The Four-Minute Neurologic Exam [Paperback]

Stephen Goldberg (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0940780054 | ISBN-13: 978-0940780057 | Publication Date: March 1, 2004

A rapid approach to neurologic assessment when time is limited.

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About the Author

The Made Ridiculously Simple Series was founded by Stephen Goldberg. A graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he subsequently trained in Neurology, becoming Board Certified in Ophthalmology and Family Medicine.

As a faculty member at the University of Miami School of Medicine, both in the Family Medicine and Cell Biology/Anatomy Departments, he has been involved in the education of medical students and residents for the past 25 years. Dr. Goldberg has received the George Paff Award for Teaching Excellence at the University of Miami School of Medicine eleven times since its inception in 1985.

He has authored a number of titles in the MedMaster series and has worked with other authors in an editorial capacity. His first book, Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple has sold over 300,000 English edition copies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 58 pages
• Publisher: Medmaster (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940780054
• ISBN-13: 978-0940780057
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,144 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a Bad Book, but doesn't have a niche, February 28, 2006

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CJ (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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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 would make a nice pocket book, except it isn't pocket sized. In conclusion, not a bad book to read through once, but I am not sure if it is worth buying.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gem!, March 23, 2008

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SJK "nurse practitioner" (Ohio) - See all my reviews

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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 appearances and had no particular neuro complaints. The physician can be trapped into this [superficial] approach, when there is inadequate time [for] the 20 minute exam suggested for patients with no neurological complaints".

This book is for the nonneurologist. It focuses on how to cover everything WHEN TIME IS LIMITED. Chapter 1 covers principles of neurological localization. It discusses clinically relevant anatomic points in neuroanatomy that are important in localizing a lesion. It also discusses how to determine if symptoms are malingering or psychogenic or real based on whether the physical exam fits the symptoms... ie. whether it makes neuroanatomical sense. What is suggested in this book is not a substitute for a more formal neuro exam found in other textbooks. It is intended to be the answer to the "Neuro WNL" problem.

It is so simple in it's approach which I have not seen elsewhere. It also has simple diagrams. The chapters include: Principles of neurological localization, the history, the neuro examination, lab tests. The last page of the book is a one page summary that is pocket sized from the days when we carried it all in our pocket instead of a PDA ;)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy read, September 14, 2008

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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.