A reference guide for neurologic symptoms and disease, which, provides access to clinically-oriented information on several disorders of the nervous system. This book covers each disease in a consistent, easy-to-follow format: basics (including signs and symptoms), diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and other considerations.

"The 5-Minute Neurology Consult" is a quick, reliable reference guide for neurologic symptoms and disease. Using the famous two-page layout and outline format of "The 5-Minute Consult" series, the book provides instant access to clinically-oriented, must-have information on all disorders of the nervous system. Each disease is covered in a consistent, easy-to-follow format: basics (including signs and symptoms), diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and miscellaneous considerations (including diseases with similar characteristics, pregnancy, synonyms, and ICD coding). "The 5-Minute Neurology Consult" is also available electronically for handheld computers.

1 Neurologic Symptoms and Signs 3 Ataxia 4 Back pain 5 Coma
6 Delirium/Encephalopathy 7 Dementia 8 Dizziness/Vertigo 9 Eye movements/Diplopia 10 Falls and drop attacks 11 Gait disorders 12 Headache 13 Involuntary Movements 14 Muscle Cramps
and Pain 15 Neck pain 16 Syncope/Episodic loss of consciousness 17 Pupillary abnormalities 18 Tremor 19 Vision Complaints 20 Weakness 21 Neurologic Diagnostic Tests 22 Neurologic Examination 23 Autonomic testing 24 Angiography 25 Biopsy, brain 26 Biopsy, muscle 27 Biopsy, nerve 28 Computed Tomography 29 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 30 Myelography 31 Nerve Conduction Studies/Electromyelography 32 Serology 33 Ultrasound
34 Specific Diseases 35 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
general neurologic complications 36 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome dementia complex 37 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, neuropathy 38 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, vacuolar myelopathy 39 Alcohol, neurologic complications 40 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 41 Amnesia, Transient Global 43 Arachnoiditis 44 Arnold-Chiari malformation 45 Arsenic poisoning 46 Attention deficit disorder 47 Autism 48 Autonomic disorders 49 Back pain, lumbar disc disease 50 Back pain, lumbar stenosis 51 Balance disorders 52 Bell's palsy/ Facial palsy 53 Botulism 54 Brain abscess 55 Brain death 56 Brain tumor, acoustic neuroma 57 Brain tumor, ependymoma 58 Brain tumor, low-grade glioma 59 Brain tumor, high-grade astrocytoma 60 Brain tumor, medulloblastoma 61 Brain tumor, metastatic 62
Brain tumor, meningioma 63 Brain tumor, oligodendroglioma 64 Brain tumor, pituitary 65 Brain tumor, primary central nervous system lymphoma 66 Brown-Sequard syndrome 68 Carpal tunnel syndrome 69 Cavernous sinus thrombosis 70 Cauda equina syndrome 71 Causalgia 72 Central pontine myelinolysis 73 Cerebral edema 74 Cerebral palsy 75 Cerebrovascular disease, aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage 76 Cerebrovascular disease, arteriovenous malformations 77 Cerebrovascular disease, cardiogenic embolism 78 Cerebrovascular disease, intracerebral hemorrhage 79 Cerebrovascular disease, ischemic infarcts 80 Cerebrovascular disease, transient ischemic attacks 81 Cerebrovascular disease, venous thrombosis 82 Cerebrovascular disease, young patient evaluation 83 Cervical pain 84 Cervical spondylosis 85 Cervical trauma 86 Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome 87 Chorea 88 Chronic fatigue syndrome 89 Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy 90 Conversion Disorder 91 Cramps 92 Cranial neuropathies 93 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 94 Deafness 95 Decompression sickness, neurologic complications 96 Dementia, general 97 Dementia, Alzheimer's 98 Dermatomyositis 99 Developmental delay 100 Diplopia 101 Diptheria 102 Disc, herniation syndromes 103 Distal myopathy 104 Dizziness and vertigo 105 Down syndrome 106 Drug abuse, neurologic complications 107 Dysarthria 108 Dysmyelinating Disorders 109 Dysphagia 110 Dystonia 111 Dystonic reaction 112 Electrical and Lightening Injury 113 Encephalitis 114 Ence