Pocket Tutor Neurological Examination, Second Edition
Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 20. February 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-909836-70-9 (ISBN)
Description
New edition of the indispensable guide to performing a neurological examination, regarded the most complicated and difficult physical examination to master. Brand-new photos clearly illustrate how to perform an examination in practice. Fully-updated text, improved examination sequences and new references to neurosurgery. Logical, sequential content: introductory chapters focus on general clinical skills, history-taking and examination. Then chapters which explain the examination of specific systems or regions. Finally, chapters on the examination of stroke and unconscious patients, neurological screening and how best to synthesise findings.
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Person
John Goodfellow
Honorary Clinical Academic Fellow, University of Glasgow, Specialty Registrar in Neurology and Associate Clinical Director, Neuroimmunology Laboratory, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, UK
Honorary Clinical Academic Fellow, University of Glasgow, Specialty Registrar in Neurology and Associate Clinical Director, Neuroimmunology Laboratory, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, UK
Content
Chapter 1 - Clinical Skills in Neurology
Chapter 2 - Gait and General Examination
Chapter 3 - Head and Neck (Cranial Nerves)
Chapter 4 - Upper Limbs
Chapter 5 - Lower Limbs
Chapter 6 - The Cerebellum
Chapter 7 - Higher Cortical Function
Chapter 8 - Autonomic Nervous system
Chapter 9 - Examining a Stroke Patient
Chapter 10 - Examining the Unconscious Patient
Chapter 11 - The Neurological Screening Exam in 4 Minutes
Chapter 12 - Synthesizing Your Findings
Chapter 13 - Neurology Exam in Undergraduate Exams
FURTHER READING
INDEX
Chapter 2 - Gait and General Examination
Chapter 3 - Head and Neck (Cranial Nerves)
Chapter 4 - Upper Limbs
Chapter 5 - Lower Limbs
Chapter 6 - The Cerebellum
Chapter 7 - Higher Cortical Function
Chapter 8 - Autonomic Nervous system
Chapter 9 - Examining a Stroke Patient
Chapter 10 - Examining the Unconscious Patient
Chapter 11 - The Neurological Screening Exam in 4 Minutes
Chapter 12 - Synthesizing Your Findings
Chapter 13 - Neurology Exam in Undergraduate Exams
FURTHER READING
INDEX