neuro Flashcards
night terror vs nightmare
night terror in early part of night and child has no recollection
normal age for breath holding spells?
What is the pathophys
Possible tx?
about 1 yr: 6 mos-2yr
Always triggered
Would have tachycardia then brain hypoxia, then rare GTC
May treat with iron, but controversial
recurrence of febrile sz
Risk of epilepsy
30% after 1st
50% after 2 or more
Epilepsy: about 1-2% (doubled risk)
Avoid what meds in Dravet?
Na channelopathy, avoid Na channel blockers
Na channel blockers
Phenytoin, Lamotrigine, Carbamaz, Oxcarbamaz
What is Dravet?
SMEI
Tx of JME?
Prognosis
VPA or topamax
Need to stop living the teenage life, but otherwise good prognosis on meds
Topiramate side effects
cognitive
nephrolithiasis
Bad AED combo…
VPA and what?
Lamotrigine (NO DEPAKOTE/LAMICTAL)
commonest cause of CMT
demyelinating, duplication PMP 22 gene
mechanism in Friedreich ataxia
when does it show up
GAA trinucleotide repeat expansion
shows up in latter half of 1st decade
loss of ankle jerk and a babinski? What is it?
Friedreich ataxia (others don’t happen in kids: spinocerebellar degen and tabes dorsalis
prevalence of migraine in adolescents
15%
asymmetric crying faces
which side abnormal
other issues?
drooping side is normal, absent DAOM in 80%
check for heart prob (assoc anomaly)
3 mutations in RETT
MECP2, CDKL5, FOX
abnormal CBC< ataxic gait, oculocutaneous lesions?
High risk of what?
Ataxia telangiectasia
Risk for Hodgkins and leukemia
immunologic issues in ataxia telangiectasia
T cell dysfunction, low Ig levels
Lots of respiratory tract infx
which occurs in younger kids: Ataxia telangiectasia or Friedreich ataxia?
Younger: TA
Older FA: late childhood / early adol
ataxia, high arch foot, no LE reflexes, DM, cardiomyopathy/CHF
Friedreich Ataxia
Fried Arch: cardiac / arch issues
relationship between when sydenham chorea and strep occur?
chorea months after strep infx, after antistreptococcal ab titers have normalized
chorea, hypotonia / rigidity, emotional lability
Huntington’s chorea