Psychiatry and Sleep
Chapter 29 Psychiatry and Sleep Chapter Points • A significant proportion of patients with a sleep complaint have a psychiatric illness and a significant number of patients with a psychiatric illness…
NEUROLOGY
Sleep Stages and Basic Sleep Monitoring
Chapter 1 Sleep Stages and Basic Sleep Monitoring Chapter Points • In the EEG or EOG derivation G1-G2, an upward deflection in the tracing is noted if input G1 becomes negative…
Parasomnias
Chapter 28 Parasomnias Chapter Points • Parasomnias are defined as “undesirable physical events or experiences that occur during entry to sleep, within sleep, or during arousals from sleep.” • The indications for…
Sleep and Neurologic Disorders
Chapter 31 Sleep and Neurologic Disorders Chapter Points • AD is the most common cause of dementia and can be associated with the irregular sleep-wake rhythm disorder and sundowning. In early…
Neurobiology of Sleep
Chapter 7 Neurobiology of Sleep Chapter Points • Serotonergic neurons in the DRN are active during wake, less active during NREM, and even less active during REM sleep. • Noradrenergic neurons in…
Examination of the Patient Without Neurologic Symptoms: the Screening Neurologic Examination
Examination of the Patient Without Neurologic Symptoms: the Screening Neurologic Examination PURPOSE OF THE SCREENING NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION The purpose of the examination of the patient without neurologic complaints is to…
Examination of the Patient With a Probable Stroke
Examination of the Patient With a Probable Stroke GOAL The main goal of the examination of the patient with a probable stroke is to try to determine the most likely…
Examination of the Patient With a Suspected Spinal Cord Problem
Examination of the Patient With a Suspected Spinal Cord Problem GOAL The goal is to recognize, on the basis of the history and examination, when a patient’s symptoms are likely…
Examination of the Patient With Weakness Or Sensory Loss
Examination of the Patient With Weakness Or Sensory Loss GOAL The goal of examining the patient with weakness or sensory loss is to try to determine the localization and mechanism…
Examination of the Patient With Visual Symptoms
Examination of the Patient With Visual Symptoms GOAL The goal of the history and examination of the patient with visual symptoms is to determine whether the symptoms are due to…
