by Tim Milligan | Nov 16, 2015 | Neurology
You are seeing Ms. Wilmington, a 63 year old woman, in your outpatient clinic. She tells you that her old tremor is getting worse. Take a focused history of her complaint and perform a focused physical exam. History Onset of tremor Onset of worsening of the tremor...
by Tim Milligan | Nov 16, 2015 | Neurology
You are seeing Ms. Davis, a 32 year old woman, in your ambulatory clinic today. She states that she has had a worsening headache over the last week. Take a focused history of this complaint. Then, examine all cranial nerves except for I, II, & VIII. History Onset...
by Tim Milligan | Nov 16, 2015 | Neurology
You are seeing Oleg Markov, a 15 year old male, in your ambulatory clinic today. He states that he has recently experienced moments during the day where he loses awareness for minutes at a time but soon fully recovers. Take a focused history of this complaint. History...
by Tim Milligan | Nov 16, 2015 | Neurology
You are seeing Mrs. Salamanca, a 45 year old female, in your outpatient clinic. She’s been complaining of unsteadiness when she walks. Please perform a complete examination of her coordination. Physical Examination Gait Asks patient to walk to assess gait Assesses toe...
by Tim Milligan | Nov 16, 2015 | Neurology
You are seeing Mr. Grimson, a 39 year old man, for numbness of the face as well as a right facial droop. Please examine cranial nerves V and VII Physical Examination CN V Examines for light touch in all three nerve distributions (forehead, cheek, chin) Examines for...