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Accurate diagnosis, the best way to avoid inadequate and inappropriate patient treatment, is the first and foremost responsibility of the physician. In Diagnostic Criteria in Neurology, Alan J. Lerner, MD, seeks to codify the diagnostic process by compiling sets of previously published diagnostic criteria for a diverse group of neurological conditions. The criteria are derived from the best currently available medical sources and reflect the great variety of possible standards that have been proposed. They cover a wide spectrum of neurological conditions whose diagnosis does not depend solely on histopathology (e.g., brain tumors), including cerebrovascular diseases, dementias and behavioral disorders, demyelinating disorders, and disorders of consciousness and brain death. Standardized criteria are also provided for epilepsy, genetic syndromes, headache, immune-based disorders, infectious diseases, movement disorders, neuromuscular disorders, and sleep disorders. A dazzling array of tables summarize useful information on both common and uncommon neurological conditions, including many genetic and pediatric neurological disorders. A companion personal digital assistant (PDA) version (1-58829-854-X), sold separately, is available from the Humana Press website (www.humanapress.com) for easy downloading and use on the reader's PDA. Innovative and authoritative, Diagnostic Criteria in Neurology begins to do for neurology what the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) did for psychiatry: provide practicing neurologists and neurological residents with handy access to the latest published diagnostic criteria for successfully treating their patients.

Neurologic examination. --- Nervous system --- Diseases --- Diagnosis. --- Neurological examination --- Physical diagnosis --- Examination --- Diagnosis --- Neurology. --- Medicine --- Neuropsychiatry --- Neurology .

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Physical Examination --- Physical diagnosis --- Diagnostics par auscultation --- Diagnostics cliniques. --- Physical Examination. --- Medical History Taking --- methods

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Despite the fact that more than half the patients seeking care from an internal medicine specialist or a family physician will have either a primary or secondary cardiac problem, the teaching of cardiac auscultation, the physical examination of the heart, has been deteriorating since the advent of such modern diagnostic tools as 2D echocardiology and nuclear imaging. In The Art and Science of Cardiac Physical Examination veteran academic clinicians bring the art and science of cardiac physical examination to the bedside with a tour de force tutorial on techniques needed to elicit various physical signs and to interpret them in relation to the patient's symptoms and underlying cardiac condition. Drawing on twenty-five years of teaching and training physicians and physicians-to-be, the authors integrate the physiology, pathophysiology, and mechanisms behind the various physical signs with a thorough and easy-to-use practical approach that makes a physician feel more comfortable and competent performing the cardiac physical examination. The authors pay particular attention to the interpretation of the jugular venous pulsations and contour and make the physiology and pathophysiology of the normal and abnormal arterial pulse interesting and relevant. They also clarify the apical impulse and its importance. Local and systemic manifestations relevant to cardiac diagnosis are also emphasized and illustrated.  Comprehensive and instructive, The Art and Science of Cardiac Physical Examination provides the student of cardiology with the proper techniques and understanding of the art and science of the cardiac physical examination to develop the skills required of any astute clinician.

Heart --- Auscultation of the heart --- Heart sounds --- Heart tones --- Examination. --- Diseases --- Diagnosis. --- Sounds. --- Medicine. --- Cardiology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Sounds --- Diagnosis

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Les maladies neurologiques telles que les accidents vasculaires cérébraux, les traumatismes crâniens, la maladie d'Alzheimer posent un problème de santé publique. Elles touchent tous les âges, de l'enfant aux personnes âgées. Elles retentissent sur les possibilités d'autonomie dans la vie quotidienne, sur les possibilités d'insertion sociale ou professionnelle. Dans ces pathologies, les troubles neuropsychologiques : troubles du langage, de la mémoire, de l'attention, etc., sont à l'origine de difficultés cruciales. Les tests cognitifs réalisés par les psychologues sont indispensables à leur d

Neuropsychological tests. --- Clinical neuropsychology. --- Neuropsychology. --- Neurophysiology --- Psychophysiology --- Behavioral neurology --- Neurology, Behavioral --- Clinical psychology --- Neuropsychology --- Neuropsychological assessment --- Neuropsychological evaluation --- Tests, Neuropsychological --- Clinical neuropsychology --- Neurologic examination --- Psychological tests

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Virtual colonoscopy, or CT colonography, is a novel and rapidly evolving technique for the detection of tumoral lesions in the colon. It promises to be of great value as a screening tool for both colorectal cancer and its adenomatous precursor. Virtual colonoscopy requires rigorous preparation, colonic distension, and optimization of scanning parameters. Dedicated reading, analysis, and reporting of the data sets are mandatory. With contributions from several leaders in the field, this book addresses all the important issues relating to virtual colonoscopy. There is a particular focus on practical aspects: how to start virtual colonoscopy in your department, the regular preparation, the importance of fecal tagging, how to reduce the preparation, how to obtain optimal colonic distension, and the correct scanning parameters. Imaging characteristics and pitfalls are considered in detail, with an extensive pictorial review of difficult lesions, and the importance of computer-aided diagnosis is discussed. This book will be invaluable to every radiologist seeking information on how to perform the exciting technique of virtual colonoscopy.

Colon (Anatomy) --- Colonoscopy. --- Tomography. --- Coloscopy --- Enteroscopy --- Colonoscopy, Virtual --- Computed tomographic colonography --- Tomographic colonography --- Virtual colonoscopy --- Examination --- Radiology, Medical. --- Internal medicine. --- Oncology  . --- Surgery. --- Imaging / Radiology. --- Diagnostic Radiology. --- Internal Medicine. --- Oncology. --- Surgery, Primitive --- Medicine --- Tumors --- Medicine, Internal --- Clinical radiology --- Radiology, Medical --- Radiology (Medicine) --- Medical physics --- Radiology. --- Radiological physics --- Physics --- Radiation