✅NEUROLOGY Flashcards
Cerebral Salt Wasting etx
⬇︎Brain adrenergic output to Kidney –> ⬇︎PCT Na+ Reabsorption–> hypOvolemic hypONatremia
[Wernicke Korsakoff Syndrome] Clinical Presentation (3)
Wernicke problems come in a CAN of beer!
[Confusion & Confabulation]
Ataxia (Gait & Postural)
[Nystagmus + Oculomotor Dyf]
chronic alcoholism = most common cause
[Wernicke Korsakoff Syndrome] MOD
Wernicke Problems come in a CAN of beer!
[Thiamine B1 Deficiency] from (below) –> BL circuit dysfunction between mammillary bodies & ANT Thalamus:
- Chronic Alcoholism = MOST COMMON
- Giving [Glucose that doesn’t have B1] to a B1-deficient pt (i.e. homeless malnutrition pt)

Tx for [Wernicke Korsakoff Syndrome] (2)
[Thiamine B1 IV] ➜ Glucose
What’s the major complication of [SubArachnoid Hemorrhage] during recovery?
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How do you tx this?
Usually in the Suprasellar Cistern

Severe Cerebral Vasospasm 4-12 days post SAH onset
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Prevent with [Nimodipine CCB]
Other complications: Rebleeding, SIADH, Seizures

Describe the Demographic for the HA:
Migraine-2
Cluster
Tension
Migraine = Female and [Kids(will be bifrontal)]
Cluster = Male (100% O2 tx)
Tension = Female

Describe the Onset for the HA:
Migraine
Cluster
Tension
Migraine = Variable but possibly during menstruation
Cluster = During Sleep (100% O2 tx)
Tension = When Stressed “think tense”

Describe the Location for the HA:
Migraine
Cluster
Tension
Migraine = POUND = [Pounding/One-3 Day Duration /Unilateral/Nausea/Disabling] + photo vs. phonophobia & [flashing dots aura]
Cluster = Behind 1 eye (100% O2 tx)
Tension = [Bilateral & Band-like around the head]

Describe the Character for the HA:
Migraine
Cluster (3)
Tension (2)
Migraine = POUND = [Pounding/One Day-3 day Duration/Unilateral/Nausea/Disabling] + photo vs. phonophobia & [flashing dots aura]
Cluster = [Excruciating, sharp & steady] (100% O2 tx)
Tension = Dull & tight

Describe the Duration for the HA:
Migraine
Cluster
Tension
Migraine = POUND = [Pounding/One-3 Day Duration /Unilateral/Nausea/Disabling] + photo vs. phonophobia & [flashing dots aura]
Cluster = 15 - 90 MINUTES (100% O2 tx)
Tension = 30 min to 7 DAYS!!!! (Tammy’s Entire Work Week)

Describe the Associated Sx for the HA:
Migraine
Cluster - 4
Tension
“VTAP the migraine BEFORE it gets comes, and SEND it on its way when it does! “

Migraine = POUND = [Pounding/One-3 Day Duration /Unilateral/Nausea/Disabling] + photo vs. phonophobia & [flashing dots aura]
________________
Cluster = [Sweating/ Pupil Change / Lacrimation / Rhinorrhea]
Tension = [Muscle “Tension” in Head, Neck or Shoulders]
Which bone is associated with Epidural Hematoma?
Sphenoid

Violent Infant Shaking —> ⬜ . This is characterized by what 3 things?
________________
How is this differentiated from similar conditions?
[AHT- Abusive Head Trauma]! =
- Subdural Hemorrhage (from tearing bridging veins between Dura and Arachnoid)
- [BL Retinal Vein Hemorrhages]
- POSTERIOR rib fractures
- ________________*
- Usually* Accidental Fall is not sufficient for Subdural Hemorrhage OR [BL Retinal Vein Hemorrhage]
- AHT is formely known as Shaken Baby Syndrome*

What lab values differentiate seminomatous vs. NonSeminomatous Germ cell tumors?
seminomatous = ⬆︎bHCG
________________
NonSeminomatous(yolk sac/choriocarcinoma/embryonal) = [⬆︎bHCG AND AFP]

[Thiamine B1] deficiency causes ⬜ and BeriBeri
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Describe BeriBeri (2)
[Wernicke Korsakoff Syndrome] and [BeriBeri]
________________
BeriBeri (Wet vs. Dry vs. BOTH) is associated with…
- Heart involvement = WET
- Symmetrical Peripheral Neuropathy = DRY
[Thiamine B1] is needed to Decarboxylate a-ketoacids (carb metabolism)
Clinical Presentation for [Bells Palsy] (4)
Facial CN7 paralysis from inflammatory edema –> Loss of FACE

Loss of Facial m –> Unilateral Paralysis to ENTIRE HALF of face
Loss of Afferent somatics from Ear –> Hyperacusis
Loss of Crying 2/2 Loss of Parasympathetics to [Lacrimal/Salivary/Sublingual/Submandibular] glands
Loss of [Eating with Taste] 2/2 Loss of Taste to ANTERIOR 2/3 TONGUE
Clinical Criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer’s -5
CLAV –> HANDU
- GOE 2 Cognitive deficits
- Worsening Memory
- Consciousness intact
- Onsets after 60 yo
- No other Systemic/Neuro DO to cause cognitive defects

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Sx (3)
________________
Which is earliest to present?
⬇︎CSF absorption –> Wacky, Wobbly & Wet!

Wacky (memory loss)
Wet (Urinary Incontinence from compressing periventricular cortico-cortical white fibers traveling to sacral micturition center)
What causes [Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus]? -2
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what does [Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus] do to overall [subarachnoid space volume]?
[Idiopathic episodic ⬇︎Arachnoid villi CSF absorption] vs obstruction
________________
NOTHING
[NPH does NOT ⬆︎ subArachnoid space volume]
________________
Wacky, Wobbly & Wet!

ANY Clinical Suspicion of Stroke warrants _____. Why?-2
NonContrast Head CT; Ischemic stroke benefits from Thrombolytics vs ICH requires neurosurgery
How do ICH (IntraCranial Hemorrhage) stroke appear on NonContrast Head CT?
________________
How long does this take?
[HYPERdense White]; IMMEDIATELY!

Ischemic Stroke = [hypOdense dark] and takes >24 hrs to appear
Ethosuximide Indication
Sux to have Silent Seizures
Silent (Absent) Seizures
Features of Absence Seizures -4
- Staring spells that pauses a pt mid-activity
- < 20 seconds
- Not responsive to external stimulation
- NO recollection
________________
- Provoked by Hyperventilation or photic stimulation / Dx = 3 Hz EEG spike*
- ADHD staring spells occur only DURING BOREDOM!*
Name the 2 common triggers of Absence Seizures-2
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Dx?
- Hyperventilation
- photic stimulation
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3 Hz EEG spike




























































































































































































































































