Saturday, November 8, 2008

Neurology

Neuro examination is always considered hard, with its many localising signs to remember. However, it is not that hard if you've practiced well in the 8 weeks

I'm lazy to write about neuro exam here, because there;s too many of them. If you want to learn, learn it from your supervisor, seniors, or our colleagues who have done their medicine previous semester. They should be able to guide.

But the most common mistake made is the use of the word normal. e.g. "the muscle power is normal" or "reflexes are normal". This is really contraindicated in short or long case, as the word normal denotes nothing but ignorance. Muscle power must always be expressed in "5/5" form,5 is maximum and 0 is minimum. Reflexes is expressed in +,++,+++, or ++++ with ++ and +++ considered normal.

If demonstration is needed feel free to ask. :)

3 comments:

~YM~ said...

can please kindly record your examination in video? Make it like within the 10 mins limit so we can upload it to youtube. And well, u have yi hui or jo ee there as your specimen. :P

That will definitely make it much easier for all of us! n_n

I'll love to have running commentary too.

Jeffrey said...

demo a...paiseh leh...copyrite hahaha...u come back from tg karang i go ward demo to u all la dat time u want record or wat oso ok :)

~YM~ said...

okok.. when I come back i record you and your specimens since pt wun allow us put it on9. Wakaka...