Kaplan Flashcards

1
Q

How do you diagnose Guilliam Barre?

A

CSF sample with 2x proteins

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2
Q

A brain dead person will not have what reflex? and Why?

A

Pupil unresponsive to light : Brain stem reflex

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3
Q

Inability to repeat words, severe audio and language disturbance with normal IQ is?

A

Wernicke (receptive) aphasia

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4
Q

Language output, repetition is poor, slowed, and they use mostly know nouns and verbs is due to a lesion where?

A

Broca aphasia

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5
Q

Restless leg syndrome are tx with?

A

Benzos

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6
Q

MC cause of meningitis in a college, baracks, or jail is due to what bacteria?

A

Meningococcus

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7
Q

pt with an head abrasion but no other sxs can be treated

A

with 24 neurological watch

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8
Q

Down syndrome is associated with what movement disorder?

A

Alzheimer dementia

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9
Q

MS is only demyelination of the periventricular area?

A

Yes

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10
Q

HIV demyelination is due to?

A

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)

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11
Q

hallucinations, dementia, and extrapyramidal sxs is what kind of dementia?

A

Lewy body

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12
Q

After benzons for a seizure, what do you give next?

A

phenytoin

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13
Q

What nerve controls tongue movement?

A

hypoglossal (12)

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14
Q

what nerve innvervates scrotum and medial thign?

A

ilioinguinal

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15
Q

what nerve allows the cremaster to work?

A

genitofemoral

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16
Q

rapid loss of memory and jerky movements + brain atrophy is due to?

A

Creutzfeld-jakob

17
Q

blown fixed dilated pupil is due to what kind of bleed?

A

epidural

18
Q

memory loss, ventriular dilation and cortical atrophy is due to what?

A

alzheimer dementia