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Springer Neurology An Evidence-Based Approach 1st Editon 2011 Softbound by Jorge G Burneo, Bart M. Demaerschalk, Mary E. Jenkins
Evidence-based Clinical Practice (EBCP) is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best external evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. In neurology, practice has shifted from a rich, descriptive discipline to one of increasingly diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Providing a comprehensive review of the current best evidence, Neurology: An Evidence-Based Approach presents this type of evidence in a concise, user-friendly and easily accessible manner. The three co-editors of this important volume are linked in their passion for evidence-based clinical practice in the clinical neurological sciences, connected to a common historical origin at the University of Western Ontario (UWO), London, Ontario Canada and influenced directly by Evidence-Based Medicine teachings of McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Cananda. The book is organized in three sections: Basics of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, with an introduction to the topic, a chapter on the evolution of the hierarchy of evidence, and another chapter on guidelines for rating the quality of evidence and grading the strength of recommendation. The second section, Neurological Diseases, provides an illuminating overview of evidence-based care in ten of the most common areas in neurologic practice. The final, third section provides an outstanding roadmap for teaching evidence-based neurology with a chapter on the Evidence-Based Curriculum. A superb contribution to the literature, Neurology: An Evidence-Based Approach offers a well designed, well written, practical reference for all providers and researchers interested in the evidence-based practice of neurology. Table of ContentsForeword Vladimir HachinskiPreface Jorge G. Burneo, Bart M. Demaerschalk, Mary E. JenkinsPart One Basics of Evidence-Based Clinical PracticeChapter 1 Evidence-Based Clinical Practice and the Neurosciences Jorge G. Burneo, Bart M. Demaerschalk, Mary E. JenkinsChapter 2 The Hierarchy of Evidence: From Unsystematic Clinical Observations to Systematic Reviews Mohamed B. Elamin and Victor M. MontoriChapter 3 Guidelines: Rating the Quality of Evidence and Grading the Strength of Recommendations Yngve Falck-Ytter and Gordon H. Guyatt Part Two Neurological DiseasesChapter 4 Stroke Maria I. Aguilar and Bart M. DemaerschalkChapter 5 Headache Esma Dilli and David W. DodickChapter 6 Epilepsy Jorge G. Burneo and Robert C. KnowltonChapter 7 Movement Disorders Mary E. Jenkins, Janis M. Miyasaki, Oksana Suchowersky Chapter 8 Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology Elizabeth Finger and Kirk R. DaffnerChapter 9 Neuromuscular Disorders Brian A. Crum, Devon I. Rubin, Elliot L. Dimberg, Brent P. GoodmanChapter 10 Neuropathic Pain Brent P. GoodmanChapter 11 Acute Therapies and Disease-Modifying Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis Khurram Bashir and Dean M. WingerchukChapter 12 Infections of the Nervous System Nicholas L. King and Jorge G. BurneoChapter 13 Neurocritical Care Rajat Dhar and Michael N. Diringer Part Three The Evidence-Based Neurology CurriculumChapter 14 The Evidence-Based Neurology Curriculum Lawrence Korngut and Miguel Bussière.