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Neuro Flashcards

1
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What is the main risk factor of stroke?

A

HTN

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2
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List factors that convey a better prognosis for MS?

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Under 25

Optic neuritis or sensory disturbance as primary complaint

Greater than 1 year between events

Few lesions on MRI

Female

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3
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What is amaurosis fugax?

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Painless unilateral vision loss of short duration.

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4
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What causes amaurosis fugax?

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Retain artery emboli due to AF

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5
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What is the immediate Tx of stroke? Why?

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1st = nil by mouth –> prevent aspiration pneumoia

2nd = CT head –> can tell between ischaemic and haemorrhagic better

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6
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List complete contraindications to thrombolysis in stroke Tx

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Onset more than 3hrs ago

Current seizure

BP > 180/110

Surgery less than 2 weeks ago

Bleeding

Previous intracranial bleed

LP less than 7 days ago

Stroke less than 3 months ago

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Spine claudication, lumbar pain, sciatica on moving. Better when walking uphill vs down. Dx?

A

Spinal stenosis

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8
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Ascending polyneuropathy and associated motor loss. Dx?

A

GBS

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9
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What causes GBS?

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Inflammation of peripheral nerves

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10
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List Sx of PD

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TRAID = bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity

ALSO: narrow based gait, hypomimia, micrographia, kicking/yelling in sleep, autonomic dysfunction, postural instability

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11
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Pt fitting for 20 mins. Had 2 x rectal diazepam and still fitting. What is going on?

A

Status epilepticus

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Woman w bad migraines taking co-codamol and ibuprofen. Headaches getting worse. Mx? Why?

A

Stop all Tx

Medication over use headache now

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13
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What is Tx for status epilepticus?

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Phenytoin loading

Call ITU

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14
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What is the indication for requesting phenytoin levels?

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Dose adjustment

Patient compliance

Toxicity - if Sx suggestive of this

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Woman stares blankly for 1 minute then starts picking at clothes. Returns back to reality feeling tired. Dx?

A

Complex partial seizures

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16
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What feature differntiaties compelx and simple partial seixures?

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Complex = dont remember event

SImple = retain conciousness, so remeber event

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17
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What feature is indicative of compelx partial seizures?

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Pts carry out repetitive and purposeless motions such as chewing / lip smacking / picking at clothes

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18
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What feature is indicative of absence seizures?

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In KIDS

Stare blankly for a few seconds

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19
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Traid of Wernicke’s ?

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20
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What is Korsakoff’s?

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Anterograde amnesia (forget new information)

Post alcoholic

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21
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Signs of Wernicke/Korsakoff’s?

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Broad gait but clumsy

Diplopia

Low MMSE - can’t register new info

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22
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Pt has 5/5 power upper limbs but 0/5 power lower limbs. Where is the lesion?

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Spinal cord

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23
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What is the dermatomal level of the shoulders?

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C4

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24
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What is the dermatomal level of the nipples?

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T4

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25
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What is the dermatomal level of the umbillicus?

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T10

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26
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What is the dermatomal level of pockets?

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L1

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27
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What is the dermatomal level of the knee?

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L3

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28
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Crossed signs (eg L arm but R face) indicate that the lesion is where?

A

Brainstem

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29
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R arms and legs affected but also L face. Where is the lesion?

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Left brainstem - R motor tract but L cranial nervee

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30
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In the swinging torch test, which cranial nerve is efferent and which is afferent?

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A = CN 2

E = CN 3

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31
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What is the name of a failed swinging torch test lesion?

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Relative afferent pupillary defect

32
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What feature distinguishes myopathy from MG?

A

Fatiguability

33
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Why are MG muscles fatiguable?

A

Use up the ACh to exhaustion therefore fatigued

34
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How does MG differ from Lambert-Easton syndrome?

A

LE = increased repeition leads to increased strength

MG = increased repetion leads to decreased strength

35
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What causes Lambert Easton?

A

Auto AB against VGCC

36
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Which condition is Lambert Easton most associated with?

