Course: Neurology

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Course title Neurology
Course code KOS/NEU
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Posseltová Lucie, Mgr.
  • Jelínek František, MUDr.
  • Posseltová Lucie, Mgr.
Course content
Lectures 1. General neurology - introductory repetition of anatomy, physiology of the nervous system. 2. Neurological propedeutics. 3. Auxiliary examinations - electrophysiological laboratory methods, lumbar puncture, radiodiagnostic methods. 4. Stroke (CMP) - TIA, hemorrhage, ischemia. Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAK), vascular malformation. Disorders of individual cranial nerves. 5. Seizures - epilepsy, status epilepticus, non-epileptic seizures. Brain Injury (Como, Contusion). Differential diagnostics of consciousness disorders. 6. Nervous system autoimmune disorder - Guillan Barre syndrome. Multiple sclerosis. Pathophysiology etiology, symptomatology, diagnosis and therapy in individual diseases. 7. Inflammatory diseases of the CNS, thrombophlebitis of the veins, aseptic meningitis, brain abscess, purulent meningitis, Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, shingles, prion infections, HIV. 8. Headache - migraine, tension cephalea, trigeminal neuralgia. 9. Vertebrogenic disorders - degenerative changes, cervical orifice, cervicocranial syndrome, cervicobrachial syndrome lumbago, lumboischiadic syndrome, cauda aequina syndrome. 10. Intracranial tumors. Degenerative diseases - Parkinson's disease, dementia (Alzheimer's disease) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Peripheral nerve disorders - n.ischiadicus, n. Peroneus, n. Tibialis, n. Femoralis. Muscle diseases, myasthenia gravis. Exercises 1. - 3. Introduction to Nursing in Neurology - Neurological Propaedeutics, Specifics of Nursing Process in Neurology neurology - assessment, diagnostics. Electrodiagnostic methods. Possibilities in prehospital care. 4. - 5. Nursing care for a patient with stroke. Quality criteria for patient care with stroke - the role of rescuer. Focus on time. 6. - 7. Nursing care for a patient with epilepsy, convulsions. Visit video monitoring. 8. Nursing care of a patient with CNS inflammatory disease. Case report. 9. - 10. Nursing care of a patient with pain, the most common neurological diseases accompanied by pain. Case reports.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
are not required
Skills
are not required
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
characterizes pathophysiology, clinical picture, differential diagnosis and treatment of acute conditions with potential nervous system involvement
Skills
assesses the acute condition with regard to possible affection of the nervous system, applies pre-hospital emergency care to the extent needed
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Skills
Practicum
Skills demonstration
Competences
Lecture
Practicum
Skills demonstration
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Test
Skills
Test
Oral exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Oral exam
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • AMBLER, Zdeněk a kol. Klinická neurologie: část speciální I, II.. Praha: Triton, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7387-389-9.
  • Ambler, Zdeněk. Základy neurologie : [učebnice pro lékařské fakulty]. 7. vyd. Praha : Galén, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7262-707-3.
  • Fuller, Geraint. Neurologické vyšetření snadno a rychle. 1. české vyd. Praha : Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-1914-6.
  • KALITA, Z. Akutní cévní mozkové příhody: Příručka pro osoby ohrožené CMP, jejich rodinné příslušníky a známé. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2010. ISBN 978-80-204-2093-0.
  • KAPOUNOVÁ, Gabriela. Ošetřovatelství v intenzivní péči. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada. 2007. 368 s. ISBN 978-80-247-1830-9..
  • Kolář, Pavel. Rehabilitace v klinické praxi. Praha : Galén, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7262-657-1.
  • MAREČKOVÁ, J. Ošetřovatelské diagnózy v doménách. Praha : Grada, 2006. ISBN 80-247-1399-3.
  • Pfeiffer, Jan. Neurologie v rehabilitaci : pro studium a praxi. 1. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1135-5.
  • Seidl, Zdeněk. Neurologie pro studium i praxi. 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5247-1.
  • Slezáková, Zuzana. Ošetřovatelství v neurologii. 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4868-9.
  • ŠKOLOUDÍK, D., BAR, M. Speciální neurologie pro studenty bakalářských oborů. Ostrava: Lékařská fakulta Ostravské univerzity v Ostravě, 2011. ISBN 978-807-3689-612.
  • Trachtová, Eva; Trejtnarová, Gabriela,; Mastiliaková, Dagmar. Potřeby nemocného v ošetřovatelském procesu. Brno : Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7013-553-2.


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