Evidence-based Neurology: Management of Neurological Disorders

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.

Part 1 Introduction

1 Evidence-based medicine: its contributions in the way we search, appraise and apply scientific information to patient care
2 What to do when there is no evidence
3 Outcome and adverse effect measures in neurology
4 Systematic reviews of diagnostic research

Part 2 Neurological symptoms/problems

5 Acute migraine attacks
6 Back and neck pain
7 Neuropathic pain
8 Vertigo and dizziness: treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular neuritis and Menière's disease
9 Sleep disorders
10 Cognitive rehabilitation of non-progressive neuropsychological disorders
11 Management and pharmaceutical treatment of central and spinal spasticity
12 Background to neurorehabilitation

Part 3 Neurological diseases

13 Acute stroke management and prevention of recurrences
14 Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
15 Acute traumatic brain injury
16 Corticosteroids in central nervous system infections
17 Brain tumours
18 Epilepsy
19 Dementia treatment: let the evidence lead us
20 Parkinson's disease
21 Multiple sclerosis: critical review of the evidence for each question
22 Motor neurone disorders
23 Peripheral nerve disorders
24 Muscle disorders

Index