Do you find the evaluation of a patient presenting clinical symptoms of distal extremity numbness and weakness daunting and complex? Are you unsure of the diagnostic processes and best-practices in the treatment of peripheral neuropathy? This invaluable guide presents a practical approach to the diagnosis and successful management of patients with peripheral neuropathies. Starting with a structured series of patient queries for symptoms and examination signs, the diagnostic process emphasizes the role of electrodiagnostic tests in defining the neuropathy. Specific neuropathies are presented with their epidemiology, causative pathology, diagnostic and laboratory factors, alongside advised treatments and overall management strategies. This leading resource will assist non-neuromuscular neurologists, physiatrists, neurology and physiatry residents, and will also be useful to electromyographers, proving an ideal aid for busy clinic schedules.

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Contents

۱. Peripheral nerve anatomy
۲. Peripheral nerve pathology
۳. Clinical approach
۴. Electrodiagnostic evaluation
۵. Diagnostic testing
۶. Radiculopathies
۷. Plexopathies
۸. Median nerve neuropathies
۹. Ulnar nerve neuropathies
۱۰. Radial nerve neuropathies
۱۱. Fibular/peroneal nerve neuropathies
۱۲. Sciatic nerve neuropathies
۱۳. Femoral nerve neuropathies
۱۴. Tibial nerve neuropathies
۱۵. Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve neuropathies
۱۶. Sural nerve neuropathies
۱۷. Saphenous nerve neuropathies
۱۸. Guillain-Barré syndrome: general features
۱۹. Acute immune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
۲۰. Acute motor sensory axonal neuropathy
۲۱. Acute motor axonal neuropathy
۲۲. Fisher syndrome and Bickerstaff encephalitis
۲۳. Vasculitic neuropathy
۲۴. Chronic immune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
۲۵. Chronic immune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy variants and syndromes
۲۶. Chronic immune-mediated motor and sensory neuropathy with conduction block
۲۷. Length-dependent neuropathies: general features
۲۸. Diabetic neuropathies
۲۹. Acquired amyloid neuropathies
۳۰. Neuropathy associated with bariatric surgery
۳۱. Neuropathy associated with critical illness
۳۲. Neuropathy associated with environmental toxins
۳۳. Neuropathy associated with drugs
۳۴. Neuropathy associated with human immunodeficiency virus
۳۵. Leprous neuropathy
۳۶. Neuropathy associated with nutritional deficiencies
۳۷. Paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy
۳۸. Small fiber neuropathy
۳۹. Uremic neuropathy
۴۰. Neuropathy associated with gluten sensitivity
۴۱. Neuropathy associated with Lyme neuroborreliosis
۴۲. Hereditary neuropathies (Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathies)
۴۳. Neuropathy associated with porphyria
۴۴. Hereditary amyloid neuropathy
۴۵. Neuropathy associated Fabry disease
۴۶: Neuropathies associated with rare conditions and uncertain associations
۴۷. General management
۴۸. Pharmacologic management