Electronic books of interest outside of Access Medicine.
Aids to the Examination of the Peripheral Nervous System by 
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Board Review
How to examine the nervous system by 
Pelvic organ dysfunction in neurological disease : clinical management and rehabilitation by 
Musculoskeletal imaging by 
Science of Pain by 
Behavioral Medicine by Not finding what you need? Having trouble using one of our resources? Please let us know.
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| For many of this week's questions, your usual background resources will get you to the answers you seek, so the following is mostly a reminder of some of those resources and a couple of novel ones that might be worth checking out. |
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Resources for this case include: Textbook Suggestions (look left) Videos: Sensory Exam from JOVE PubMed Search Tips -- Finding more like the one I have ... General Search Tip -- Chasing Footnotes Featured Resource - PubMed Health & AHFS National & Local Organizations MedlinePlus -- Patient Information
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By now, these are probably some of your favorite tools. Both Medscape & Up to Date will have some good information for you about cervical radiculopathy and DDX. This week, Medscape will have some great images for you as well (some were even used in the tutors' guide).
Video Resources
Multimedia content is a growing collection within our resources - from the Journal of Visual Experimentation (JOVE) to the textbooks in Access Medicine. For this case you might find the sensory exam videos helpful.
One way to find potentially good resources - for your write ups or for your research project - is to find a good article or book and see what they have referenced. I realize that not everything in the article or book is of value, so focus in on those references from the sections that most closely relate to the topic you are interested in. The items that have been cited in the article or book can be very enlightening for your search process. What can you learn with this process? How about:
This would work for any type of resource you have that has references, from an article to a book to Up to Date, or even your course syllabus.
Finding More Like the One I Have
Brush up for the discussion on dealing with errors (or perceived errors) and the ethics surrounding that issue. The literature may be tough to target in PubMed, but there are some very good articles. What are the steps for finding them?
In this case, two MeSH terms might stand out
These terms bring up a short list of articles. (FWIW: the [MAJR] tells PubMed to make sure that term is one of the main points of the article - it helps narrow the results). For example, you might find the following:
Drug Info Sources
From details on specific drugs and their side effects to dosing information to interaction checkers, two of our subscribed resources provide a great deal of helpful information. Check out Clinical Pharmacology or Micromedex for details on specific drugs or check a condition to see what drugs are suggested. PubMed Health Drug Information is more patient-level information, but provides a nice concise overview of a drug, its uses, & side-effects.
Check out MedlinePlus.gov if you need to know more about national organizations.
MedlinePlus is a great place to find consumer-friendly materials along with directories, a dictionary & encyclopedia, and more. Take a look and see what you find - try radiculopathy.
