Group D - Traumatic Brain Injury

Question 1

Mechanism of Spinal Cord Injuries are the following EXCEPT:
a. hyperflexion or extension movements
b. compression
c. rotation
d, None of the above

Q from 37.Pabon, Aj

Answer 1

d, None of the above

Question 2

What level of vertebra is involved when a patient presents urinary and fecal incontinence, impotence, with loss of both ankle and patellar reflex?
a. Above L2
b, Below L2
c. Both and B
d. None of the above

Q from 37.Pabon, Aj

Answer 2

b, Below L2

Question 3

Achilles reflex is loss but not the patellar reflex is seen in what condition?
A. Cauda Equina Syndrome
B, Conus Medullaris Syndrome
C. Cervical Traumatic Injury
D. Chronic Post-Concussion Syndrome

Q from Mora, Ma. Isabel L.

Answer 3

B, Conus Medullaris Syndrome

Question 4

An antiviral drug, accelerated functional recovery during active treatment in patients with post-traumatic disorders of consciousness.

A. Tranexamic acid
B. Citicoline
C. Methylprenisolone
D, Amantadine

Q from Mora, Ma. Isabel L.

Answer 4

D, Amantadine

Question 5

Whiplash is a neck injury due to
A. Forceful
B. Rapid back-and-forth
C. Movement of the neck like the
cracking of a whip
D, All of the above
E. None of the above
( PALANISAMY, SONA)

Answer 5

D, All of the above

Question 6

What are the long term effects of TBI?
A. Chronic Post-Concussion Syndrome
B. Chronic Pre-Concussion Syndrome
C. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
D, A and C
E. All of the above
( PALANISAMY, SONA)

Answer 6

D, A and C

Question 7

Sport related concussion is a traumatic brain injury
induced by a, biomechanical forces
B. cellular processes c. mediate organ homeostasis

D. pathophysiological processes.
(Murugan, Nivashini)

Answer 7

A, biomechanical forces

Question 8

What is the most important treatment for concussion?
A, Physical and mental rest
B. Cognitive stimulation therapy
C. radiation therapy
D. chemotherapy
Murugan, Nivashini

Answer 8

A, physical and mental rest

Question 9

which of the following shows numbness or electric-shock pain like sciatica?
A, Lumbosacral traumatic injuries
B. Cervical traumatic
injuries
C. Penetrating Injuries
D. Blast Injury
Qfrom (Naveen pothala)

Answer 9

A. Lumbosacral traumatic injuries

Question 10

The collection of nerves at the end of the spinal cord that resembles a horse tail ?
A. cauda equina
B. conus medullaris
C. BOTH A&B
D, ONLY A

Qfrom (Naveen pothala)

Answer 10

D, ONLY A

Question 11

What is the primary treatment for long-term TBI?
a. Physical therapy
b. Medications
c. Surgery
d, Rehabilitation

Raguram Paramasivam

Answer 11

d, Rehabilitation

Question 12

What is the leading cause of sports-related TBI?
a) Football
b) Ice hockey
c) Soccer
d) Basketball

Raguram Paramasivam

Answer 12

a) Football

Question 13

A patient who sustained a traumatic brain injury has impaired consciousness, Glasgow Coma Scale score of < 15, focal neurologic findings, and suspected fracture. Which of the following is the most appropriate initial imaging step?

A. CT scan
B.Magnetic resonance angiography
C.MRI
D.X-ray

Q from MANDAVA, NARESH

Answer 13

A. CT Scan

Question 14

Glasgow coma scale reading in severe traumatic brain injury

A. 13-15
B. 9-12
C. 3-8
D. 1-3

Q from MANDAVA, NARESH

Answer 14

C. 3-8

Question 15

True or False?In low energy injuries, the seriousness of the wound is principally determined by theanatomical structures involved

Sakthivel Neelakandan

Answer 15

True

Question 16

10-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department via ambulance after he was involved in a motor vehicle collision. The patient is unconscious on arrival. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score is 8/15. MRI shows small microhemorrhages in the brain stem. The patient remains unconscious for the next 7 hours. Based on these findings, which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

A.
Subdural hematoma
B.
Diffuse axonal injury
C.
Epidural hematoma
D.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Sakthivel Neelakandan

Answer 16

D.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage