Misc

Question 1

What does CHAOS stand for?

Answer 1

CAD, hypertension, atherosclerosis, obesity, stroke

Question 2

Type to diabetes appears to be autosomal________?

Answer 2

Dominant

Question 3

What is the leading cause of blindness in the us in patients 20-74?

Answer 3

Diabetes

Question 4

What is the cause of end stage renal disease In the use?

Answer 4

Diabetes?

Question 5

What is the most common cause of polynnuropathy ?

Answer 5

Diabetes

Question 6

Normal OGTT?

Answer 6

Less than 140

Question 7

Lesions of a pleuxus are _______and blank

Answer 7

Asymmetric and sensorimotor

Question 8

Lesions of the peripheral nerve root are typically ______and ________

Answer 8

Asymmetric and dermatomal

Question 9

Burning in a stocking ad glove pattern is associated with?

Answer 9

Peripheral neuropathy

Question 10

What is the most common polyneuropathy is what?

Answer 10

Diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy

Question 11

What is the most common DMPN?

Answer 11

Distal symmetrical polyneuropathy

Question 12

What is the most common type of MS?

Answer 12

Relapse remitting

Question 13

Is MS more common in men or woman?

Answer 13

Men

Question 14

To diagnose MS what must doc do?

Answer 14

Find damage in at lease two speed rate areas of the CNS, and find evidence that the damage occurs at lease one month apart and rule everything else out

Question 15

What is Found in the CSF of ms patients

2 things

Answer 15

Elevated IgG and oligoclonal bands

Question 16

What is illusion of environmental motion, classically described as spinning or whirling?

Answer 16

Vertigo

Question 17

What cause of vertigo is damage of the inner ear receptors/ vestibulococculear nerve?

Answer 17

Peripheral cause

Question 18

What cause of vertigo includes damage to centers that process vestibular signals (brain stem etc)

Answer 18

Central cause

Question 19

Jerk nystagmus is associated with what kind of vertigo?

Answer 19

Peripheral

Question 20

Is most peripheral vertigo malignant or benign in cause?

Answer 20

Benign

Question 21

Is nystagmus greater in central or peripheral vertigo?

Answer 21

Central

Question 22

What vertigo is assocaited with hearing loss?

Answer 22

Central vertigo

Question 23

A type of central vertigo called benign positional vertigo (BPV) is by far the most common but what is it due to?

Answer 23

Loose otoliths in the inner ear