A rapid approach to neurologic assessment when time is limited. .
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Easy read:
Bought this book as an intern in internal medicine and wished I had bought it as a medical student! This is the book I recommend to friends not in the neurology specialty who need a refresher on their clinical neurological examination.
The four minute neurologic exam:
Absolutely outstanding little book. Very easy to understand, the author did an amazing job. Most neurology books are loaded with technical wording and there usually boring. This book invites you to read and learn. Congratulations.
A Gem!:
This book is a GEM! It is most useful for a medical student, intern, physician assistant, nurse practitioner or neuro nurse. What it does best is take away the intimidation associated with doing a Neuro exam and not missing something important on a "normal" patient when time is short. The opening statement of the preface says it best... "NEURO WNL" (the neuro exam is within normal limits" is commonly the last notation on a physical exam report".... [This means] the patient looked OK to all superficial... more info
Not a Bad Book, but doesn't have a niche:
This slim volume, an expansion from an American Family Physician journal article, attempts to come up with essentially a "bare bones" exam - a process that could be completed within a time-pressed patient visit (and what patient visit is NOT time pressed). I believe that it accomplishes what it sets out to do, but it really doesn't add anything new to your existing exam. I learned a few things from this book, but almost everything is either in your physical examination book or neurology book. It perhaps... more info
