Harrisons Neurology in Clinical Medicine

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Edition: 1st Edition March 23, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0071457453
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0071457453
• Book Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 4.1 pounds

Product Review
"I found the text to be quite readable, well organized, and well illustrated, with appropriate anatomical drawings and radiographic images. The flow diagrams are particularly helpful in illustrating the workup decision process in several of the chaptersthe text accomplishes its goal of providing a quick, up-to-date reference for neurological conditions encountered in daily clinical practice, as implied by its title." (Journal of Neurosurgery 20060801)

Type and Scope of Book: A comprehensive multiauthored textbook of neurological disorders, with an emphasis on evaluation and management.

Contents: This 43-chapter single-volume paperback represents the entire contents of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th Edition that is pertinent to neurology, including chapters from the Cardinal Manifestations and Presentations of Disease (approach to different symptoms and syndromes) and the Neurologic Disorders (specific diseases) sections. Compared with its parent text, the typeface is larger, the paper is glossier, many of the color illustrations have been further enhanced, and a few chapters have minor additions. This book provides a broad overview with sufficient detail of the diagnostic principles and management of neurological disorders.

Strengths: By visually separating the evaluation and treatment portions of each chapter in colored boxes and by incorporating outstanding illustrations, tables, and flow charts, this text is both an enjoyable leisurely read and a good quick reference.

Recommended Readership: Students, residents, primary care physicians, and other nonneurologists.

Overall Grading:****

SCOTT D.Z. EGGERS, MD Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn (Mayo Clinic Proceedings 20060609)

[REVIEWER'S EXPERT OPINION] Michael Benatar, MD, PhD(Emory University School of Medicine)

**Description** Harrison's 'Neurology in Clinical Medicine' is a stand-alone volume that provides more detailed coverage of the pathophysiology and clinical aspects of neurological disorders, than is included in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. The book incorporates both a symptom and disease-based approach to problems in clinical neurology.

**Purpose** The editors of this book recognize that internal medicine trainees increasingly receive very little exposure to patients with neurological disease and that this has bred a tendency to use sophisticated neurological tests in an unfocussed fashion. This is unfortunate given the high prevalence of neurological disease and that much of the care of these patients will be delivered by non-specialists. These observations underpin the editors' admirable goal of producing a book that provides expanded coverage of clinically important topics geared towards the requirements of the practicing internist, with particular emphasis on pathophysiology and therapy.

**Audience** The editors have assembled a group of authors who are all well-known experts in their fields. The result is a text that, for the most part, is extremely well written and lucidly presented. Internal medicine students and trainees as well as practicing internists will find this a useful resource when confronted with clinical neurological problems.

**Features** The structure of this book follows the common approach of introductory chapters focused on the approach to the patient with a neurological disorder and the use of diagnostic studies, followed by a series of symptom-based chapters and a series of disease-based chapters. The book includes chapters on psychiatric disease and substance abuse.

Within each chapter, text boxes present the approach to the patient with a particular clinical problem and treatment of a particular disorder, enabling the reader to quickly and easily find this information.

Many chapters include flow diagrams to assist in guiding patient evaluation. I am less enthusiastic about this sort of algorithmic approach, but appreciate that others may find it helpful.

**Assessment** There are other general neurology texts including Adams and Victor's principles of Neurology (eds. Allan Ropper and Robert Brown, McGraw-Hill, 2005), Merritt's Neurology (ed. Lewis Roland, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005) and Neurology in Clinical Practice (ed. Walter Bradly, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004), but Harrison's is the only one that I am aware of that is written specifically with the internist rather than the neurologist in mind. As a neurologist, I shall probably used this book mostly as a recommended reference for students and residents who are learning about neurology within the context of internal medicine.

Weighted Numerical Score: 88 - 3 Stars (Doody's )

Product Description


Everything you would expect from Harrison's-and more!

Featuring the contents of the Neurology section of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th Edition -enhanced with important updates, new and annotated references, new illustrations, and self-assessment/exam review Questions and Answers-this next-generation resource is perfect for the backpack, the wards, and in all clinical situations. Also great for students!

Offering ease of use… the expertise of renowned editors and contributors… an expanded collection of great illustrations and clinical photographs… Harrison's famed coverage of disease mechanisms… invaluable guidelines for ensuring diagnostic accuracy… and state-of-the-art treatment strategies-Harrison's Neurology is a true essential.

State-of-the-art coverage of diseases and disorders of the nervous system

More than 100 full-color drawings and clinical and laboratory images

Expert and easy-to-use algorithms for making accurate clinical decisions at the point of care

Complete coverage of neurological disease and perhpheral neuropathy

Authoritative clinical information on seizures and epilepsy

Practical coverage of such conditions as Guillain-Barre syndrome, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, ataxic disorders, concussion, and more

Multiple-choice Q&As for self-assessment and exam preparation and review