Month: July 2015

A Volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series Editors: Jordan Graeman, PhD; and Andres M. Salazar, MD Series Editors: Michael J. Aminoff, MD, Francois Boller, MD; and Dick F. Swaab, MD Publisher: Elsevier – 451 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in moderate and severe forms is a major challenge in public health in the United States, affecting the young and elderly segments of the population disproportionately, write the editors in their Preface. It can oftentimes affect the thinking and behavior of those who are injured in subtle and sometimes unrecognized ways over...

A Volume in the Contemporary Neurology Series Authors: Roger M. Kurlan, MD: Paul E. Greene, MD; and Kevin M. Biglan, MD Publisher: Oxford University Press – 197 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This book presents current information on a range of conditions that primarily involve involuntary movements. The authors, three internationally-recognized experts, discuss clinically-focused options in the study and treatment of these neurological and psychiatric disorders. They provide knowledge that can assist you, the student or clinician, understand, diagnose and treat patients who have these hyperkinetic movement abnormalities. Their approach is comprehensive yet practical in that the objective...

Editors: Monika I. Hasenbring, Adina C. Rusu, and Dennic C. Turk Publisher: Oxford University Press – 590 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The word acute means sharp, or having severe characteristics or symptoms, often requiring immediate care and sometimes emergency treatment, such as for conditions like acute coronary syndrome or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).     For the word chronic one can think of several synonyms, including: persistent, recurring, and unchanging. We can also think of several phrases and clauses to describe chronic, such as slow progression, hardly showing a difference over time, and stubbornly static. Acute pain...

Author: Juergen Freyschmidt, MD Publisher: Thieme – 371 pages, with 1,438 illustrations Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This could be called a ‘look-and-learn’ book, with more than 1,400 images to look at, and learn by closely reading and understanding the text on the pages, as well as accompanying captions. The total number of images is fairly large for a book of this length. If you divide that number by the pages, it works out to almost four images per page. Nearly all of the images are machine scans of one type or another, including: computed tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance...