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Acute and Chronic Childhood Neurologic Disorders Flashcards

1
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CSF findings in bacterial meningitis

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Protein high, glucose low, WBC (neutrophils)

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Infancy meningitis

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listeria, e coli, group B strep

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child to adult meningitis

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H flu, strep pneumo, neisseria

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ADEM (acute disseminated encephalitis) etiology

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post-infectious

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ADEM (acute disseminated encephalitis) what do you see

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both gray and white matter lesions in brain and spinal cord

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Transverse myelitis

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only in the spinal cord but both in the white and gray matter

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7
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how to differentiate Transverse myelitis from MS

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multiple levels of the spine have lesions

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Acite cerebellar ataxia (what is it)

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begins at age 2-4 and is thought to be after VZV with ataxia with explosive onset

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treatment for acute cerebellar ataxia

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self-limited

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GBS- LP

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cytoalbuminic dissociation

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two variants of GBS

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miller-fisher (face and weakness) bickerstaff (seizure and conscioussness)

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Botulinum clinical presentation

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descending paralysis (face and lungs) with constipation as first symptom

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list disorders causing early developmental delay

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Down, cerebral palsy, NTD, metabolic and brain malformation

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types of cerebral palsy

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spastic, hypotonic, dyskinestic

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lissencephaly

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no gyri in the brain

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schizencephaly and porencephaly

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brain tissue doesnt develop

17
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chiari 1 2 3

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1- cerebellar tonsilar herniation
2- meningomyelocele and hydrocephalus
3- occiptal encephalocele

18
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rett syndrome

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girls only (X linked), autistic behavior at 1-3y/o, microcephaly and purposeless hand movement

19
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fragile x variant

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FXTAS- pre-mutation Fragile X tremor and ataxia syndrome (at 50 y/o)

20
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global developmental delay definition

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at least 2 of following (gross motor, fine motor, social and speech)

21
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neurodegenerative disorder: name the disorder
cerebral
basal ganglia
cerebellum
spinal cord
nerve
muscle
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rett syndrome
PKAN
friedrich's ataxia
familial spatic paraplegia
spinal muscle atrophy
duchenne muscular dystrophy
22
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best testing for duchenne’s

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CK elevated above 10K

23
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autoimmune disorders- name the disorder
cerebral
brainstem
cerebellum
spinal cord
nerve
muscle
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ADEM
ADEM
acute cerbellar ataxia
transverse myelitis
guillain barree
dermatomyosisitis
24
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sturge weber - clinica presentation

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CN V
port wine stain
glaucoma

25
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NF1

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cafe au lait
inguinal/axial freckling
neurofibroma
bony malformations
lisch nodules
optic gliomas
26
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Tuberous sclerosis

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tubers (cortical)
subependyma nodules
subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
seizures
developmental  delay
hypomelanotic macules (ash leaf spot)
shagreed spot

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