Neurology at the Bedside

Neurologists, perhaps more so than any other physicians, take pride in their bedside skills. Good clinical mentorship is mandatory in order to develop such skills; however, due to an ever-increasing need for more efficient working structures, the time and dedication that mentorship requires may not always be available. Neurology at the Bedside was written to fill this gap. 

Neurology at the Bedside addresses neurology residents looking for a personal clinical mentor. It takes them by the hand and guides them through the whole patient encounter—from an efficient neurological history according to neuroanatomical key features and the bedside examination to differential diagnosis, diagnostic procedures and lastly, the treatment. At each step Neurology at the Bedside points out what is essential and what is not. 

One of the most innovative areas in medicine, neurology is under rapid development with ever-increasing diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities. This exciting progress called for an update of the text. All chapters are thoroughly revised and reflect the essential state-of-the-art knowledge neurologists need to acquire during their training.

Daniel Kondziella, MD, MSc, Dr. philos., FEBN 

Consultant Neurologist at Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, and Associate Professor at University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Research interests include coma and disorders of consciousness, acute and critical care neurology, and the history of neurosciences. Fellow of the European Board of Neurology. Chairman and initiator for the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) task force group which prepared the EAN guideline on the Diagnosis of Coma and Disorders of Consciousness. Co-chair for the EAN Scientific Panel Coma and Disorders of Consciousness, and member and scientific panel chair of Curing Coma Campaign, Neurocritical Care Society, USA. PI for CONNECT-ME: Consciousness in neurocritical care cohort study using fMRI and EEG (NCT02644265). Associate and later, Chief Editor for Acta Neurologica Scandinavica (2020-2022).  Visiting associate professor at Institute of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway (2014-2019). Author of "Neurology at the Bedside", highly commended by the British Medical Association (2013). Board-certified physician in Germany, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. More than 160 PubMed papers, H-index 36, i10-index 103. ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5562-9808. 

Gunhild Waldemar, MD, DMSC, FEAN

Professor of Neurology at University of Copenhagen, and consultant neurologist at Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founder and chair of the Danish Dementia Research Centre. Many years of experience with national and international policy and advocacy work in the field of dementia, neurology and global health. President for Biomedical Alliance in Europe. Serves on the executive committee of the European Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium (EADC), on the Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel of Alzheimer’s Disease International, and on the Expert Advisory Panel of Alzheimer Europe.  Served onthe board of the previous European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) and on the EFNS-ENS task force to create the European Academy of Neurology (EAN). Has received several international honors and awards, including the “WHO prize for research in health care for the elderly and in health promotion” in 2020.  Main research areas are early diagnosis, epidemiology, and interventions in neurodegenerative disorders. More than 400 PubMed papers, H-index 68 (Web of Science); H-index 71 (Scopus). ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0293-220X