neurologic dis Flashcards
Identify an underlying cause of a pediatric seizure.
Nausea
Low blood sugar
Headache
Excessive caffeine
Low blood sugar
Propose a symptom of cerebral palsy.
Hemicranias continua
Visual disturbances
Disequilibrium
Cluster headaches
Visual disturbances
Propose a risk factor for Bell’s palsy.
Blepharitis
Viral infection
Lower respiratory infection
Congenital heart disease
Viral infection
Recommend a test that can help the clinician to differentiate vertigo from other causes of dizziness.
House–Brackmann Scale
Urine testing
Tests of vestibular system function
Serum testing
Tests of vestibular system function
Recommend what the clinician can observe to determine a diagnosis of CP.
Jaw claudication
Persistence of primitive reflexes
Somnolence
Weight loss
Persistence of primitive reflexes
Determine a characteristic of a focal seizure.
May be subtle with eye blinking
Involves the loss of muscle activity
Bites to the sides
May have repetitive movements
May have repetitive movements
Propose how a clinician can determine if a headache is primary or secondary.
Secondary headaches are very common.
Secondary headaches are always short or episodic.
Secondary headaches are caused by an underlying disease.
Primary headaches cannot be treated.
Secondary headaches are caused by an underlying disease.
Determine a risk factor for cerebral palsy.
Diabetes
Sensory deficits
Chemical insult
Rubella infection during pregnancy
Rubella infection during pregnancy
Propose a symptom that may occur immediately after a head injury.
Anisocoria
Sleep deprivation
Autonomic symptom
Euphoria
Anisocoria
Predict the goal of therapy for an individual with MS.
To improve motor coordination
To assure safety
To prevent mortality
To provide a cure
To assure safety
Recommend how the clinician can control increasing intracranial pressure.
Order physical therapy.
Administer anticholinergics.
Increase caffeine consumption.
Refer for decompressive craniectomy.
Refer for decompressive craniectomy.
Propose a test of vestibular system function.
Horizontal head impulse test
Observation of nystagmus on primary gaze
Caloric reflex test
Auditory brainstem response test
Caloric reflex test
Predict how the clinician can determine the type of MS that a child is presenting with at an office visit.
A clinically isolated syndrome occurs in 10% of the population with no remission after the initial symptoms.
Secondary progressive MS is typically triggered by CIS.
Approximately 50% of the individuals that have had a clinical isolated attack never have another attack.
The clinician knows that this is not primary progressive MS based on the age of onset.
The clinician knows that this is not primary progressive MS based on the age of onset.
Propose how a clinician can determine if a headache is primary or secondary.
Secondary headaches might be caused by a brain tumor.
Primary headaches cannot be treated.
Primary headaches are typically chronic and persistent.
Secondary headaches are very common.
Secondary headaches might be caused by a brain tumor.
Predict how the clinician will treat persistent vertigo in a child.
Recommend an over-the-counter antihistamine.
Monitor for complete resolution of the problem.
Keep a nutritional diary to determine which foods are contributing to the problem.
Refer to a surgeon for the implantation of a neurostimulator.
Recommend an over-the-counter antihistamine.
