Differential Flashcards
0
Q
Consequences of seizure diagnosis? (3)
A
Driving
Working
Recreational
1
Q
Artifacts on EEG (4)
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Scalp scratching
Toothbrushing
Chewing
Eating
2
Q
Hx supporting seizures
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Age Both injury FAH Febrile Head injury
3
Q
Temporal lobe symptoms
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Deja vu
Epigrastric
Fear
Visual images
4
Q
Frontal visual images
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Forces eye
Muscle
Speech arrest
5
Q
Parietal lobe
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Paras thesis
Sensory phenomenon
6
Q
Occipital seizure symptoms
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Flashes
Colors
Positive basic visual
7
Q
Features favoring epilepsy
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- Amnesia
- Aura
- Confusion
- Eyes open
- incontinence
- Minutes 1 or 2
- Posturing
Sleep - Tongue butting
8
Q
Two types seizure
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Psychogenic non epileptic seizures
Epileptic seizure
9
Q
Clues for physiological seizures
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Dizziness Orthostatic Migrain Transient ischemic attacks Transient global amnesia
10
Q
How do you differentiate leg weakness from psych.
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Have the pt cross leg and drag heel down shin. If they hold it up then they are exaggerating. Valle test
