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What is Normal pressure hydrocephalus

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Usually present in elderly.
Enlargement of the cerebral ventricles without enlargement of CSF pressure.
Presents with urinary incontinence, dementia and gait disturbances.

2
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What test is always abnormal in delirium, regardless of cause?

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Electroencephalogram- always shows diffuse slowin, regardless of the cause

3
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what is arnold chiari syndrome

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the downward displacement, or herniation, of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum. Malformations may be congenital or acquired through trauma.

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features of arnold chiari syndrome

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non-communicating hydrocephalus may develop as a result of obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) outflow
headache
syringomyelia

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A 78-year-old man presents to the neurology clinic complaining of reduced mobility and difficulty using his right arm and hand over the past 18 months. He has mask-like facies and an unsteady shuffling gait. He describes how he feels like he has ‘lost control’ over his right arm and hand, and how he feels like it ‘has a mind of its own’.

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corticobasilar degeneration

-parkinson plus syndrome associated with an alien limb

6
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medication to treat levodopa induced nausea in parkinsons

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domperidone (does not cross BBB)