OTHER TOPICS IN THIS CHAPTER
- Introduction to the Neurologic Examination
- How to Assess Mental Status
- How to Assess the Cranial Nerves
- How to Assess the Motor System
- How to Assess Muscle Strength
- How to Assess Gait, Stance, and Coordination
- How to Assess Sensation
- How to Assess Reflexes
- How to Assess the Autonomic Nervous System
- Cerebrovascular Examination
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Assessment of the autonomic nervous system involves checking for the following:
Heart rate changes in response to the Valsalva maneuver
Evidence of Horner syndrome (unilateral ptosis, pupillary constriction, facial anhidrosis)
Disturbances of bowel, bladder, sexual, and hypothalamic function should be noted.
(See also Introduction to the Neurologic Examination and Overview of the Autonomic Nervous System.)
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