Course program
1. Headache:
The worst headache
Headache with fever or nucal rigor
The new headache in non-cephalalgic adult
The cephalalgic crisis in known cephalalgic
2. Fever and neurological signs:
Fever and headache
Fever, delirium and agitation
Diagnostic and therapeutic priorities
3. Vertigo
Neurological examination in vertigo
Clinical examination
Basic migraine dizziness and migraine
Clinical criteria for the differential diagnosis between vertigo of peripheral and central origin
4. Confusional state or delirium
Definition
Evaluation scales
Differential diagnosis
Treatment criteria
5. Transient disturbances of consciousness
Definition
Differential diagnosis
6. Motor and non-motor epileptic manifestations
Clinical diagnosis of epileptic manifestation
Emergency therapy. Emergency assistance
7. Acute vision disorders
Acute visual decline
Differential diagnosis of acute visual decline
Acute disorders of extrinsic oculomotion
8. Focal neurological deficits
Possible scenarios based on the time elapsed from the onset, the NIHSS score and the neuroradiological examinations
Differential diagnoses: stroke mimics
9. Muscular pains, deficit of strength and / or sensory disturbances
Patient with acute onset of widespread muscular pains
Patient with generalized acute muscle weakness (myogenic)
Patient with acute muscle weakness (neurogenic and non-traumatic)
Patient with acute sensitivity disorder (peripheral type)
10. Slight head injuries
Definition and epidemiology
Moderate head injury
Prerequisites
Anatomy and physiology of the Nervous System. Internal Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, Pharmacology
Books
Compendio di neurologia. Lenzi, Di Piero, Padovani - Ed. Piccin
Neurologia della Sapienza. A Berardelli e G. Cruccu- Ed Esculapio
Frequency
Mandatory
Exam mode
Oral exam: the student has to answer the question in such a way as to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the subject to pass the exam.
Lesson mode
Frontal teaching: discussion on the topics of the course is stimulated in order to make learning interactive