Internal Medicine Essentials for Students
Neurology Section
Approach to Common Neurological Symptoms in Medicine-Use this American Academy of Neurology web site to help you develop a basic, rapid methodology for analyzing neurological symptoms.
.Approach to the Altered Mental State (Chapter 66)
Drugs to Eliminate - Review this list of drugs that can cause delirium.
Alcohol Withdrawal - Review the clinical features of alcohol withdrawal.
.Headache (Chapter 67)
Migraine Treatment - Use this algorithm to manage an acute migraine headache.
Detailed Headache History - Use this table to help you collect a detailed headache history.
Headache "Red Flags" - Use this table to help identify headache "red flags" suggesting a serious underlying etiology of headache.
.Dementia (Chapter 68)
Mini-Mental State Examination - Link to Alzheimer's Society web site to access the Mini-Mental State Examination and related tutorial.
Alzheimer's Disease MRI Scan - View an MRI scan of a patient with Alzheimer's dementia.
Vascular Dementia Diagnosis - Use this table to review the diagnostic criteria for vascular dementia.
Vascular Dementia MRI Scan - View an MRI scan of a patient with vascular dementia.
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus MRI Scan - View an MRI scan of a patient with normal pressure hydrocephalus.
.Approach to Selected Movement Disorders (Chapter 69)
Parkinson Disease – View videos of a patient with Parkinson disease before treatment and after implantation of a deep brain stimulator
.Approach to Meningitis and Encephalitis (Chapter 70)
Bacterial Meningitis Algorithm - Use this algorithm to help manage suspected bacterial meningitis.
Laboratory Studies for Meningitis - Use this table to review selected laboratory studies for suspected meningitis and encephalitis.
Cerebrospinal Fluid - View a Gram-stain of the cerebrospinal fluid.
.Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack (Chapter 71)
Hollenhorst Plaque - View a Hollenhorst plaque.
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Thrombolytic Therapy - Review the criteria for thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke.
Ischemic Stroke - View a CT scan showing an acute ischemic stroke.
Hemorrhage Stroke - View a noncontrast CT showing an acute intracerebral hemorrhage.
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - View a noncontrast CT showing an acute diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Left Atrial Thrombus - View an echocardiogram showing a left atrial thrombus.
.Peripheral Neuropathy (Chapter 72)
Approach to Peripheral Neuropathy - Use this chart to guide your approach to peripheral neuropathy.
Peripheral Neuropathy Examination - Use this table to review the history and physical examination for sensory polyneuropathy.
Differential Diagnosis of Distal Sensory Polyneuropathy - Use this table to review the differential diagnosis of distal symmetrical polyneuropathy.