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Chapter 1 - Emergency Neurologic Examination

from Section 1 - Neurologic Examination and Neurodiagnostic Testing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2024

By
Melani S. Cheers ,
Thomas F. Scott  and
Kevin M. Kelly
Edited by
Thomas P. Campbell  and
Kevin M. Kelly
Thomas P. Campbell
Affiliation:
Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh
Kevin M. Kelly
Affiliation:
Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh
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Summary

The human nervous system contains more than 100 billion neurons. Each has a unique function enabling taste, smell, touch, sight, hearing, movement, respiration, cognition, and much more. In the setting of a neurologic emergency, patients may lose these unique capacities. It is the emergency physician’s responsibility to complete a neurologic history and examination to determine the type of deficit and the neuroanatomical location of the abnormality

Keywords

localizationdermatomeGlasgow Coma Scaleequilibriummental statusgaitpathologic reflexes
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Handbook of Emergency Neurology , pp. 1 - 7
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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