Myotomes
Quick reference guide to key muscle myotomes, muscle power grading, and reflex assessment in clinical neurological examination.
Quick reference guide to key muscle myotomes, muscle power grading, and reflex assessment in clinical neurological examination.
Essential tremor: causes, clinical features, classification, differential diagnosis, investigations, and management including pharmacotherapy and surgery
Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: causes, clinical features, phases, diagnosis via CSF antibodies, and management including steroids, IVIG, and tumour resection
Cerebral venous thrombosis: causes, clinical features, complications, investigations, imaging, and management including anticoagulation and supportive care
Central Pontine Myelinolysis: a rare, often iatrogenic demyelinating condition caused by rapid correction of hyponatraemia. Covers clinical features, risk factors, and management.
Sir Henry Head (1861-1940) was an English neurologist. Peripheral sensory dermatomes in man Head's zones (1893-1896)
Overview of the AVPU scale: a simple, rapid tool to assess level of consciousness. Covers application, clinical utility, and comparison with the Glasgow Coma Scale
Overview of Autonomic Dysreflexia: causes, symptoms, complications, triggers, diagnosis, and management in patients with spinal cord injury.
cavernous sinus thrombosis: causes, complications, clinical features, investigations, imaging, management including antibiotics, anticoagulation, and prognosis
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome: clinical features, differential diagnosis from Bell’s palsy, investigations, management with antivirals and steroids, prognosis.
Overview of Bell’s palsy: causes, clinical features, complications, diagnosis, differential diagnoses, investigations, and management including steroids, eye care, and antivirals
Overview of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: presentation, risk factors, rupture risk, clinical features, investigations, emergency management, and surgical options