Visual Disturbances

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Loss of Vision Visual loss may be due to a problem within the eye, the optic nerve or the posterior visual pathways. Local Eye Disease Disturbance of the eye and…

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Headache

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Migraine The two commonest categories are migraine without aura and migraine with aura. A further category, often leading to a neurological referral, is chronic migraine. More than one category of…

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Gait Assessment and Disturbance

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Useful Selected Questions to Ask/Facts to Establish (During Gait Assessment) Remember: It is important to ask about falls and if they have occurred, their frequency and the circumstances in which…

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Weak Legs

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Remember: In cases of suspected CES, per-rectal examination is essential to document any loss of anal tone. Useful Selected Questions to Ask/Facts to Establish? Mode of onset and rate of…

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Dizziness and Vertigo

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Useful Selected Questions to Ask/Facts to Establish? Establish whether symptoms are consistent with a vertiginous episode, as above? Duration of the episode (e.g. vertigo due to benign positional vertigo (BPV)…

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About This Book and How to Use it

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Chapter 1 About this Book and How to Use it The principal purpose of this book is to act as a quick revision tool for medical students approaching…

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Blackouts

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Remember: If recovery from cerebral hypoperfusion is delayed in a syncopal event (e.g. by keeping patient upright), secondary anoxic convulsions (provoked seizures) can occur. Useful Selected Questions to Ask/Facts to…

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Headache

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Useful Selected Questions to Ask/Facts to Establish? History of the presenting complaint: Start with an open question, for example ‘tell me about your headache,’ and allow the patient to speak…

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Minimal Access Skull Base Approaches

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Chapter E44 Minimal Access Skull Base Approaches Paolo Cappabianca, Isabella Esposito, Luigi Maria Cavallo, Felice Esposito, Vita Stagno All said and done, it is the final result that counts, and…

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Traumatic Skull and Facial Fractures

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Chapter 22 Traumatic Skull and Facial Fractures Fred H. Geisler, Eduardo Rodriguez, Paul N. Manson Clinical Pearls • Linear skull fractures do not require stabilization or treatment when the scalp…

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