A

Small cell lung cancer

37
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What conditions is MG associated with?

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Thyrotoxocosis, haemolytic anaemia, pernicious anaemia, connective tissue disease

38
Q

Is Bells palsy UMN or LMN?

39
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What is Mx of Bells palsy?

A

Lubricating eye drops & taping eye shut at night

Steroids and acyclovir if PC <48hrs

40
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What is the most common cause of UMN facial palsy?

41
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What causes intranuclear opthalmoplegia?

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Problem with communication between CN VI of right eye and CN III of left eye - often a lesion in the medial longitudinal fasciculus

42
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Name a common cause of opthalmoplegia

43
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Flick distal phalynx of middle finger and thumb will contract. What sign is this?

A

Hoffman’s sign

44
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What does Hoffamn’s reflex indicate?

A

UMN lesion

45
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What features are classic of Lewy-Body dementia?

A

extra-pyramidal (parkinsonian)

46
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Pt has disinhibition and problems finding words. Dx?

A

Fronto-temporal dementia

47
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Causes of absent ankle jerk with upgoing plantars?

A

Cord compression

Cord degeneration

MND

Freidrich’s ataxia

48
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Is MS UMN, LMN or mixed?

A

UMN only - never has LMN signs

49
Q

Unsteady gait, difficulty raising right leg which he swings round in an arc on walking. R arm and wrist are flexed. Dx?

A

Hemiplegic gait

50
Q

Which conditions have a scissoring gait?

A

MS and cerebral palsy

51
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Which condition has a high stepping gait?

52
Q

Which condition has a stomping gait?

A

Diabetic neuropathy

53
Q

R lower quadrantoptia. Where is the lesion?

A

L parietal lobe

54
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R upper quadrantopia. Where is the lesion?

A

L temporal lobe

55
Q

Dizziness on moving head. Dx?

56
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Dizziness, tinnitus, hearing loss and sensation of increased ear pressure. Dx?

57
Q

Where does Meneires affect?

58
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How do you differentiate Menieres from vestibular neuronitis?

A

VN does not affect hearing but Menieres does

59
Q

Cafe au lait spots, axillary freckling and neurofibromas. Dx?

A

Neurofibromatosis type 1

60
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Bilateral acoustic neuromas leading to deafness. Less cutaneous manifestations. Dx?

A

Neurofibromatosis type 2

61
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Telangectasia, epistaxis, vascualr disorders. Dx?

A

Hereditary haemorrhagic telangectasia

62
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What is evident on CT of extradural haematoma?

A

Lenticular (convex) shaped haematomas

63
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Who gets subdural haematomas?

A

Elderly and alcoholics

64
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Thunderclap headache. What does CT head show?

A

Blood along sulci and fissures (SAH)

65
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Stroke w visual problems, dizziness, nystagmus and dysdiadokinesis. Where is lesion?

A

Posterior circulation - occipital lobe

66
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Aphasia, agnosia, agraphia. Where is the lesion?

A

Left parietal lobe

67
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Memory probelms with upper quadrantopia. Dx?

A

BILATERAL temporal lobe lesions

68
Q

Visual / sensory / motor neglect. Dx?

A

RIGHT parietal lobe

69
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5 day Hx of numbness and tingling in hands and feet, getting worse and worse. Complete resolution after 1 weeks. Dx?

70
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What is Kernig’s sign?

A

Patients leg is held flexed at hip and knee and there is pain and resistance on susequent knee extension

71
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Meningism with LP results of:

normal glucose

low protein

high lymphocytes

Dx?

A

Viral meningitis

72
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Meningism with LP results of:

low glucose

normal/raised protein

high neutrophils

Dx?

A

Bacterial meningitis

73
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Meningism with LP results of:

low glucose

high/normal protein

high lymphocytes

Dx?

A

TB/fungal meningitis

74
Q

LP results of:

high glucose

very high protein

high RBC

Dx?

75
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Patient stands with feet together and closes her eyes. Unable to keep still. What test is this?

76
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What does positive Rombergs show?

A

Proprioceptive loss

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