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 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 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 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 GOAL The goal of the history and examination of the patient with visual symptoms is to determine whether the symptoms are due to…
Examination of the Patient With Transient Focal Neurologic Symptoms GOAL The goal of the history and examination of the patient with transient focal neurologic symptoms is to determine the most…
Examination of the Patient With a Radiculopathy GOAL The goal of the history and examination of the patient with a possible radiculopathy is to look for evidence that the patient’s…
Examination of the Patient With a Movement Disorder GOAL The main goal of the examination of the patient with a movement disorder is to characterize the disorder of increased or…
Examination of the Patient With Headache GOAL The immediate goal of the history and examination of the patient with headache is to determine if the headache potentially represents an urgent…
Examination of the Dizzy Patient GOAL The main goal of the history and examination of the patient with dizziness is to determine whether the patient’s dizziness is actually due to…
