Evidence-based, peer reviewed, best practice management guidelines for neurologists Diagnosis is only part of the puzzle. Effective treatment is what your patients really want. The European Federation of Neurological Societies has been publishing management guidelines in the European Journal of Neurology for many years. Developed by a consensus approach, using graded evidence, and then fully peer reviewed, these guidelines provide gold-standard, best-practice guidance to the treatment of neurological disorders. They help bridge the gap between what is done and what should be done for patients with neurological disorders.The basic guidelines have been expanded with 'Recommendations' based on strong evidence and 'Good Practice Points' where only weaker evidence is available. The Guidelines in this volume include, amongst others: Neurostimulation therapy for neuropathic painMolecular diagnosis for a range of neurological conditionsIntravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of neurological diseasesSleep disorders in neurodegenerative disorders and strokeManagement of low-grade gliomasTreatment of miscellaneous idiopathic headache disordersThe European Handbook of Neurological Management provides a thoroughly rounded and grounded approach to best-practice neurological management using evidence-based principles.Titles of related interestCerebrovascular Ultrasound in Stroke Prevention, 2eAlexandrov (ed); ISBN 9781405195768Parkinsons's Disease: Non-Motor and Non-Dopaminergic FeaturesOlanow, Stocchi and Lang (eds); ISBN 9781405191852Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders: Differential Diagnosis and TreatmentAlbanese and Jankovic (eds); ISBN 9781444333527
Nils Erik Gilhus, MD, University of Bergen, Norway Michael Brainin, MD, Danube University Krems, Austria Michael Barnes, MBBS, FRCP, University of Newcastle, UK
Introduction, 1 1 Guidance for the preparation of neurological management guidelines by EFNS Scientific Task Forces: revised recommendations 2004, 52 Neurostimulation therapy for neuropathic pain, 113 Trigeminal neuralgia management, 314 Molecular diagnosis of neurogenetic disorders: general issues, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease and dystonias, 515 Molecular diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders, 616 Molecular diagnosis of ataxias and spastic paraplegias, 737 Molecular diagnosis of channelopathies, epilepsies, migraine, stroke and dementias, 878 Molecular diagnosis of neurogenetic disorders: motoneuron, peripheral nerve and muscle disorders, 979 Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of neurological diseases, 11110 Sleep disorders in neurodegenerative disorders and stroke, 12911 Management of community-acquired bacterial meningitis, 14512 Diagnosis and management of European lyme neuroborreliosis, 15913 Disease-specifi c cerebrospinal fluid investigations, 17514 Neuroimaging in the management of motor neuron diseases, 19915 Management of low-grade gliomas, 21316 Treatment of tension-type headache, 22517 Diagnosis, therapy and prevention of Wernicke's encephalopathy, 23918 Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage, 25319 Diagnostic approach to pauci- or asymptomatic hyperCKemia, 27920 Diagnosis and management of neuromyelitis optica, 28721 Screening for tumours in paraneoplastic syndromes, 30922 Treatment of miscellaneous idiopathic headache disorders, 32123 Treatment of medication overuse headache, 337Index, 345