Field guide to the neurologic examination /

Field guide to the neurologic examination / / Steven L. Lewis.

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Superior document:Field guide series
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Lewis, Steven L.
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia, PA : : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,, [2005]
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Series:Field guide (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Physical Description:1 online resource (223 pages) :; illustrations (some color).
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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.

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