chapter 12 Back Pain and Common Leg Problems With or Without Difficulty Walking Patients experience difficulty walking as a result of pain in their legs, and the commonest cause of…
chapter 15 Further Reading, Keeping Up-to-date and Retrieving Information It was not intended for this textbook to be a comprehensive discussion of neurology, but rather to put down on paper…
chapter 2 The Neurological History This chapter will endeavour to provide a basic understanding of the principles of history taking so that the time spent on the ward learning how…
chapter 5 The Cerebral Hemispheres and Cerebellum ASSESSMENT OF HIGHER COGNITIVE FUNCTION Although subtitled ‘Assessment of higher cognitive function’, this chapter will not deal with the very complex neuropsychological testing…
chapter 6 After the History and Examination, What Next? Upon completing the history and examination, the next step is determined by the following factors: • diagnostic certainty • the availability of tests…
