from Section 1 - Neurologic Examination and Neurodiagnostic Testing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2024
The human nervous system contains more than 100 billion neurons. Each has a unique function enabling taste, smell, touch, sight, hearing, movement, respiration, cognition, and much more. In the setting of a neurologic emergency, patients may lose these unique capacities. It is the emergency physician’s responsibility to complete a neurologic history and examination to determine the type of deficit and the neuroanatomical location of the abnormality
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