Clinical Neurology

Clinical Neurology — Expert Level Reference

How it begins

Método neurológico, síndromes topográficos, epilepsia, enfermedades cerebrovasculares, neurodegenerativas, desmielinizantes, neuropatías y pruebas complementarias.

What it covers

1. The neurological method: localization and topographic diagnosis
2. · Principles of topographic diagnosis
3. · Localization levels in neurology
4. Upper motor neuron syndrome (NMS) vs. lower (NMI)
5. · Babinski's sign and other pyramidal signs
6. Sensitive syndromes: ascending pathways and deficit patterns
7. · Topographic patterns of sensory deficits
8. · Cortical sensitivity and parietal syndrome
9. Topographic syndromes: brainstem, medulla and cortex
10. · Alternate brainstem syndromes
11. · Spinal cord syndromes
12. · Focal cortical syndromes
13. Parkinsonisms: Parkinson's disease and related syndromes
14. · Parkinson's disease: diagnostic criteria (MDS 2015)
15. · Non-motor symptoms of PD
16. · Atypical Parkinsonisms (Parkinson Plus)
17. Other movement disorders: chorea, dystonia, tremor, myoclonus
18. · Classification of abnormal involuntary movements
19. · Huntington's disease
20. Cerebellar syndrome: functional anatomy and semiology
21. · Etiologies of cerebellar syndrome — Differential diagnosis
22. Epilepsy: ILAE 2017 classification, pathophysiology and ictal semiology
23. · ILAE 2017 classification of epileptic seizures
24. · Highly prevalent epilepsy syndromes
25. · Status epilepticus (status epilepticus)
26. Headache: ICHD-3 classification and clinical differential diagnosis
27. · Primary headaches
28. · Secondary alarm headaches — Red Flags (SNOOP4)
29. Cerebrovascular diseases: ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke
30. · Ischemic stroke: mechanisms and TOAST classification
31. · Acute treatment of ischemic stroke — Therapeutic windows
32. Multiple sclerosis: pathophysiology, clinic and treatment
33. · McDonald Criteria 2017
34. · Typical demyelinating syndromes — Initial presentation
35. · Clinical forms and disease-modifying treatment (DMT)
36. Neurodegenerative diseases: Alzheimer's, ALS and others
37. · Alzheimer's disease (AD): clinic and diagnosis
38. · Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
39. Peripheral neuropathies: classification, diagnosis and EMG
40. · Electroclinical classification of neuropathies
41. · Guillain-Barré syndrome (AIDP)
42. Diseases of the neuromuscular junction: myasthenia gravis and SLLE
43. · Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
44. · Lambert-Eaton syndrome (SLLE)
45. Myopathies: classification and diagnosis
46. CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis and brain abscess
47. · Acute bacterial meningitis
48. · Autoimmune encephalitis — Anti-NMDA encephalitis
49. Intracranial hypertension (ICH): syndrome and management
50. · ICP control measures
51. Dementia: clinical differential diagnosis
52. Complementary tests in neurology: neuroimaging, EEG, PL and EMG
53. · Brain MRI — Sequences and applications
54. · Electroencephalogram (EEG)
55. · Evoked potentials — Types and applications