79 Clinical: Demyelinating Disease Flashcards
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Transverse Myelitis
- What populations usually get this? (2)
- What is the cause of this disease?
- What are the risk factors for this disease? (4)
- How do these patients present? (4)
- What do you use to Dx? (3)
- What treatment options are available? (3)
- What is the prognosis like?
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Multiple Sclerosis
- What kind of patients does this effect? (Age, Gender, Race, location)
- How is pathology caused?
- What allele is associated with this?
- What virus is associated with this?
- Which vitamin is associated with this?
- How do these patients normally present?
- What are the 5 symptoms/signs that will indicate MS?
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Multiple Sclerosis
- What are the 3 main types of MS?
- Which one does not allow full recovery?
- How do you Dx this?
- What is notable about the CSF of patients?
- Tx
- What is used to treat acute attacks?
- What disease-modifying agents can be used?
- Prognosis?
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Neuromyelitis Optica aka Devic’s disease
- Epidemiology
- Who gets this disease (Sex, Age)
- Pathophysiology
- What antibody causes this disease?
- RF
- What is a common risk factor for this?
- Presentation
- How do patients present? (4)
- How do we Dx this? (2)
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Neuromyelitis Optica aka Devic’s disease
- Treatment
- What do you use for ACUTE attacks? (2)
- What do you use for chronic attacks? (2)
- How does this relate to MS in terms of disease-modifying agents?
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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis aka ADEM
- Who usually gets this disease? (Age)
- What causes the pathology?
- What are the risk factors? (2)
- How do patients present?
- How do patients usually present? (6)
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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis aka ADEM
- How do you Dx this? (2)
- How do you Tx this? (3)
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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy aka PML
- Who gets this disease?
- How does this relate to the associated risk factors?
- What causes this disease?
- How do patients typically present? (4)
- How do we Dx this? (2)
- How do we treat this? (2)
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Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome aka Central Pontine Myelinolysis
- Who gets this disease?
- What risk factors are associated with this disease? (3)
- What causes the pathology?
- How do patients typically present? (3)
- Dx
- What is notable about an MRI scan when Dx this?
- Tx
- What do we do Tx this?
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Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy aka Guillan Barre Disease
- Who gets this disease? (Comorbid, Sex)
- What risk factors exist? (3)
- What is the reason for pathology?
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Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy aka Guillan Barre Disease
- How do patients present? (6)
- How do we Dx this? (2)
- How do we treat this? (3)
- What is the prognosis like?
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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Who gets this? (Sex)
- What causes this pathophysiology?
- What risk factors exist? (2)
- How do patients present? (3)
- How do we Dx this? (2)
- How do we treat this? (3)
- What is used for refractory cases?
- What is prognosis like?
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