Between Common and Critical: A GP's Guide to Neurology, 1/E

🧠 Between Common and Critical: A GP's Guide to Neurology, 1/E

✍️ Authors: Satish V Khadilkar, Jimmy A Lalkaka, Jharna Mahajan, Ashok Sirsat
🏢 Publisher: JPB
📅 Edition: 1st Edition (2027)
🔖 ISBN-13: 9788169781541
📚 Binding: Paperback
📄 Pages: 188
🌐 Language: English
🎨 Print: Four Colour
📐 Dimensions: 8.25 × 10.5 inches
⚖️ Weight: 500 grams
📹 Online Resources: 18 complimentary online video demonstrations (~7 minutes total)

🏥 About This Book

A patient walks in with a headache. Is it tension — or something that must not wait? Between Common and Critical is the clinical reference that answers exactly that question, every time, for every neurological symptom you see in general practice.

Structured around 65 symptom-based topics across 12 clinical sections — the way patients actually present — this book puts red-flag recognition first, so serious diagnoses are never buried beneath a list of common causes. Each topic follows a consistent dual-page design: practical clinical data on the left, graphical investigation summaries on the right. No flipping between chapters. No guesswork. Just clear, confident decision-making at the point of care.

⭐ Key Features

• 📋 65 symptom-based topics across 12 clinical sections — organized how patients present, not how diseases are classified
• 📄 Dual-page design on every topic: clinical data left ∥ graphical investigations right — everything you need, side by side
• 🚨 Red-flag-first structure — serious diseases separated from common ones for every presenting symptom
• 🔍 Smart-investigations guidance per topic — what to order, when, and why — no under- or over-investigation
• 🛣️ Stepwise management plans — from immediate symptom relief through to definitive, specialist-level care
• 📹 18 complimentary online video demonstrations (~7 minutes total) reinforcing clinical and procedural points
• 🎨 Four-colour throughout — rich visuals supporting fast, accurate clinical reasoning

📚 Clinical Sections Covered

Head · Eyes & Face · Speech & Language · Hearing & Swallowing · Neck · Limbs · Trunk & Spine · Sphincter & Sexual Dysfunction · Movement Disorders · Balance · Acute Headaches & Giddiness · Limb Weakness & Tremors

👨⚕️ Who This Book Is For

• 🏥 General Practitioners (GPs) — fast, reliable first point of reference for neurological complaints in daily practice
• 🔬 Primary Care Physicians — structured triage guidance between routine and emergency-level concern
• 🎓 Medical Interns & Junior Doctors — a practical framework for approaching unfamiliar neurological presentations with confidence
• ⚡ Emergency Physicians & Physicians in Training — quick red-flag recognition and stepwise management under time pressure

💡 Why This Book Works

• ✅ Separates common from critical — must-not-miss diagnoses are surfaced first, reducing risk of a serious condition being overlooked
• ✅ Built for the point of care — dual-page layout puts clinical data and investigation guidance side by side, no chapter-flipping needed
• ✅ Removes investigation guesswork — exactly what to order, when, and why — avoiding both under-investigation and unnecessary testing
• ✅ Gives a complete care pathway — stepwise management from immediate symptom relief through to definitive specialist-level therapy
• ✅ Reinforces learning visually — 18 short online videos extend printed content into real clinical demonstrations