neuro

Question 1

bacteria that causes meningnitis

Answer 1

strep pneumonia
neisseria menigitis
prgnancy - listeria

Question 2

viruses that cause meningitis

Answer 2

enterovirus

Question 3

wernickes aphasia

Answer 3

word salad
lesion in superior temporal gyrus - inferior MCA

Question 4

brocas aphasia

Answer 4

non-fluent but makes sense
lesion in inferior frontal gyrus - superior MCA

Question 5

hemicrania

Answer 5

shorter trigeminal autonomic caphalgias

treated with indomethacin

Question 6

focal seizure treatment

Answer 6

l ones
carbamazepine

Question 7

cervical myelopathy symptoms

Answer 7

imbalance
clumsy hands
pain
UMN signs

Question 8

treatment of cervical myelopathy?

Answer 8

decompression surgery

Question 9

MRI of huntingtons

Answer 9

caudate and putamen atrophy

Question 10

wallenburgs stroke

Answer 10

posterior inferior stroke

ipsilateral horners & facial pain loss
contralateral body pain loss

Question 11

webers stroke

Answer 11

posterior stroke affecting midbrain

ipsilateral CN III palsy
contralateral weakness

Question 12

anti-emetic used in parkinsons

Answer 12

domperidone

Question 13

one vs both sided parkinsons

Answer 13

one - idiopathic
both - drug induced

Question 14

treatment of meningitis + rash

Answer 14

no steroids

Question 15

treatment of guillian barr

Answer 15

plasma exchange

Question 16

treatment of myasthenia gravis

Answer 16

pyridostigmine

Question 17

treatment of lambert-eaton myasthanic

Answer 17

3,4 - diminothingy

Question 18

treatment of spasms in MS

Answer 18

baclofen

Question 19

treatment for brain mets (palliative)

Answer 19

dexomethasone

Question 20

dvla strok vs tia

Answer 20

stop for a month - dont need to report

Question 21

dvla epilepsy

Answer 21

1 seizure - 6 months
epilepsy - 1 year no seizures

Question 22

DCML vs spinothalamic

Answer 22

DCML - fine touch, vibration, pressure
spinothalamic - temperature, pain

Question 23

pyramidal vs extra pyramidal tracts

Answer 23

pyramid - cortex, voluntary
extra - brain stem, involuntary

Question 24

pyramidal tracts

Answer 24

corticospinal- body (lateral - fine movement, ventral - posture0
corticobulbar - cranial nerve (head and neck)

Question 25

extrapyramidal tracts

Answer 25

rubrospinal reticulospinal - increases/ decreases voluntary movement tectospinal - vision vestibulospinal - antigravity

Question 26

brown sequard

Answer 26

ipsilateral DCLM symptoms (fine touch, pressure, vibration) & corticospinal contralateral spinothalamic symptoms (temp, pain)

Question 27

anterior cord tracts

Answer 27

all except DCML

Question 28

function of temporal lobe

Answer 28

language comprehension memory hearing

Question 29

dominant vs non dominant parietal lobe lesions

Answer 29

dominant - language impairment non - spaciel awareness

Question 30

vessel involved in extra vs subdural haemorrhages

Answer 30

extra - middle meningeal artey sub - bridging cerebral vein

Question 31

drug given in subarachnoid treatment

Answer 31

nimodipine

Question 32

investigation and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

Answer 32

MRI carbamazepine

Question 33

normal ICP

Answer 33

7-15 mmHg

Question 34

uncal hernia symptoms

Answer 34

3rd nerve palsy hemon hemiop

Question 35

specific symptoms of vascular Parkinson's

Answer 35

lower limbs affects no resting tremor

Question 36

MS prevention treatment

Answer 36

tecfidera monoclonal antibodies stem cell transplant

Question 37

CSF bacterial vs viral menigitis

Answer 37

bacterial - increased polymorphs, decreased glucose viral - increased lymphocytes, increased glucose

Question 38

virus that causes encephalitis

Answer 38

HSV

Question 39

gliomas (3 types)

Answer 39

most common glioblastoma (type of astrocytoma) (dead) oligodendroglioma (seizures) ependymoma (4th ventricle in kids)

Question 40

meningiomas (characteristics)

Answer 40

arachnoid cap cells benign

Question 41

nutrition in MND

Answer 41

PEG

Question 42

venous sinus thrombosis investigation and treatment

Answer 42

MRI heparin

Question 43

symptoms of charcot marie tooth

Answer 43

sensory + LMN symptoms

Question 44

meningitis treatment ages

Answer 44

3 month - 50 years - just cef >50 cef + amox

Question 45

which medication might cause fasiculations as a side effect

Answer 45

suxamethonium

Question 46

how is peripheral neuropathy risk reduced (in TB treatment)

Answer 46

pyridoxine

Question 47

symptoms of creutzfelt jakob disease

Answer 47

myoclonus + dementia

Question 48

cancer associated with myasthania gravis

Answer 48

thymoma

Question 49

cranial nerves affected in vestibular schwannoma

Answer 49

V - absent corneal reflex VII - facial palsy VIII - tinnitus, vertigo

Question 50

treatment of restless leg syndrome

Answer 50

dopemine agonists (ropinirole, pramipexole)

Question 51

sinus infection -> bad headache

Answer 51

cavernous sinus thrombosis

Question 52

where do the cranial nerves come from

Answer 52

1,2 - cerebrum 3,4 - midbrain 5,6,7,8 - pons 9,10,11,12 - medulla

Question 53

symptoms of hydrocephalus in babies

Answer 53

tense/ buldging fontenells failure of upwards gaze

Question 54

imaging in dementia - to work out type

Answer 54

SPECT

Question 55

what might happen if you stop parkinsons meds

Answer 55

akinesia - cant initiate movement

Question 56

akathsia

Answer 56

restlessness

Question 57

what increases the chance of bells palsy

Answer 57

pregnancy

Question 58

prophalaxis for contacts of menigitis patients

Answer 58

oral cipro

Question 59

medication that can precipitate myasthenia gravis

Answer 59

beta blocker

Question 60

does a normal MMSE rule out dementia

Answer 60

no

Question 61

questionaire good for frontotemporal dementia

Answer 61

addenbrookes (ACE)

Question 62

complication of SAH

Answer 62

hyPOnatraemia

Question 63

nerves affected by cavernous sinus thrombosis

Answer 63

III, IV, V1, V2, and VI