Handbook of Neurological Examination

Very few standard books on neurological examination are available in the market today that give a comprehensive analysis of the subject. Here, for the first time, a well-known neurologist, Dr. Navneet Kumar, with his expertise and his many years of experience in teaching and treating numerous patients afflicted with various neurological disorders, tells the medical students as well as practising physicians or neurologists how to conduct neurological examination of the patient in a scientific and systematic manner. He shows with, great skill, how the examination of first impression and gait, history taking, and examination of higher mental functions including speech are to be conducted. The text focuses on, among others, the examination of all the cranial nerves (First to Twelfth), the motor system, movement disorders, the sensory system, the autonomic nervous system, and bladder dysfunction, with equal deftness. Finally, this handbook provides different approaches to examine the unconscious patient, and special neurological situations, the methods of neurological investigation, as well as the methods of case sheet writing. This book is intended primarily as a practical handbook for the students of MBBS, MD (Medicine), DNB (Medicine), Paediatrics and Psychiatry. The book would also be of great value to the students of DM (Neurology) and M.Ch. (Neurosurgery) as well as practising physicians and neurologists. KEY FEATURES: Gives anatomical details of all cranial nerves. Highlights common problems in neurology, generally not mentioned in any other handbook. Provides about 200 actual photographs and diagrams, and also a large number of tables to illustrate the concepts. Includes a thorough analysis of neurological investigations.

Table of Contents:
Preface; PART 1: PRELIMINARIES; 1. Introduction to Neurology; 2. First Impression and Examination of Gait; 3. History Taking; 4. Examination of the Higher Mental Functions; PART 2: CRANIAL NERVE EXAMINATION; 5. First Cranial Nerve--Olfactory Nerve; 6. Second Cranial Nerve-- Optic Nerve; 7. Third, Fourth and Sixth Cranial Nerves. 8. Fifth Cranial Nerve--Trigeminal Nerve; 9. Seventh Cranial Nerve--Facial Nerve; 10. Eighth Cranial Nerve-- Vestibulocochlear Nerve; 11. The Glossopharyngeal Nerve (Ninth) and Vagus Nerves (Tenth); 12. The Spinal Accessory Nerve (Eleventh Nerve); 13. Twelfth Nerve--The Hypoglossal Nerve; PART 3: MOTOR SYSTEM; 14. Motor System Inspection; 15. Examination of Tone; 16. Muscle Power Testing; 17. Analysis of Movement Disorders; 18. Coordination; 19. Reflexes; PART 4: SENSORY SYSTEM; 20. Examination of Sensory System; 21. Sensory Localization; PART 5: AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; 22. Autonomic Nervous System Examination; 23. Approach to Urinary Bladder Dysfunction; PART 6: SPECIAL SITUATIONS; 24. Approach to an Unconscious Patient; 25. Approach to Speech Disorder; 26. Apraxia and Agnosia; 27. Brachial Plexus and Its Lesions; 28. Cauda Equina and Conus Medullaris Syndrome; 29. Neurological Investigations; 30. Case Sheet Writing in Neurology; Appendix: Suggested Readings; Index.

About the Author :
NAVNEET KUMAR MD (Medicine), DM (Neurology) is Director, Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, as well as Head of Neurology Division, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (UP). He has over 25 years of teaching experience, and has published more than 60 articles and research papers in reputed journals. Dr. Navneet Kumar is a member of American Academy of Neurology since 1997; he has been the President of UP Neuroscience Society and Vice President of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Kanpur. A distinguished teacher and well-known clinical neurologist, Dr. Kumar has written/edited several books, including a book on Epilepsy which is his area of special interest.