SECTION V MULTIFOCAL NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE AND ITS MANAGEMENT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS – MENINGITIS ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS In most cases the infection causing meningitis arises in the nasopharynx; intravascular invasion (bacteraemia) and…
SECTION IV LOCALISED NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE AND ITS MANAGEMENT A. INTRACRANIAL HEAD INJURY INTRODUCTION Many patients attend accident and emergency departments with head injury. Approximately 300 per 100000 of the population…
SECTION II INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS SKULL X-RAY With the development of more advanced imaging techniques, skull X-ray is now less often used, but may still…
SECTION IV LOCALISED NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE AND ITS MANAGEMENT B. SPINAL CORD AND ROOTS SPINAL CORD AND ROOTS Disorders localised to the spinal cord or nerve roots are detailed below, but…
SECTION I GENERAL APPROACH TO HISTORY AND EXAMINATION NERVOUS SYSTEM – HISTORY An accurate description of the patient’s neurological symptoms is an important aid in establishing the diagnosis; but this…
SECTION IV LOCALISED NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE AND ITS MANAGEMENT C. PERIPHERAL NERVE AND MUSCLE THE POLYNEUROPATHIES – FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY The function of the peripheral nervous system is to carry impulses to…
SECTION III CLINICAL PRESENTATION, ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS AND DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH HEADACHE – GENERAL PRINCIPLES Headache is a common symptom arising from psychological, otological, ophthalmological, neurological or systemic disease. In clinical practice…
