The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Neurology
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $45.00
Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Description
Now in its revised, updated Second Edition, this pocket-sized handbook is a practical quick-reference guide to the diagnosis and management of neurologic diseases. It presents specific management recommendations in a succinct outline format and includes protocols, step-by-step tests and procedures, and treatment algorithms.
This handbook is unique in its inclusion of material from related disciplines such as general medicine, cardiology, psychiatry, neurosurgery, neuroanatomy, and radiology. The authors offer guidance in using contemporary neuroimaging techniques in diagnosis.
Reviews
Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2010-08-27
Summary: "Med student review"
I just finished my neurology clerkship and I carried this every day and never used it. It's just not something you really need as an ms3. Maybe it would be good for a resident or intern but idk. The only thing I thought was good about it is that my attending seemed impressed that i had it so I guess it was good in that regard. It seemed like it would have been good if I was actually trying to make treatment decisions but I wasn't so I didn't use it.
Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-06-07
Summary: "Not nearly as good as the Mass General Medicine Handbook"
I got this book hoping for the same quality as the Mass General Medicine Handbook (the red one, Sabatine) but have been very disappointed. The Neuro handbook is not nearly as helpful as the Medicine handbook. It is disorganized, so it is very difficult to find the information you are looking for. It is incomplete; entire classes of disease are missing and even in the ones that are included there is often important information missing. Usually the information that is in the book is not the type of information that you would need to reference in the middle of the night as a house officer on call. Unlike the Medicine handbook which is thoroughly referenced with landmark studies, this handbook has very few if any useful references. It's still in my coat pocket, but I have more or less given up trying to get any help out of it because it rarely has what I need. In summary, I haven't found anything better yet, but I guess I'll keep looking.
Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-05-02
Summary: "Disappointing guide"
Not very well presented. Not easy to read and find what you want...
Just disappointing...
Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2009-12-02
Summary: "Incomplete"
No mention of ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka CFS/CFIDS). ME is a common (1M+ in US) and extremely debilitating NeuroEndocrine Immune Disease.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-01-26
Summary: "Helpful"
If you're to own a pocket handbook, this one and the peripheral nerve book are the ones to have handy. It's high yield information when you just need to look up a quick thing when you're seeing a patient.