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Neurology Flashcards

1
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Unilateral, pulsating, photophobia, Aura, 4-72 hours, triptan

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Migraine

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2
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HA + Lacrimation + Rhinorrhea, Men, 100% O2

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Cluster

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3
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Bilateral, band/vice like

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Tension

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Confused or AMS, Fever, HSV, CT Scan then LP

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Encephalitis

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Brudzinski, Kernig, Fever, CT and LP, Dexamethasone, Ceftriaxone, Vancomycin

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Meningitis

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Not at rest, improves with EtOH, tx with propranolol

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Essential tremor

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7
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Chorea, psychiatric change, dementia, genetic testing, tetrabenazine, Quitiapine

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Huntington Dz

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Decrease dopamine, pill rolling, cogwheel rigidity, shuffling gait, anticholinergics, Levodopa-carbidopa

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Parkinsons

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Berry aneurysm, anterior circle of willis, stop smoking, thunderclap HA, meningeal signs + LOC, CT and LP

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)

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Ischemic > Hemorrhagic, Facial paresis, arm drift/weakness, abnml speech, CT scan, TPA <4.15 hours, Angiography

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Stroke

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Signs and sx of stroke w/o infarct

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Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

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Confusion and amnesia, post-concussion syndrome

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Concussion

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Ascending weakness/paralysis, absent DTR, campylobacter infection, IVIG or plasma exchange

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Guillan barre syndrome

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Gradual, progressive, TSH and Vit B12, Cholinesterase inhibitor, Memantine (Namenda)

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Dementia

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Acute, reversible, fluctuations of consciousness

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Delirium

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Affects white matter, >2 distinct episodes, women, sensory sx, optic neuritis, oligoclonal bands, glucocoritcoids

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Multiple sclerosis

17
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Muscle weakness, acetacholine receptor antibodies, worse at the end of the day, ptosis and diplopia, EMG, Thymectomy <60 or with thymoma

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Myasthenia gravis

18
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Postictal confusion, tongue biting, urination, foaming of mouth

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Seizure

19
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Petit mal, generalized, children, staring, lip smacking, ethosuximide

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Absence

20
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> 5 min, BZD, fosphenytoin or phenytoin, phenobarbital

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Status epilepticus

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