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Only drug that can improve PD symptoms without dyskinesia?
Amantidine
How many weeks post Surgery and GI bleed is rTPA contraindicated?
MAJOR Surgery - 2weeks
GI bleed - 3 weeks
CHADSVASC score
Congestive HF - 1
Hypertension - 1
Age >= 75 - 2
DM - 1
Stroke, TIA - 2
Vascular (MI, PAD, aortic plaque - 1
Age 65-74 - 1
Sex (F) -1
Anticoagulation guidelines for stroke
Table 420-3
CT finding of normal pressure hydrocephalus
Enlarged lateral ventricles
Mild cortical atrophy
Sylvian fissures may appear propped open (so-called “boxcarring”)
ABCD scoring
Age > 60 - 1
BP > 140/90 - 1
Clinical status
-unilateral weakness - 2
-Speech disturbance w/o weakness -1
Duration
> 60 min - 2
10-59 - 1
DM - 1
Diagnosis of Delirium
Requirement
“AI- CD”
-Acute or fluctuating
-Inattention
One of those:
-Consciousness altered
-Disorganized thinking
Features of nystagmus from central vertigo
Pure Vertical
Pure torsional
Changes direction with gaze
Absence of Head Impulse Test
Which of the following has to greatest propensity to cause of hemorrhagic brain metastasis?
Thyroid CA
PMN pleocystosis, low glucose, ICC suggests etiology of meningitis
CMV
Lymphocytosis with low glucose, high protein suggests what meningitis etiology?
Tuberculosis
MC symptom of brain abscess
Headache
Symptom triad of brain abscess
Fever, headache, focal neurologic deficit
Triad of NP hydrocephalus
Ataxia
Dementia
Urinary urgency
If brain abscess is your primary consideration, where is the most likely location?
Frontal lobe
Hunt Hess grading for SAH
Features: Headache, deficit, mental status
1- Mild headache only
2- Severe headache, may have cranial deficit
3- Somnolent confused, mild motor deficit
4-Stupor, mod - severe neuro deficit
5 - Coma
The primary mechanism of septic encephalopathy involves:
Release of proinflammatory cytokines and their diffuse cerebral effects
First tier imaging of choice for delirium
Cranial MRI with GAD
In hyperglycemia, the CSF glucose is erroneously elevated or decreased?
Elevated hence use CSF glucose/serum glucose
< 0.6 - low
<0.4 - highly suggestive of bacmen
Cranial nerves most commonly involved in subacute meningitis?
Cranial nerves VII and VIII are most frequently involved
What drug can be d/c in 8 weeks if good clinical response to HRZE for TB men?
Pyrazinamide
T/F: When the antimicrobial sensitivity of the M. tuberculosis isolate is known, ethambutol can be discontinued
True
STANDARD CRITERION FOR TREATMENT SUCCESS for TB men?
- Cell count normalizes in 1 year
- VDRL titer to decrease by two dilutions OR revert to non-reactive within 2 years of COMPLETION OF THERAPY
Criteria for retreatment of TB meningitis?
FAILURE OF CSF PLEOCYTOSIS TO RESOLVE or INCREASE IN CSF VDRL TITER BY >/ 2 dilutions