40 Acquired Metabolic Disorders Flashcards
1
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Metabolic diseases presenting as cerebellar ataxia
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Hypothyroidism, Hyperthermia, Celiac sprue
2
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Serum osmolality
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OSM=2XNa + glucose/18+ BUN/3
3
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normal serun osmolality
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270 to 290mOsm/L
4
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Vulnerable areas in anoxia
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Deep folia of the cerebellum, hippocampus p.1134
5
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most common early change in cases of severe injury to brain
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loss of the distinction between the cerebral gray and white matter p. 1135
6
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CO2 poisoning
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striatal damage
7
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Intention/action myoclonus after post hypoxic states
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Lance-Adams syndrome p.1136
8
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Main syndromes that happens in hypoperfusion
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Visual agnosia (Balint Syndrome), cortical blindness (Anton syndrome), Man in a barrel syndrome
