Description
Section I. Approach to the neurological patient Chapter 1. The Neurological Examination a. How to take a neurological history b. How to perform a comprehensive neurological examination c. How to perform a screening neurological examination d. How to examine an obtunded or comatose patient e. How to interpret findings of the neurological examination f. An approach to differential diagnosis Chapter 2. Localization of neurological lesions a.Cerebral hemisphere lesions b.Posterior fossa lesions c.Spinal cord lesions d.Nerve root/plexus lesions e.Peripheral nerve lesions f.Muscle disorders Section II. Neurological symptom complexes Chapter 3. Focal weakness Chapter 4. Diffuse weakness Chapter 5. Clumsiness and ataxia Chapter 6. Involuntary movements Chapter 7. Gait disturbance Chapter 8. Bowel, bladder, and sexual dysfunction Chapter 9. Dizziness and vertigo Chapter 10. Vision loss Chapter 11. Diplopia Chapter 12. Dysarthria Chapter 13. Dysphagia Chapter 14. Acute mental status changes, delirium Chapter 15. Dementia Chapter 16. Aphasia Chapter 17. Headache Chapter 18. Focal pain syndromesi.Facial pain ii.Neck pain iii.Low back pain iv.Neuropathic (dysesthetic) pain Chapter 19. Numbness or paresthesias Chapter 20. Transient or episodic focal symptoms Chapter 21. Transient or episodic alteration of consciousness Chapter 22. Sleep disorders Chapter 23. Developmental disordersSection IV. Approach to specific neurological diseases Chapter 24. Neurological emergencies a. Increased intracranial pressure b.Encephalopathy/delirium c.Subarachnoid hemorrhage d.Meningitis, encephalitis e.Status epilepticus f.Acute stroke and cerebral hemorrhage g.Spinal cord or cauda equina syndromes h.Traumatic brain injury i.Acute respiratory distress secondary to neuromuscular disease j.Temporal arteritis Chapter 25. Stroke Chapter 26. Seizure disorders Chapter 27. Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias Chapter 28. Parkinson’s disease and related syndromes Chapter 29. Essential tremor Chapter 30 Multiple sclerosis Chapter 31. Migraine Chapter 32. Bell’s palsy Chapter 33. Carpal tunnel syndrome Chapter 34. Diabetic polyneuropathy Chapter 35. Brain death
