Field guide to the neurologic examination /
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, PA :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
[2005]
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| Series: | Field guide (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Table of Contents:
- Neurologic diagnosis: general considerations
- Role of the neurologic history and examination in neurologic diagnosis
- Localization of neurologic disease
- Mechanisms of neurologic disease
- Neurologic examination
- Neurologic history
- Taking a neurologic history
- Mental status examination
- Approach to the mental status examination
- Language testing
- Memory testing
- Testing orientation, concentration, knowledge, and constructional ability
- Cranial nerve examination
- Approach to the examination of the cranial nerves
- Examination of the pupils
- Funduscopic examination
- Examination of visual acuity
- Visual field examination
- Examination of eye movements
- Examination of facial sensation
- Examination of facial strength
- Examination of jaw strength
- Examination of hearing
- Examination of palatal function
- Examination of tongue movement
- Examination of the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles
- Examination of taste
- Examination of smell
- Motor examination
- Approach to the motor examination
- Examination of upper extremity muscle strength
- Examination of lower extremity muscle strength
- Examination of tone
- Sensory examination
- Approach to the sensory examination
- Examination of pinprick sensation
- Examination of vibration and position sensation
- Examination of cortical sensation
- Romberg testing
- Cerebellar examination
- Approach to the cerebellar examination
- Testing of upper extremity cerebellar function
- Testing of lower extremity cerebellar function
- Reflex examination
- Approach to reflex testing
- Examination of the muscle stretch reflexes
- Testing for the Babinski response
- Gait examination
- Examination of gait
- Putting it all together
- Performing a complete neurologic examination
- Neurologic examination in common clinical scenarios
- Tailoring the neurologic history and examination to the clinical scenario
- Examination of the comatose patient
- Examination of the patient with altered mental status
- Examination of the dizzy patient
- Examination of the patient with headache
- Examination of the patient with a movement disorder
- Examination of the patient with a radiculopathy
- Examination of the patient with transient focal neurologic symptoms
- Examination of the patient with visual symptoms
- Examination of the patient with weakness or sensory loss
- Examination of the patient with a suspected spinal cord problem
- Examination of the patient with a probable stroke
- Examination of the patient without neurologic symptoms: the screening
- Neurologic examination
- Appendix: neurologic imaging and neurophysiologic tests.