Practical Approach to the Neurological Patient: a Clinician's Guide

To the non-neurologist, neurology can be one of the most intimidating fields of medicine, yet it includes many common problems faced in everyday primary care practice. Written specifically for the general clinician, Practical Approach to the Neurological Patient: A Clinician's Guide provides clear, up-to-date, and easy-to-understand guidance on commonly encountered issues, helping you take an informed approach to patients with neurological concerns. Dr. William J. Mullally and a team of expert contributing authors address headache, dizziness, stroke, pain, head trauma, and much more, making this volume an indispensable resource for primary care practitioners, internists, family practitioners, medical specialists, medical residents, nurse practitioners, physician associates, and students. Offers concise, comprehensive content designed to help guide the primary care provider or non-neurologist on how to manage patients with common neurological conditions Covers timely topics such as women's neurology, neurogenetics, pain neurology, sleep disorders, dementia, and headache (including facial pain) Includes Key Points in every chapter, MRI images that show brain lesions, figures and tables throughout, and clinical algorithms to support everyday decision making Features multidisciplinary input from physician authors who are contributors to the American Journal of Medicine, as well as a nurse practitioner and physician associates An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

About the Author :
Dr. Mullally is Associate Chief of Clinical Neurology at the Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital. He completed his internal medicine residency at Rutgers Affiliated Hospitals and his neurology residency at the University of Miami and the Harvard Longwood Neurology Training Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Mullally was a chief medical resident at Rutgers and chief resident in neurology at Harvard. After completing his neurology residency in 1982, Dr. Mullally opened a comprehensive headache clinic in New Jersey. In 1989, he began working at Harvard Community Health Plan (now Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates) and started the headache program, which he directed until he moved to work full time at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in May 2013. Dr. Mullally is also former Director of Sports Neurology at the MGH/BWH Foxborough facility and sees general neurology patients at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital. He has been a member of the American Headache Society since 1982 and is board certified in internal medicine, neurology and headache medicine.

Review :
4 Stars! "...does an outstanding job of distilling down a large volume of complex topics into readable and practical information.... The information found in this book is meant to be useful for all healthcare professionals regardless of their specialty, ... [and] includes practicing primary care physicians, residents, medical students, and advanced practice providers.... High-yield summary tables and images throughout the book complement the text of each chapter well, which is one of the best features of this book.... This book is extremely high quality, and is an excellent resource for medical students, residents, and practicing physicians. It provides an outstanding knowledge base for learners yet also goes into details that are helpful for practitioners who have mastered the basics of neurology. It is very convenient to be able to open to a particular chapter for a quick reference while seeing patients. I will utilize this book in my own practice and will encourage residents to use it for guidance on all things neurology." Review by Jared Regehr, MD (University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita), (c)Doody's Review Service 2025. Doody's Score: 95, 4 Stars!