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Signs & Sxs:

  • Unilateral throbbing pain
  • Pain worse with movement or physical activity
  • N/V
  • Phonophobia, photophobia
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Common migraine (w/o aura)

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Signs & Sxs:

  • Unilateral excruciating, penetrating pain 15 mins-3 hours
  • Maximal pain behind eye
  • Lacrimation, rhinorrhea, conjunctival injection, congestion
  • Pts may pace or exhibit manic behavior
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Cluster headache

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Signs & Sxs:

  • Focal neurological deficit
  • Change in speech, visual loss, diplopia
  • Numbness or tingling
  • Dizziness, HA, confusion, vertigo
  • Impaired consciousness
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Stroke/CVA

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Signs & Sxs:

  • Tonic clonic movement
  • Post-ictal phase
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Grand mal seizure

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Signs & Sxs:

  • Altered consciousness
  • Bizarre sxs
  • Nausea
  • Dream like states, hallucinations
  • Affective disorders
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Complex partial seizure

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Signs & Sxs:

  • Unilateral throbbing pain
  • Pain worse with movement or physical activity
  • N/V
  • Phonophobia, photophobia
  • Unilateral paresthesia, numbness, unilateral weakness
  • Flashing lights, odors
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Classic migraine (with aura)

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Signs & Sxs:

  • HA
  • Photophobia
  • Seizures
  • Confusion, irritability
  • N/V
  • Stiff neck
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Bacterial meningitis

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Signs & Sxs:

  • Spacing out
  • Myoclonic
  • Isolated extremity jerking
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Petit mal (absence) seizure

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Signs & Sxs:

  • Focal neurological deficit
  • Change in speech, visual loss, diplopia
  • Numbness or tingling
  • Dizziness, HA, confusion, vertigo
  • Impaired consciousness
  • Spontaneous symptom resolution w/in 24 hours
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TIA

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Signs & Sxs:

  • Tightening band-like pressure
  • Usually bilateral
  • Mild to moderate intensity
  • Does not worsen with physical activity
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Tension HA

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Signs & Sxs:

  • No LOC
  • Motor or sensory manifestations
  • Unilateral tonic clonic
  • Numbness, flashing lights, olfactory
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Simple partial seizure

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Strokes are most common in what group of people?

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African American

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What is the most common occluded vessel in stroke?

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MCA (middle cerebral artery)

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Non-modifiable Risk Factors for Stroke

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  • age
  • sex
  • race
  • FHx
  • prior stroke or TIA
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Modifiable Risk Factors for Stroke

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  • smoking
  • HTN, DM, hypercholesterolemia
  • cardiac dz, a-fib, valvular heart dz, carotid stenosis
  • obesity
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Tests for Stroke

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  • glucose
  • CBC, INR, lytes
  • neuro exam
  • MRI
  • CT without contrast looks for bleed
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When should tPA be given to a stroke patient?

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within 3 hours

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How does a TIA differ from a stroke?

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  • similar sxs
  • sxs resolve spontaneously
  • less than 24 hours
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ABCD2 Scale

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  • age 60+ is 1 point
  • BP > 140/90 is 1 point
  • Clinical signs: unilateral weakness = 2 pts, speech change w/o weakness = 1 pt
  • DM = 1 pt
  • Duration: > 60mins = 2 pts, 1-59 mins = 1 pt
  • less than 4 = go home
  • 4-5 is mod risk and should be admitted
  • 6-7 high risk and should be admitted
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Tx for TIA

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  • ASA or clopidogrel

- follow up q3 months for a year then yearly

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Migraine Precipitants

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  • menstruation
  • sleep pattern changes
  • caffeine withdrawal/excess
  • red wine, hard cheese, herring, chocolate
  • estrogen (OTC)
  • fasting
  • stress
  • physical activity
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Imaging for Migraines

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-CT to rule out other causes or if sxs warrant

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What consists of a series of HAs lasting 2-3 months, occurring every 1-2 years?

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cluster HA

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Labs and Imaging for Cluster HA

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  • ESR

- CT to rule out SAH

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How is tension HA diagnosed?
- HA lasting 30 mins to 7 days with at least 2 sxs (tightening band pressure, bilateral, mild to moderate intensity, doesn't worsen with activity) AND: - not associated w/ N/V - may have photophobia or phonophobia (not both)
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Common Causes of Bacterial Meningitis in Neonates under 1 month
- GBS - E coli - Listeria - Klebsiella
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Common Causes of Bacterial Meningitis in 2-50 Year Old
- N. meningitides | - S pneumo
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Common Causes of Bacterial Meningitis in 1 month to 23 month
- S pneumo - N meningitides - H flu - E coli - GBS
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Common Causes of Bacterial Meningitis in 50+ Years
- S pneumo - Listeria - Gram negative bacilli
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What is the classic TRIAD of sxs for Bacterial Meningitis?
- fever - altered mental status - stiff neck (nuchal rigidity)
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Brudzinski's Sign
-flexion of the hips when neck is flexed (bacterial meningitis)
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Kernig's Sign
-resistance, pain and flexing of neck when flexing knee (bacterial meningitis)
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What labs/imaging are done for bacterial meningitis?
- CBC with diff - 2 sets of blood cultures - CT if focal neuro deficit - LP at L4/5
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What labs/imaging should be done for seizures?
- always check glucose - CT/MRI - EEG - possibly lytes and toxicology

SAPE October 2015 (12 decks)

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