Neurological Examination Made Easy E-Book

by Geraint Fuller

Overview

A concise and highly illustrated guide to the clinical examination of the nervous system for medical students, rsidents and junior doctors.

• A concise and lucid explanation of how to examine the nervous system.
• Copiously illustrated with clear line diagrams and flow charts.
• Instructions are clear and systematic – what to do, what you will find, and what it means.

• Strengthening of recommendations on the order of sensory testing.
• Addition of Halmagyi's head thrust test.
• Updating of the cases in the section on passing clinical exams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702055027
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	07/31/2013
Series:	Made Easy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Consultant Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, Royaume-Uni.

Table of Contents

History and examination. Speech. Mental state and higher function. Gait. Cranial nerves: general. Cranial nerve 1: olfactory nerve. Cranial nerves: the eye 1 – pupils, acuity, fields. Cranial nerves: the eye 2 – fundi. Cranial nerves III, IV, VI: eye movements. Cranial nerves: nystagmus. Cranial nerves V and VII: the face. Cranial nerve VIII: auditory nerve. Cranial nerves IX, X, XII: the mouth. Cranial nerve XI: accessory nerve. Motor system: general. Motor system: tone. Motor system: arms. Motor system: legs. Motor system: reflexes. Motor system: what you find and what it means. Sensation: general. Sensation: what you find and what it means. Co-ordination. Abnormal movements. Special signs. The autonomic nervous system. The unconscious patient. Summary of screening neurological examination. Passing clinical examinations.