Examples of neurological examination in the following topics:
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- A neurological examination is the assessment of sensory neuron and motor responses, especially reflexes, to determine whether the nervous system is impaired.
- Generally a neurological examination is focused on finding lesions in the nervous systems or if there is another diffuse process that is problematic for the patient.
- A patient's history is the most important part of a neurological examination.
- An abbreviated mental test score is established after conducting a mini mental state examination;
- Examinations are aimed at ruling out the most clinically significant causes and determining the most likely causes.
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- During neurological examinations, the function of the spinal accessory nerve is often measured by testing the range of motion and strength of the aforementioned muscles.
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- Initial symptoms are often mistaken for normal ageing; examination of brain tissue is needed for a definite diagnosis.
- A physician will diagnose Parkinson's disease from the medical history and a neurological examination.
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- Ataxia is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements, such as walking.
- Several possible causes exist for these patterns of neurological dysfunction.
- Physicians can find evidence of sensory ataxia during physical examination by having the patient stand with his/her feet together and eyes shut.
- Vitamin B12 deficiency may cause, among several neurological abnormalities, overlapping cerebellar and sensory ataxia.
- Recovery tends to be better in individuals with a single focal injury compared to those who have a neurological degenerative condition.
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- Physical examination, and electrocardiogram are part of the initial evaluation of syncope and other more specific tools such as loop recorders may be necessary in clinically uncertain cases.
- Other types include postural syncope (caused by a change in body posture), cardiac syncope (due to heart-related conditions), and neurological syncope (due to neurological conditions).
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- Examination will reveal a decreased resistance to passive movement, and muscles may feel abnormally soft and limp on palpation (diminished deep tendon reflexes also may be noted).
- Some disorders have a specific treatment, but the principal treatment for most hypotonia of idiopathic or neurologic origin is physical and/or occupational therapy for remidiation.
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- Epilepsy and stroke are examples of neurological disorders that arise from malfunctions in the nervous system.
- There are several other neurological disorders that cannot be easily placed into clean-cut categories.
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- Long-lasting or permanent neuropsychiatric sequelae are observed in 10-20% of infected patients; morality occurs in only 1-2% of the infected, with deaths occurring 5 to 7 days after the onset of neurologic symptoms.
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- Consequences of intracranial hypertension: Large tumors or tumors with extensive perifocal swelling (edema) inevitably lead to elevated intracranial pressure (intracranial hypertension), which translates clinically into headaches, vomiting (sometimes without nausea), altered state of consciousness (somnolence, coma), dilation of the pupil on the side of the lesion (anisocoria), papilledema (prominent optic disc at the funduscopic eye examination).
- Dysfunction: depending on the tumor location and the damage it may have caused to surrounding brain structures, either through compression or infiltration, any type of focal neurologic symptoms may occur, such as cognitive and behavioral impairment, personality changes, ataxia, visual field impairment, impaired sense of smell, impaired hearing, double vision, dizziness; more severe symptoms might occur, such as including partial paralysis or impairment to swallow.
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- Neurological evidence based on EEGs supports the idea that humans have a "social brain," that is, there are components of the human brain that govern social interaction.
- Processual Symbolic Interaction seeks to uncover the elaboration and experience of meanings in natural settings of social interaction through primarily qualitative methods (e.g., examining the process whereby people become and signify selves) while Structural Symbolic Interaction seeks to map the contours of the self through primarily quantitative methods (e.g., examining the structure of the self by asking who people believe themselves and others to be).
- The most significant limitations of symbolic interactionism relate to its primary contribution: it focuses on the ongoing construction and contestation of meanings in society (e.g., norms, rules, cultures, and interpersonal experiences), which can only be grasped via examination of small groups or individual beings.
- As a result, Symbolic Interactionism typically focuses on "how" things are done (e.g., the ways people accomplish things that can be observed in real time and in the natural world) rather than "why" things are done (e.g., hypotheses that can only be examined within mathematical and / or experimental settings disconnected from the natural world).