Neurological Semiology — Clinical Treatise

Neurosciences · Basic Sciences

How it begins

El arte y la ciencia de interrogar al sistema nervioso: de la anamnesis al diagnóstico topográfico, sindromático y etiológico.

What it covers

1. Tabula Materiae
2. Epistemological foundations
3. · The three levels of neurological reasoning
4. · Temporal pattern: the timeline of the symptom
5. Neurological history
6. · Structure of the interrogation
7. Mental state and higher functions
8. · 1. Level of consciousness
9. · 2. Guidance
10. · 3. Attention
11. · 4. Memory
12. · 5. Language and aphasias
13. · 6. Praxias and apraxias
14. · 7. Gnosias and agnosias
15. · 8. Executive functions and judgment
16. · 9. Brief screening tests
17. Cranial pairs I–XII
18. · I — Olfactory Nerve
19. · II — Optic Nerve
20. · III, IV, VI — Oculomotors
21. · V — Trigeminal Nerve
22. · VII — Facial Nerve
23. · VIII — Vestibulocochlear
24. · IX — Glossopharyngeal and X — Vague
25. · XI — Accessory or Spinal Nerve
26. · XII — Hypoglossal Nerve
27. Motor system: trophism, tone, strength
28. · 1. Inspection and trophism
29. · 2. muscle tone
30. · 3. muscle strength
31. · 4. Patterns of weakness and location
32. · 5. Upper vs lower motor neuron
33. Ostetendon and pathological reflexes
34. · Ostetendinous reflexes (myotatic or deep)
35. · Superficial or cutaneous reflexes
36. · Pathological reflexes
37. Sensitive system
38. · Sensitive modalities
39. · Systematic exploration
40. · Sensitive topographic patterns
41. Coordination, balance and walking
42. · Appendicular coordination tests
43. · Static balance
44. · Gait: the patient's neurological signature
45. · Cerebellar syndrome
46. Meningeal signs
47. · Manifestations of meningeal syndrome
48. · Meningeal provocation maneuvers
49. Autonomous nervous system
50. · Components to evaluate
51. Disorders of consciousness and coma exploration
52. · Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
53. · Systematic examination of the comatose patient
54. · Differential diagnosis of structural vs metabolic coma
55. · Special syndromes
56. Major neurological syndromes
57. · 1. pyramidal syndrome
58. · 2. Extrapyramidal syndrome
59. · 3. Cerebellar syndrome
60. · 4. Spinal cord syndromes
61. · 5. meningeal syndrome
62. · 6. Intracranial hypertension syndrome
63. · 7. Cortical (hemispheric) syndromes
64. · 8. Alternate brainstem syndromes
65. · 9. Vascular syndromes by territory
66. Topographic diagnosis
67. · Golden rules of topographic diagnosis
68. · Integrated diagnostic strategy
69. · Epilogue