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Introduction
The section of Neurology was established
in 1990 , when Kaohsiung Veteran General
Hospital was
first built.
It was belonged to Department of
Internal Medicine with 30 available
beds. It was a certified training
center for neurology specialist.
Medical
Services
We provided outpatient and
hospitalization services , and the
following specialized tests for patients
with
nervous system disorders :
1. Electroencephalogram/Video monitoring
2. Nerve conduction velocity,
electromyography ( NCV/EMG )
3. Evoked potential and autonomic nerve
studies ( SSEP/VEP/AEP )
4. Neurosonography ( Carotid duplex,
B-mode & TCD )
5. Neuropsychological examination
6. Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Education &
Training
There is teaching staff : one associate
professor , one lecturer .
We accept students from the department
of medicine of some universities or
colleges for internship .
We accept DOH entrustment to train
specialist of neurology .
Morning meetings and panel discussions
on pathology , mortality and image
diagnosis are arranged regularly .
Medical
Research
The visiting doctors of section of
Neurology are subdivided into several
special research fields :
(1) Cerebrovascular diseases and
Epilepsy : chief Lo Yuk-Keung
(2) Dementia : Dr.Lin Yu-Te
(3) Movement disorder : Dr.Li Jie-Yuan
Medical Quality
Control
Because the certain amount of patient
with nervous system disorders have the
sequelae , and need
further chronic care after discharge ,
we established the action term for
preparation of discharge to promote
further service and arrangement of
patient after discharge .
Otherwise , we followed the “Medical QC
Assessment Committee” and “Hospital
Infection Control
Committee” to promote medical quality
control and to prevent hospital
infection .
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