Description
Visual observation of patients is crucial in the diagnosis of movement disorders. Such observation can be subject to many pitfalls. The powerful lessons in this case-based book will help the reader appreciate diagnoses missed or wrongly attributed, movements difficult to characterize, tests inappropriately ordered or interpreted, and treatments incorrectly chosen or dosed. The wisdom of hindsight thus generated becomes an invaluable and enduring lesson. Organized in nine chapters according to the categories of errors and oversights, each case conveys a specific set of clinical pearls on diagnostic or therapeutic issues. The text is written in a coaching style, buttressed by the strong pedagogic wisdom of the authors. The 'hard questions' after each case are meant to steer the discussion straight into the pitfalls - and how they could have been avoided. Video segments (to be found at www.cambridge.org/common-movement-disorders-pitfalls/resources) are important complementary data, critical to a field so intimately dependent on phenomenological clues.
The many powerful lessons in this case-based book convey clinical pearls on diagnostic or therapeutic issues in movement disorders.
About the Author
Alberto Espay is Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director of Clinical Research at the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, USA. Anthony Lang is the Jack Clark Chair in Parkinson's Disease Research and Director of the Division of Neurology, University of Toronto and also Director, Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease and the Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Reviews
"...A valuable tool for anyone studying for boards, thinking about a fellowship in movement disorders, or needing a review of the subtleties of both common and rare movement disorders. " Doody's Review Services
Awards
Commended for Neurology Category, British Medical Association Book Awards 2013.
Book Information
ISBN 9780521147965
Author Alberto J. Espay
Format Paperback
Page Count 138
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 340g
Dimensions(mm) 247mm * 189mm * 7mm
The many powerful lessons in this case-based book convey clinical pearls on diagnostic or therapeutic issues in movement disorders.
About the Author
Alberto Espay is Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director of Clinical Research at the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, USA. Anthony Lang is the Jack Clark Chair in Parkinson's Disease Research and Director of the Division of Neurology, University of Toronto and also Director, Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease and the Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Reviews
"...A valuable tool for anyone studying for boards, thinking about a fellowship in movement disorders, or needing a review of the subtleties of both common and rare movement disorders. " Doody's Review Services
Awards
Commended for Neurology Category, British Medical Association Book Awards 2013.
Book Information
ISBN 9780521147965
Author Alberto J. Espay
Format Paperback
Page Count 138
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 340g
Dimensions(mm) 247mm * 189mm * 7mm
