Neurology Clerkship

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Questions to Ask Yourself

	Introduction	Headache and Mental Status
	Adult Neurological Evaluation	Localization
	Clinical Case Studies	Multiple Sclerosis
	Cerebrotrauma	Neurological Assessment
	Cerebrovascular Disease	Parkinson's Disease
	Coma	Weakness and Abnormal Sensation
	Dementia	Questions to Ask Yourself
	Dementia Cases	Stroke Management Studies
	Dizziness	Suggested Portfolio Topics
	Epilepsy and Spells	Neurology Faculity
	Ethical Issuses	Weekly Case Studies
	Essentials of Clinical Neurology	Updates

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Important Neurological Questions

Where is the lesion?
- supratentorial level
- posterior fossa level
- spinal level
- peripheral level
- more than one level
Focal vs diffuse?
Focal, and right side of nervous system focal, and left side of nervous system focal, involving midline and contiguous structures on both sides of nervous system diffuse, involving homologous, symmetric, noncontiguous areas on both sides of nervous system
Mass vs nonmass?
Time course of progression of the symptoms?
- acute(secs-hours)
- subacute(days-weeks)
- chronic(months to years)
Based on above, what is the most likely etiology of the lesion?
- vascular
- degenerative
- neoplastic
- inflammatory
- toxic-metabolic
- traumatic
- congenital-developmental