Internal Medicine: Propedeutics, Semiology and Neurological Diagnosis

Clinical assessment · Clinical Bases

How it begins

From symptom to injury: directed anamnesis, systematic examination, neuroanatomical localization and clinical reasoning in the neurological patient

What it covers

1. Principles of Neurological Propedeutics
2. · Neurological Clinical Reasoning
3. Systematic Neurological History
4. · Reasons for Consultation and their Semiotic Analysis
5. Examination of Mental State and Cognitive Functions
6. · Level of Consciousness: The Glasgow Scale and Beyond
7. · Language Examination: Aphasias
8. Examination of the Cranial Nerves
9. · Systematic Examination of the XII Cranial Nerves
10. Examination of the Motor System
11. · Muscle Strength Evaluation: MRC Scale
12. · Muscle Tone Evaluation
13. · Involuntary Movements: Nomenclature and Location
14. Examination of Reflections
15. · Osteotendinous Reflexes (OTR)
16. · Pyramidal Signs (of Upper Motor Neuron Injury)
17. Examination of the Sensory System
18. · The Sensitive Pathways and their Crossing
19. · The Sensitive Level and Deficit Patterns
20. Cerebellum, Coordination and Gait
21. · Cerebellar Exploration
22. · Semiological Analysis of the Gait
23. Autonomic Nervous System: Exploration and Syndromes
24. · Clinical Manifestations of Autonomic Dysfunction
25. Meningeal Syndrome: Signs and Diagnosis
26. · Signs of Meningeal Irritation
27. · Lumbar Puncture: Technique, Indications and CSF Analysis
28. Neurological Syndromes Locators
29. · Brain Stem Syndromes
30. · Spinal cord syndromes
31. Differential Diagnosis of Major Neurological Syndromes
32. · Acute Weakness: Differential Diagnosis by Location
33. · Final Synoptic Table: From Symptom to Neurological Diagnosis