Blackouts and faints (funny turns)
● Loss of consciousness of any cause
● Vasovagal syncope
● Cough syncope
● Effort syncope
● Micturition syncope
● Carotid sinus syncope
● Epilepsy
● Stokes Adams attacks
● Hypoglycaemia
● Orthostatic hypotension
● Drop attacks
● Cranial nerve problems
● Any cause including visual field defects
● Multiple sclerosis (MS)
● Space occupying lesions
● Bell’s palsy
● Falls
● Complications including subdural, extradural haemorrhage
● Dizziness
● Vertigo (benign positional vertigo)
● Ménières disease
● Ototoxicity
● Vestibular nerve problems (Acoustic neuroma, vestibular neuronitis,
herpes zoster, brain stem)
● Headache
● Migraine
● Cluster headache
● Glaucoma
● Giant cell arteritis
● Tension headache
● Raised intracranial pressure
● Medication misuse
● Meningitis
● Encephalitis
● Subarachnoid haemorrhage
● Sinusitis
● Movement disorders including tremor and gait problems
● Chorea
● Athetosis
● Hemiballismus
● Tics, myoclonus, dystonia and tardive dyskinesia
● Parkinson’s disease
● Parkinsonism
● Peripheral nerve problems and abnormalities of sensation
● Testing peripheral nerves
● Dermatomes
● Autonomic neuropathy
● Mononeuropathies
● Polyneuropathies
● Bulbar palsy
● Motor Neuron Disease
● Cervical spondylosis
● Neurofibromatosis
● Syringomyelia
● Seizures
● Epilepsy
● Convulsions
● Weakness and fatigue
● Concepts
● Cerebral artery territories
● Upper motor neuron vs lower motor neuron
● Muscle weakness grading
● TIA, stroke, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, nerve entrapments
● Cord compression
● Transverse myelitis
● Carcinomatosis
● Meningitis
● Guillain-barre
● Cord infarction
● Spinal artery thrombosis
● Trauma
● Dissecting aortic aneurysm
● Cauda equina lesions
● Management of paralysed patient
● Leg weakness (spastic paraparesis, flaccid paraparesis,
unilateral foot drop, weak legs with no sensory loss, absent
knee jerks and extensor plantars)
● Recognition of different gait disorders
● Stroke (mimics, risk factors, site of lesion, investigation
management and treatment, rehabilitation, TIA, SAH)
● Myopathy
● Myasthenia gravis