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Fasciculations + spastic paralysis

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ALS

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Impaired proprioception + pupils did not react to light

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Tabes dorsalis - tertiary syphilis

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Bilateral loss of pain/temperature sensation below the lesion + hand weakness

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Syringomyelia

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Bilateral loss of pain/temperature below the lesion + bilateral spastic paralysis below lesion + bilateral flaccid paralysis at the level of lesion

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Anterior spinal artery syndrome

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Meningitis plus gram-positive diplococci

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S pneumo

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Meningitis plus gram-negative diplococci

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Meningitis plus small gram-negative coccobacili

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H flu

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Meningitis plus gram positive rods

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Meningitis in college student or military recruits

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Meningitis with head trauma + clear nasal discharge

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S pneumo

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Meningitis with preceding sinus or ear infection

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S pneumo

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Meningitis with recent neurosurgery with artificial material implanted

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coagulase negative Staph (staphylococcal epidermidis)
Staphylococcal aureus
Gram-negative rod - pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Encephalitis with mosquito exposure

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West Nile virus

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Encephalitis with parotid swelling

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Mumps

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15
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Encephalitis with proceeding rash with grouped vesicles

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VZV

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16
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Encephalitis with bat bite

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Rabies

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Encephalitis with the ring enhancing lesions on brain MRI

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Toxoplasmosis or brain abscess

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18
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Headache made worse by foods containing tyramine

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Migraine

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Headache in obese women with papilledema

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idiopathic intracranial hypertension

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20
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Headache with jaw muscle pain when chewing

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Giant cell arteritis

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Headache with periorbital pain with ptosis and miosis

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Cluster headache

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Headache with photophobia and/or phonophobia

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Migraine

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Headache with bilateral frontal/ occipital pressure

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Tension headache

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Headache with lacrimation and/or rhinorrhea

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Cluster headache

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Headache with elevated ESR
Giant cell arteritis
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"worst headache of my life"
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
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Headache with extra ocular muscle palsies
Cavernous sinus thrombosis
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Scintillating scotomas prior to headache
Migraine with aura
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Headache occurring either before or after orgasm
Postcoital cephalgia
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Headache responsive to 100% on oxygen supplementation
Cluster headache
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Frontal headache made worse by bending over
Sinus headache
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Trauma to the head -> headache begins days after the event, Persist for over a week and does not go away
Subdural hematoma
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Seven onset of severe headache, vomiting, meningismus
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
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Patient taking warfarin falls and bumps his head
Subdural hematoma
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Brief loss of consciousness following Head trauma; rapid clinical deterioration hours later
Epidural hematoma
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Elderly patient with mild headache for two weeks now becoming lethargic
Subdural hematoma
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Patient with unilateral hemiparesis and BP of 220/130
Parenchymal Brain hemorrhage
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Ruptured intracranial aneurysm
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
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Ruptured AVM
Subarachnoid hemorrhage, parenchymal Brain hemorrhage
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Biconvex shaped hematoma on the head CT
Epidural hematoma
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Crescent shaped hematoma on head CT
Subdural hematoma
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Seizure localized to one area of the brain, paresthesias, purposeless movement, no loss of consciousness, EEG shows focal abnormalities (temporal lobe)
Simple partial seizure
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Hallucinations, automatism, loss of consciousness, postictal state (5-30 min), EEG shows focal abnormalities (temporal lobe)
Complex partial seizure
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Staring spell, no postictal state, EEG shows 3 hz (cycle per second) Spike and wave pattern
Petit mal (absence) seizure
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muscle contraction and/or relaxation depending on type, more significant postictal state, EEG shows generalized abnormalities
Generalized (myoclonic, tonic clonic, tonic, atonic) seizure
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Life-threatening seizure that last longer than five minutes or recurrent without regaining consciousness between seizures
Status epilepticus - can cause permit brain damage or death
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Drug of choice for absence seizures
ethosuximide
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Syncope associated with the emotional stress, trauma, pain, sight of blood, prolonged standing
Vasovagal syncope
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Syncope associated with micturition, defecation, coughing, G.I. stimulation
Situational syncope
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Syncope associated with the Head turning, shaving, tight collar
Carotid sinus hyper sensitivity
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Syncope associated with exertion, palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath
Cardiogenic syncope
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Syncope associated with rising from sitting
Orthostatic syncope
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Syncope associated with prolonged loss of consciousness, seizures, neurologic defects
Cerebrovascular syncope
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Sleep stage associated with beta waves
Awake REM - loss of motor tone, directions High frequency, low amplitude
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Sleep stage associated with the alpha waves
Relaxing, eyes closed High frequency, low amplitude
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Sleep stage associated with theta waves
N1 High frequency, low amplitude
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Sleep stage associate with sleep Spinoza and K complexes
N2 Bruxism possible Decreased frequency, Increased amplitude
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Stage associated with delta waves
N3 Sleepwalking, Night terrors, and bedwetting possible Low-frequency, high amplitude

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