Neurological examination. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Geraint Fuller, MD, FRCP, Consultant Neurologist, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK.
• Authors: Fuller, Geraint
• Contents: Front Cover; Neurological Examination: Made Easy; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; How to use this book; 1. Anatomical; 2. Syndromal; 3. Aetiological; Neurological terms; Chapter 1: History and Examination; HISTORY; The neurological history; Basic background information; Present complaint; Conventional history; Past medical history; Drug history; Family history; Social history; Toxin exposure; Systemic inquiry; Patient's perception of illness; Anything else?; Synthesis of history and differential diagnosis; GENERAL EXAMINATION; Chapter 2: Speech; BACKGROUND; 1. Aphasia. 2. Dysphonia3. Dysarthria; 1. APHASIA; WHAT TO DO; Assess understanding; Test understanding; Assess spontaneous speech; Ask further questions; Assess word-finding ability and naming; Assess repetition; Assess severity of impairment of speech; Further tests; Test reading and writing; WHAT YOU FIND; WHAT IT MEANS; 2. DYSPHONIA; WHAT TO DO; WHAT YOU FIND AND WHAT IT MEANS; 3. DYSARTHRIA; WHAT TO DO; WHAT YOU FIND; Types of dysarthria; With abnormal rhythm; With normal rhythm; WHAT IT MEANS; Chapter 3: Mental State and Higher Function; 1. MENTAL STATE; BACKGROUND; WHAT TO DO AND WHAT YOU FIND. Appearance and behaviourMood; Vegetative symptoms; Delusions; Hallucinations and illusions; WHAT IT MEANS; Organic psychoses; Functional psychoses; Neuroses; Personality disorder; 2. HIGHER FUNCTION; BACKGROUND; WHEN TO TEST HIGHER FUNCTION; WHAT TO DO; Introduction; 1. Attention and orientation; Orientation; Attention; Digit span; 2. Memory; a. Immediate recall and attention; Name and address test; Alternative test: Babcock sentence; b. Short-term memory or episodic memory; c. Long-term memory or semantic memory; 3. Calculation; Serial sevens; Alternative test: doubling threes; Further tests. 4. Abstract thoughtWhat you find; What you find; 5. Spatial perception; Clock face; Five-pointed star; What you find; 6. Visual and body perception; Facial recognition:'famous faces'; Body perception; Sensory agnosia; 7. Apraxia; Three-hand test; WHAT YOU FIND; Patterns of focal loss; WHAT IT MEANS; Diffuse or multifocal abnormalities; Common; Rare; Degenerative conditions; Nutritional; Infective; Structural; Focal deficits; Vascular; Neoplastic; Infective; Demyelinating; Chapter 4: Gait; BACKGROUND; WHAT TO DO AND WHAT YOU FIND; If symmetrical; If small paces:; If normal paces. If asymmetricalFURTHER TESTS; WHAT IT MEANS; Non-neurological gaits; Romberg's test; What to do; What you find and what it means; Chapter 5: Cranial Nerves: General; BACKGROUND; Chapter 6: Cranial Nerve I: Olfactory Nerve; WHAT TO DO; WHAT YOU FIND; WHAT IT MEANS; Chapter 7: Cranial Nerves: The Eye 1 -- Pupils, Acuity, Fields; BACKGROUND; 2. Pupils; The pupillary light reaction; Accommodation reaction; 3. Acuity; 4. Fields; 1. GENERAL; WHAT TO DO; WHAT IT MEANS; 2. PUPILS; WHAT TO DO IN A CONSCIOUS PATIENT; WHAT YOU FIND; FURTHER TESTING; Swinging light test; What to do.
• Edition: Fifth edition
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (250 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.80475; Neurologic examination; Neurologic examination; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702055027; 0702055026
• Related ISBNs: 9780702051777; 0702051772; 9780702051784; 0702051780
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 1, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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