The neurologic examination : scientific basis for clinical diagnosis / Hiroshi Shibasaki, Mark Hallett.
Whereas most books about neurologic examinations are disease and anatomy oriented, The Neurologic Examination: Scientific Basis for Clinical Diagnosis focuses on a pathophysiological approach to the nervous system. The authors emphasize that the scientific interpretation of symptoms obtained from ca...
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2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; The Neurologic Examination ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; List of Boxes ; Preface ; Explanatory Notes ; 1. Diagnosis of Neurologic Diseases (General Principle) ; 1. Anatomical Diagnosis ; 2. Etiological Diagnosis ; 3. Clinical Diagnosis ; 2. History Taking
- 1. The Present Age and the Age at Onset 2. Sex ; 3. Chief Complaints ; 4. History of the Present Illness ; 5. Past Medical History ; 6. Social History ; 7. Family History ; 3. Physical Examination ; 1. General Physical Examination and Neurologic Examination
- A. General Physical Examination at the Initial Clinical Evaluation B. General Physical Findings and Neurologic Findings ; 2. Steps of Neurologic Examination ; 4. Evaluation of Consciousness ; 1. Anatomical Basis of Consciousness ; 2. Mechanisms of Disturbances of Consciousness
- 3. Observation of the State of Consciousness 4. Modes of Consciousness Disturbance and the Coma Scale ; 5. Conditions That Should Be Distinguished from Clouding of Consciousness ; 5. Brainstem and Cranial Nerve Territories ; 1. Brainstem ; 2. Common Structures of Cranial Nerves
- 3. Cranial Nerves Related to Somatosensory Function 4. Cranial Nerves Related to Autonomic Nervous Function ; 5. Location of the Cranial Nerve Nuclei in the Brainstem ; 6. Olfactory Sensation ; 1. Structures and Neurotransmitters of the Olfactory System