Basic Science
- Anatomy
- Upper limb
- Lower Limb
- Cranial nerves
- Spine
- Skull
- Brain
- Functional neuroanatomy
- Cerebral cortex and lobes
- Sensation fibres and pathways
- Motor fibres and pathways
- Vision
- Hearing
- Cranial nerves
- Cerebral blood flow and ICP
Presenting Problems/CCPs
- Headache/Facial Pain
- Dizziness
- Collapse
- Status Epilepticus
- Coma
- Delirium
- Amnesia
- Weakness
- Sensory Disturbance
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal perception
- Altered balance/vertigo
- Abnormal Gait
- Abnormal Speech/language
- Disturbance of smell
- Visual disturbance and ocular abnormalities (including field defects)
- Hearing disturbance
- Dysphagia/Dysarthria
- Bladder, bowel and sexual disturbance
- Personality change
- Sleep disturbance
- Psychiatric disorders
Clinical Skills
- Principles of neurocritical care
- Fluid and Electrolytes
- Measuring Intracranial pressure
- Anaesthesia; ventilation and cardiovascular monitoring
- Neurological Examination
- Cranial Nerves
- Upper Limb
- Lower Limb
- Cerebellar Examination
- Lumbar Puncture
Conditions
- Spine
- Spinal injury/trauma
- C-spine injury
- Vascular lesions
- Infections
- Congenital disorder
- Spina bifida
- Meningocele
- Deformity
- Scoliosis
- Kyphosis
- Syringomyelia
- Degenerative disc disease
- Spondylosis
- Ossified posterior longitudinal ligament
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Spinal stenosis
- Cauda equina
- Spondylolisthesis
- Disc Prolapse
- Neoplasia
- Extradural tumours
- Intradural extramedullary tumours
- Intramedullary tumours
- Spinal injury/trauma
- Infections
- Meningitis
- Viral
- Bacterial
- Other
- Encephalitis
- Abscess/empyema
- Other infections (fungal; TB; parasitic; atypical and opportunistic infection)
- Meningitis
- Neoplasia
- Astrocytic tumours
- Oligodendrogliomas and mixed gliomas
- Ependymal tumours
- Choroid plexus and other neuroepithelial tumours
- Neuronal and neuronal-glial tumours
- Pineal parenchymal tumours
- Sellar tumours
- Embryonal tumours
- Meningeal tumours
- Haematopoeitic tumours
- Germ cell tumours
- Metastases
- Peripheral Neuroblastic tumours
- Tumours of the cranial nerves and peripheral nerves
- Familial syndromes
- Cysts and tumour like lesions
- Skull base tumours
- Vascular
- Stroke
- Subdural Haematoma
- Extradural haematoma
- Intracerebral haemorrhage
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage
- Cerebral aneurysms
- Arteriovenous malformations
- Cavernous malformations
- Venous angiomas and capillary telangiectasia
- Dural and cavernous AV fistulas
- Extracranial vascular disease
- Cranial Revascularisation
- Hydrocephalus and CSF leaks
- Epilepsy (see also neurology)
- Movement disorders
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Nerve compression
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Intractable pain
- Headache syndromes
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Concussion and contusions
- Diffuse axonal injury
- Spinal injury and spinal shock (including anterior/posterior and Brown-Sequard syndromes)
- Skull fractures
- Cerebral oedema
- Coning and the ‘braindead’ patient
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