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Neurology Buzzwords Flashcards

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thunderclap headache

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subarachnoid haemorrhage (PCKD)

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2
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xanthochromic LP

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SAH (fresh blood = traumatic tap)

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3
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lucid period after head trauma, often followed by sudden collapse or deterioration

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extradural haemorrhage

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4
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cogwheel rigidity

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parkinsons

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5
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woody texture muscle swelling

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duchenne or becker MD

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raised CK, toe walker or positive growers sign

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muscular dystrophy

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7
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mast like expression

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parkinsons

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8
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fluctuating cognitive deficit

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lewy body dementia or delirium

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9
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REM disturbance

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LBD or PD

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10
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vivid visual hallucinations normally of children and not threatening

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lewy body dementia

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11
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acute onset cognitive disturbance that fluctuates

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delirium

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12
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personality / behaviour changes then dementia

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frontotemporal dementia (picks disease)

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13
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memory and personality problems in someone with history of CVD

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vascular dementia

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14
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stepwise deterioration

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vascular dementia

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15
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pain on loud noise

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facial nerve palsy

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16
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painful third nerve palsy

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aneurysm

17
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myalgia + myositis + myoglobinaemia / uria

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rhabdomylosis (-> DIC and renal failure)

18
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inflammatory myopathy with poor response to steroids

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inclusion body myositis

19
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weakness + frontal balding + cataracts + ptosis

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myotonic dystrophy (onset 30+, +ve FH_

20
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leg symptoms and midline shift

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falcine herniation

21
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back pain worse on coughing

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slipped disc

22
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headache worse on coughing

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posterior fossa issue

23
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BL sciatica and sexual dysfunction

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cauda equina

24
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pleocytosis on CF

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rules out bacterial meningitis

25
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migraine treatment

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acute - paracetamol, triptins, NSAIDs, antiemetics

prophylaxis - propranolol, topiramate or amtitriptyline

26
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injury upper brachial plexus

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erbs palsy (waiters tip) - more common, associated with shoulder dystocia

27
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injury to lower brachial plexus

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klumpkes palsy (claw hand)

28
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+ve simmonds test

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achilles tendon rupture

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