CONTENTS
Symptoms and Signs to diagnosis
Weakness
A general approach to weakness
Generalized weakness and fatigability
Hemiplegia
Monoplegia
Quadriplegia and paraplegia
Cramps and stiffness
Movement disorders
Parkinsonism
Tremors
Dystonia
Chorea, athetosis, and ballism
Myoclonus
Incoordination
Tics
Gait Impairment
Characteristic gait disorders
Falls
Sensory loss and paresthesias
Eye symptoms and signs
Facial numbness and paresthesias
Facial weakness
Dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing loss
Dysarthria and dysphagia
Complaints of smell and taste
Lower cranial nerve dysfunction
Transient events
Altered states of consciousness and awareness
Memory loss, cognitive deficits, language disorders, and personality change
Autonomic dysfunction
Respiratory dysfunction
Bowel and bladder dysfunction
Sexual dysfunction
Headache
Regional pain
Sleep-related complaints
Test findings to diagnosis
MRI and CT findings that commonly lead to consultation
Aneurysms and other vascular anomalies
White matter hyperintensities
Hydrocephalus and ventriculomegaly and increased and decreased ICP
Masses and other focal lesions
Anatomic anomalies: vascular anomalies; congenital malformations
Laboratory findings
Approaoch to Common Problems
Addressing stroke risk
Addressing possible multiple sclerosis
Addressing degenerative disease of the spine
Addressing peripheral neuropathies
Addressing Parkinson disease
Addressing dementia
Addressing epilepsy
Addressing brain tumors
Addressing headaches
Addressing concussion and TBI
Addressing neurological complications of pregnancy
Addressing questions of genetic risk
Treatment
Commonly used drugs
Immune modulating drugs
Anti-epileptic drugs
Drugs for parkinsonism
Drugs for myasthenia gravis
Drugs affecting thrombosis
Botulinum toxin
Management of headache and other painful conditions
Common drug toxicities
Intravenous immunoglobulins
Therapeutic plasma exchange
Surgical therapies
Rehabilitation
