COMA AND TRANSIENT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Figure 9.1 The reticular activating system Figure 9.2 Sites that produce loss of consciousness Figure 9.3 Sites that produce loss of consciousness Figure 9.4 Encephalopathy diffuse Table 9.1 Main disorders…
PUBLIC HEALTH
Figure 3.1 Deaths caused by neurological disorders Disability Disability can be defined as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Disabilities can be…
CARE IN NEUROLOGY
confusion/deliriumloss of communicationdysphagiaseizuresnausea/vomitingspasticitydyspnoeaimmobilityconstipation depressionfear anxietystigma/guilt loss of incomefear for children spouse & dependants religiousnon religiouswhy me? MAIN SYMPTOMS Pain Pain is defined as a subjective unpleasant sensory and emotional experience…
HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN
paracetamolibuprofenmetoclopramide/domperidone 300 mg tab, 2-3 tab/po/12 hourly500 mg tab, 2 tab/po/6 hourly2-400 mg tab, 1-2 tab/po/6-8 hourly10 mg tab, 1 tab/po/6-8 hourly bleedingnauseableedingdyskinesia Specific treatment Ergot derivativesergotamine tartratedihydroergotamine* 1 mg…
Examination of the Somatic Motor System (Excluding Cranial Nerves)
But the expression of a well-made man appears not only in his face, It is in his limbs and joints also, it is curiously in the joints of his hips…
Examination of the Motor Cranial Nerves V, VII, IX, X, XI, and XII
To those I address, it is unnecessary to go farther, than to indicate that the nerves treated of in these papers are the instruments of expression, from the smile upon…
Examination of the Special Senses
And there I stood, a man grown, shaking in the sunshine with that old boyish emotion brought back to me by an odour! … Often and often have I known…
Examination of the Patient Who Has a Disorder of Consciousness
I may speak alike to you and my own conscious heart. —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) I. EVALUATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS A. Two definitions of consciousness: intuitive and operational 1. Intuitively, we define consciousness…
The Patient’s Mental Status and Higher Cerebral Functions
As not only the disease interested the physician, but he was strongly moved to look into the character and qualities of the patient. … He deemed it essential, it would…
