Epilepsy and sleep disorders, headache Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Weight loss is a side effect of treatment for

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Topiramate

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Topiramate is not given to and epilepsy patient with

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kidney stones

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3
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Phenorbarbitone is not given to a patient with

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dementia, because ir affects higher nervous activity

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4
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Drug of choice for convulsive status epilepticus

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benzodiazepine

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5
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If benzodiazepine didn’t work we use

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phenytoin

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6
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If benzodiazepine and pheytoin didn’t work we use

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anaesthesia with propofol or pentobarbital

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7
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First-line treatment for a patient with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

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valproate

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8
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Antiepileptic used exclusively for absence

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ethosuximide

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9
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can riluzole be used for epilepsy?

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No

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10
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Generalised epileptic seizures are

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Absence
Myoclonic + generalised tonic-clonic

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11
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what to use to break status epilepticus

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Diazepam

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12
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Todd’s Paresis

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Transient neurological impairment, usually weakness contralateral to the epileptic focus

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13
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Absence seizure drugs

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ethosuximide (only for that), valproate

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14
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Can aggravate withdrawal seizures

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Carbamazepine

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15
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type of seizure that looks luke sudden, rapid spasms or convulsions of the upper or lower limbs, with not loss of consciousness, can also cause a fall

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Myoclonic seizures

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16
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What happen with carbamazepine and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

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Carbamazepine worsens juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

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17
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Drug for focal symptomatic epilepsy

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Carbamazepine

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18
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Drug for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

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Valproate, Lamotrigine

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19
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Drug for petit-nale seizure

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ethosuccimide

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20
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22 years old. Has generalized seizure after a sleepless night. Recently things have been falling out of her hands in the morning

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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

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21
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What to use when recording a EEG in a patient with epilepsy

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Hyperventilation

22
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18 years old epipepsy repeatedly loses things

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Myoclonus. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

23
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Drug juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

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valproate,lamotrigine

24
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Drug for pregnant woman having seizure

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Magnesium sulphate

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24 years old had epileptic convulsion on right side. Weakness on the left side
Todd's paresis
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Patients retains consciousness, there are rapid jerks that causes him to fall what is it
myoclonic epilepsy
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Type of headache of a patient that has headaches mainly at night, on one side of the face, with a runny nose and red eyes
Headache in raphalas
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treatment of intracranial hypotension
lying down and hydratation
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Treatment for Horton's headache
Sumatriptan s.c
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Short-term prevention of horton's headache
Corticoesteroids
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Drug for tension headache
Ibuprofen
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Drug for paroxymal haemicraina
Indomethacin
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Medicine for a 24 years old female with migraines accompained by vomiting
Sumatriptan nasal spray
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Drugs for migraine prophylaxis
Antiepileptics Antidepressants Calcium antagonist
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The most unilateral headache is
Horton's headache
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Triptans type of drug
Serotonergic receptor agonist
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Female cook takes contraceptives and complains of headaches for several weeks. What does she have
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
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Type of headache in a lady with a headache and a red eye
Paroxysmal haemicrania
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Drug of paroxysmal haemicrania
Indomethacin
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Visual field loss in migraine aurea problem in
Occipital cortex
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16 years old strange aura subsides after 23-30 minutes, the occipital headache
Basilar migraine
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O2 as a therapy in which headache
headache in raphalas
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Unilateral loss of vision that is reversible and followed by headache
Retinal migraine
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Structures that enable consciousness
Lateral prefrontal cortex Posterior parietal cortex Thalamus
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Treatment of acute migraine attacks
Analgesics Specific medicines that ends in triptansi Antiemetic (metoklopramid, Domperidon)
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Differential diagnosis between migraine and tension-type headache
Migraine: recurrent episodes, nausea, sensitivity to light with normal neurological status Tension-type headache: bilateral headache, normal neurological status
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Drug patient with angina and migraine
Naproxen
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Headache and increased sedimentation
Temporal arteritis
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Visual field loss in migraine with aura is due to disturbance in
Occipital cortex
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How long does an episode of headache last in raphalas
15 minutes to 3 hours