Neurology - Headache, neuralgia, seizure, cerebellar syndrome Flashcards
(68 cards)
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Components of paediatric neurological exam
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Metrics examined in paediatric neurolgical exam
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3
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List primitive reflexes and time of disapperance
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Instructions on paediatric reflexes
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Headache
Types
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Headache
Pathophysiology
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Ddx primary headaches
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Ddx secondary headaches
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History taking questions for headache
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Red flag S/S of secondary headache
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Differentiate primary headache syndromes
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Headahce
PE
Ix
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Primary headache
Overview management
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Tension type headache
Pathophysiology
Clinical presentation
Management
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Migraine
Types
Classification
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Migraine
Clinical features
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Ddx migraine
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Migraine treatment
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Medication overuse headache
Causes
ManagementA
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Define seizure
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Define epilepsy
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Seizure
Pathogenesis
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Types of seizures
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Focal/ Partial seizures
Types
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Focal seizures
Regions of brain involved
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Generalized seizure
Types and features
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AEpileptic spasm
Feature
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Post ictal period clinical features
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Seizure
Diagnosis/ Core clinical features
Causes
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D/dx epileptic seizure
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Febrile seizure
Definition
Classifcation
Clinical features
Dx
Ix
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Paroxysmal disorder/ non epileptic seizures
Ddx
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Epilepsy
Causes according with age
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Levels of epilepsy
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Epilepsy
Structural etiologies
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Epilepsy
Genetic etiologies
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Epilepsy
Non-structural or genetic etiologies
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List examples of epilepsy syndromes
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Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE)/ Ohtahara syndrome
Cause
Feature
Ix
Mx
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Dravet syndrome
Cause
S/S
Mx
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Infantile spasms/ West syndrome
Cause
Clinical features
Diagnosis
Ix
Mx
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Lennox Gastaut syndrome
Cause
S/S
Ix
Mx
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Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS)/ Benign rolandic epilepsy
Clinical features
Tx
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Genetic epilepsy with febrile seizure plus (GEFS+)
Definition
Cause
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Juvenile absence and Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
Age of onset
Features
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Epilepsy
Approach to diagnosis
Investigations
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Epilepsy
General lifestyle modifications
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AED
Indications for starting AED
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Types of antiepileptics
Examples
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Febrile seizure definition
1. >38 degrees fever,
1. >seizure for <15 mins,
1. > generalized usu GTCS, should not recur within 24h only one episode,
1. focus of infection outside of CNS,
1. PE no neurological abnormality,
1. without history of afebrile seizure,
1. age 6m-5y,
1. in a developmentally normal child
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Types of 1st line antiepileptics for different types of seizure
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Caution of using anti-epileptics in women
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Prognosis and control of epilepsy by AED
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Drug resistant epilepsy
Definition
Management
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AED withdrawal method
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Epilepsy surgery
Pre-op evaluation
Types of surgery
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Status epilepticus
Definition
Types
Causes
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Status epilepticus
General management
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Acute management of status epilepticus
- Impending status
- established status
- refractory status
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Flowchart for management of status epilepticus
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Cerebellar
Anatomy and normal function
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Cerebellar sign tests
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Acute cerebellar syndrome causes
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Subacute cerebellar syndrome causes
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Chronic progressive cerebellar syndrome causes
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Cerebrellar syndrome
Ix
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Friedreich's ataxia
Cause
S/S
Dx
Mx
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Ataxia telangiectasia
Cause
S/S
