Child Neurology Flashcards
1
Q
paroxysmal events
A
epilepsy
syncope
headache
Tics
2
Q
static events
A
cerebral palsy
developmental impairment
3
Q
acute dysruptions
A
vascular-stroke
infection
inflammation
tumour
injury
4
Q
progressive disorders
A
neurometabolic
neurogenetic
5
Q
epilepsy
A
due to abnormal, hypersynchronous, neuronal (network) activity
usually a genetically determined vulnerability
can be acquired/lesional
most grow out of it
6
Q
cerebral palsy
A
most common paed nuerological morbidity
due to an injury to/anomoly of the developing brain (in the first 5 years)
complex movement disorder
- spastic, dyskinetic (dystonia, choreoathetosis), ataxic, hypotonic
7
Q
problems associated with cerebral palsy
A
epilepsy, cognitive impairment, sensory impairment
sleep, pain, mood, participation
