -- To Summarize The Most Recent And Important Findings On Treatments For Neurological Patients, To Provide Answers To At Least One Therapeutic Uncertainty Within Each Chapter, And To Measure The Benefits (and Harms) Of Specific Neurological Interventions. The Editors Make No Claim To Be Comprehensive And Despite The Title, They Clearly State That They Do Not Pretend The Book To Be Completely Evidence-based. Within These Self-imposed Limitations, These Objectives Have Been Met.
audience:this Book Is Written For General Neurologists. Many Of The Contributors Have Participated In The Preparation Of Systematic Reviews For The Cochrane Collaboration. Notwithstanding The Sophistication Of The Information Presented, The Writing Style Is Almost Uniformly Simple And Clear. The Editors Have Produced A Book That Really Should Be Accessible To Students And Practitioners Of Neurology At All Levels.
features:the First Of The Book's Three Sections Is Introductory, Providing An Overview Of Methodological Issues In Evidence-based Neurology. The Second Section Is Devoted To Specific Neurological Symptoms And The Final Section Covers Individual Neurological Disorders. Although The Spectrum Of Material Covered Is Broad, It Is Not Exhaustive. There Is Also A Strong Emphasis On Treatment, With Relatively Little Attention Paid To Issues Surrounding Diagnosis And Prognosis (but The Editors' Intent Was Not To Deal With These Issues). Each Chapter Follows A Uniform Style, Beginning With A Brief Introduction, Followed By The Statement Of Specific Questions That Are To Be Addressed And Then A Summary Of The Evidence. Liberal Use Is Made Of Forest Plots And Other Schematic And Tabular Representation Of Data. A Few Chapters Are Less Evidence-based Than Others And These Are The Most Disappointing. Fortunately, These Are Few In Number.
assessment:there Are Relatively Few Other Evidence-based Neurological Books. Among Them Are clinical Trials In Neurologic Practice By Biller And Bogousslavsky (butterworth-heinemann, 2001), contemporary Treatments In Neurology By Scolding (butterworth-heinemann, 2001), And Two I Have Authored, analytic Neurology (butterworth-heinemann, 2003) And neuromuscular Disease: Evidence And Analysis In Clinical Neurology (humana, 2006). The First Three Of These Texts Are Similarly Focused Exclusively On Neurological Therapeutics, Whereas The Latter Considers Issues In Diagnosis And Prognosis As Well, Although Exclusively Within The Realm Of Neuromuscular Disease. There Is Little Overlap Between evidence-based Neurology And These Other Books And, As Such, It Represents An Important Addition To This Small But Growing Collection.

Evidence based medicine: its contributions in the way we search, appraise, and apply scientific information to patient care / Alessandro Liberati, Lorenzo Moja, Ivan Moschetti What to do when there is no evidence / Charles Warlow Outcome and adverse effect measures in neurology / Jorge G. Burneo, Sam Wiebe Systematic reviews of diagnostic research / Bernard Uitdehaag, Peter Rothwell Acute headache attacks / Anne MacGregor Back and neck pain / Harry McNaughton Neuropathic pain / Giorgio Cruccu, N. Attal, R.S. Taylor Vertigo and dizziness: treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular neuritis and Meniere's disease / Thomas Brandt, Michael Strupp, Christian Cnyrim Sleep disorders / Michel Billiard Cognitive rehabilitation of non-progressive neuropsychological disorders / Stefano Cappa ... [et al.] Management and pharmaceutical treatment of central and spinal spasticity / David Shakespeare Background to neurorehabilitation / Kathryn McPherson Acute stroke management and prevention of recurrences / Gord Gubitz Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage / Jan van Gijn, Gabriel Rinkel Acute traumatic brain injury / Miguel Arango, Walter Videtta, Corina Puppo Corticosteroids in central nervous system infections / Paul Garner, Anu Jacob, Tom Solomon Brain tumours / Robin Grant, Michael Hart Epilepsy / Sridharan Ramaratnam, Tony Marson Dementia treatment: let the evidence lead us / Bart Demaerschalk, Bryan K. Woodruff, Richard J. Caselli Parkinson's disease / Cristina Sampaio Miguel Coelho Multiple sclerosis: critical review of the evidence for each question / G. Filippini, G.C. Ebers Motor neuron disorders / Douglas Mitchell Peripheral nerve disorders / Richard Hughes, Eva Feldman, Jeremy Bland Muscle disorders / Michael Rose, Fiona Norwood. A carefully selected group of clinically experienced collaborators use the best available evidence to answer more than 100 clinical questions about the treatment and management of neurological disorders. Divided into three sections and 24 chapters, this book is designed to fill the gap between guidelines and primary studies as well as between primary and secondary scientific medical literature summarizes the most recent and important findings on treatments for neurological patients measures the benefit and, when applicable, the risk of harm inherent in specific neurological interventions. Each chapter starts with a brief definition of the clinical condition, together with its incidence and natural history. A clear formulation of a real-world scenario or question usually follows, structured using the standard three elements of patient, intervention, and outcome. The results are as quantitative as possible In Evidence-based Neurology: Management of Neurological Disorders a carefully selected group of clinically experienced collaborators use the best available evidence to answer more than 100 clinical questions about the treatment and management of neurological disorders. Divided into three sections and 24 chapters, this book fills the gap between guidelines and primary studies as well as between primary and secondary scientific medical literature summarizes the most recent and important findings on treatments for neurological patients measures the benefit and, when applicable, the risk of harm inherent in specific neurological interventions. This unique, evidence-based text, edited by members of the Cochrane Neurological Network will be an essential resource for all general neurologists, from the novice to the most experienced, in their everyday clinical practice. "Evidence-based Neurological Management" provides an evidence-based approach to the management of all the major neurological conditions. This clinical textbook contains in-depth systematic reviews of the best evidence in the field and features leading neurologists from the Cochrane Collaboration as its editors. This essential text is also available in an electronic version, and is kept up-to-date via its website This work offers an evidence-based approach to the management of all the major neurological conditions. It contains in-depth systematic reviews of the best evidence, and features leading neurologists from the Cochrane Collaboration as editors