LF:VLNE9X1 Neurology - Course Information

VLNE9X1 Neurology

Extent and Intensity

1/4/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: RZk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. MUDr. Josef Bednařík, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Zdeněk Kadaňka, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Ivan Rektor, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Milan Brázdil, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. MUDr. Petr Kaňovský, CSc. (seminar tutor)
prof. MUDr. Irena Rektorová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. MUDr. Radomír Šlapal, CSc. (seminar tutor)
prof. MUDr. Pavel Štourač, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. MUDr. Josef Bednařík, CSc.
Department of Neurology – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• General Medicine (programme LF, M-VL)

Syllabus

• Seminars and clinical practices 1st day: The history of the illness. The reflexes. 2nd day: Examination of the cranial nerves I.-VI. 3rd day: Examination of the cranial nerves VII.-XII. 4th day: Examination of the motor system. Testing of the muscle strength. Types of the motor paralysis. 5th day: Examination of the sensation. Topical spinal cord and brainstem syndromes. 6th day: Neurological examination of the neonate and the child. Developmental neurology. 7th day: Examination of the cerebellar and the extrapyramidal system. 8th day: Examination of the spine. Radicular syndromes. Principles of physiotherapy. 9th day: Meningeal syndrome. Intracranial hypertension. Examination of unconscious patient. Brain death. Glasgow coma scale. 10th day: Investigation of the patient with neurological disease (electroencephalography, electromyography, evoked potentials, ultrasonography, neuroradiology, biochemical testing, examination of the cerebrospinal fluid).

Literature

• ŠTOURAČ, Pavel, Josef BEDNAŘÍK, Milan BRÁZDIL, Zdeněk KADAŇKA, Petr KAŇOVSKÝ, Marek MECHL, Jiří PRÁŠEK, Ivan REKTOR, Irena REKTOROVÁ and Radomír ŠLAPAL. Učebnice obecné neurologie (Textbook of General Neurology). 2., přepracované. Brno: Masarykova universita v Brně, 2003, 197 pp. ISBN 80-210-3309-6. info
• BEDNAŘÍK, Josef, Milan BRÁZDIL, Zdeněk KADAŇKA, Petr KAŇOVSKÝ, Robert KUBA, Michal PELLAR, Ivan REKTOR, Irena REKTOROVÁ, Radomír ŠLAPAL, Pavel ŠTOURAČ, Stanislav VOHÁŇKA and Miroslav MORAŇ. Učebnice speciální neurologie (Textbook ov Neurology). 2. přepracované vydání. Brno: Masarykova universita, 1999, 285 pp. ISBN 80-210-2125-X. info
• Gilroy J. Basic Neurology. Third ed. McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing 1999:702 pp. ISBN: 0071054677.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Klasifikovaný zápočet po absolvování povinné výuky.
Závěrečná rigorózní ústní zkouška

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2005, recent)
  
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