Neuro

Question 1

Muscles of the H in the eye

Answer 1

LR6 SO4 All others 3

Question 2

Bells plus jaundice, tx?

Answer 2

Steroids

Question 3

facial paralysis plus ear discharge?

Answer 3

Ramsay Hunt syndrome

Question 4

tx of ramsay hunt?

Answer 4

< 72 hrs = acyclovir

> 72 hrs = Steroids

Question 5

Trigeminal neurolgia commonly associated with what disease state?

Answer 5

MS

Question 6

Inv of choice with GBS

Answer 6

EMG

Question 7

when to do endarterectomy in carotid stenosis

Answer 7

Unilateral >70 stenosis

Bilateral > 50 stenosis on each side

Question 8

zig zag line is classic presentation of?

Answer 8

Atypical Migrane

Question 9

What is the neurological status of a pt with with SAH?

Answer 9

Abnormal

Question 10

Tx of wernickes encehalopathy?

Answer 10

Thiamine

Question 11

Tx of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (3)

Answer 11

wt loss,
Acetazolimide
surgery, e.g. therapeutic drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

Question 12

What provokes absence seizure?

Answer 12

Hyperventilation

Question 13

What test confirms MG?

Answer 13

Tensilon test.

Ach Ab is initial

Question 14

What to expect in acute intermittent porphyria? (2)

Answer 14

Nueropsych + Pigmented Urine

Question 15

Which tremor is Unilateral, which is symmetrical?

Answer 15

Unilateral = Parkinsons
Symmetry =  Essential   (look at symmetry of E)

Question 16

Definite test to confirm Polymyositis?

Answer 16

Biopsy

Question 17

Weakness of the proximal musculature that improves with repetitive exercise is strongly suggestive of

Answer 17

Lambert-Eaton syndrome.

Question 18

Most common dislocation in shoulder?

Most common dislocation in Hip?

Answer 18

Anterior (External Rotation)

Posterior