Neuromuscular disorders
Subtitle: management and therapy
By: [edited by] Tulio E. Bertorini.
Contributors: Bertorini, Tulio E.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Elsevier Saunders
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9781437703726
Subjects: Neuromuscular diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases -- therapy
Description: Neuromuscular Disorders presents a multi-disciplinary approach to the management and therapeutic treatment of the full range of neuromuscular disorders and resulting complications. Dr. Tulio Bertorini and a contributing team of the world₂s leading authorities in the field provide the latest tools and strategies for minimizing disability and maximizing quality of life⁵in print and online at expertconsult.com. Access the fully searchable text online at expertconsult.com, along with a downloadable image library and links to PubMed. Effectively treat your patients using the latest management tools and targeted therapeutic strategies. Manage all neuromuscular disorders as well as resulting complications through comprehensive coverage of diagnosis and evaluations, treatments, and outcomes. Apply the multi-disciplinary approach of an expert in clinical neuromuscular care and a team of world-renown contributors. Easily refer to tools for diagnosis, treatment algorithms, and drug tables included throughout the text.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Management and treatment of respiratory complications in neuromuscular disorders / Daniel M. Goodenberger; title: Management and treatment of cardiac complications in neuromuscular disorders / Christopher F. Spurney; title: Management and treatment of gastrointestinal complications in neuromuscular disorders / Mohammad K  Ismail; title: Management and treatment of autonomic symptoms in neuromuscular disorders / Christopher H. Gibbons, Nicholas J. Silvestri; title: Management and treatment of painful neuropathies / Daniel L. Menkes; title: Immunotherapy in neuromuscular disorders / Glady Jacob; title: Rehabilitation in neuromucsular disorders / Lisa S. Krivickas, Dorothy Weiss; title: Orthopedic surgery in neuromuscular disorders / William C. Warner Jr; title: Perioperative care in neuromuscular disorders / David Li; title: Management and treatment of adult motor neuron diseases / Catherine Lomen Hoerth; title: Management and treatment of spinal muscular atrophy/congenital myopathies / Susan T. Iannaccone, Christian Ionita; title: Management and treatment of hereditary neuropathies / Vinay Chaudhry, Tom Lloyd; title: Management and treatment of autoimmune neuropathies / Zachary Simmons; title: Management and treatment of infectious and toxic granulamatous neuropathies/myopathies / Carlos A. Luciano; title: Management and treatment of segmental neuromuscular disorders / William W. Campbell Jr; title: Management and treatment of disorders of neuromuscular over-activity / Pushpa Narayanaswami; title: Management and treatment of disorders of neuromuscular junction / Shin J. Oh; title: Management and treatment of muscular dystrophies / Diana M. Escolar; title: Management and treatment of acquired metabolic endocrine and nutritional neuropathies/myopathies / Bassam A. Bassam; title: Management and treatment of autoimmune myopathies / Marinos C. Dalakas; title: Management and treatment of hereditary metabolic myopathies / Marcus Deschauer, Matthias Vorgerd; title: Immunotherapy in neuromuscular disorders : perioperative care in neuromuscular disorders / Christopher Mitchell.