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1
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Dose of Ativan?

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0.1mg/kg

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What would happen to the FVC for GBS? and what test are used to test for GBS? how is it presented?

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Decrease/CSF first then electromyography

Days or weeks after infection/usually with autonomic dysfunction (tachy/arrhythmia/urinary retention)

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What kind of protein would you find in the CSF of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?

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14-3-3 protein

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Weber and Benedikt syndrome

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Posterior cerebral artery—>CN III palsy

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5
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Young ppl have stroke, what to look for?

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Hypercoagulable state/vasculitis

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Pt has a stroke while on aspirin, come to hospital more than 3 hours, what to add?

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Dipyridamole

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7
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Asymptomatic aneurysm under 5mm?

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Leave it alone

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Pt has a stroke with increased ICP comes in 5 hours after the onset, what to do?

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Permissive HTN to perfuse the brain

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9
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Straight leg raise is testing for myelopathy or radiculopathy

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Radiculopathy

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10
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What to give with acute myelopathy?

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Dexamethasone

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11
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IV drug user with fever and back pain?

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Epidural abscess

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12
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GBS has any sensory loss?

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No

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13
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Age onset for frontaltemporal dementia

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40-60

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14
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Symptoms of medial and lateral cerebella lesions?

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Medial—>vertigo and nystagmus

Lateral—>ataxia/dizziness/sway to side of lesion

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Signs of spinal cord compression?

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Lower back pain at night/bilateral weakness and sensory loss

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16
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Dejerine-Roussy syndrome?

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Thalamic pain syndrome—>severe burning pain follow thalamic stroke

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17
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Mononeuritis multiplex

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asymmetric neuropathy with multiple nerves
associated with vasculitis
Low complement/purpura

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18
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Wallenberg syndrome

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Lateral medulla infarction (PICA or vertebral)
Ipsilateral Horner/hoarseness/dysphagia
Ipsilateral loss of pain and temp on face and contra on limbs (similar to PCA)
Dizziness and unsteadiness

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19
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Hyperostosis of skull, what tumor?

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Meningioma

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20
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Language deficits of Alzheimer’s

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Transcortical sensory aphasia—>can’t understand complex linguistic structure
Decrease in fluency

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21
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Location of Lewy bodies

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Intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies

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22
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Long term tx for MS?

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Interferon beta/glatiramer

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23
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optic neuritis

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Demylination of optic nerve 
Unilateral loss of vision/central vision loss or any other kind
eye pain with movement 
Change in color perception 
MS/lupus 
Tx--->IV steroid
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24
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Vertebrobasilar artery occlusion

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Vertigo (dizziness)

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25
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Straight leg raise test for?

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Herniated disc

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26
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Vegetarian/bowel disease, think?

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Subacute combined degeneration

UMN lesion/mental change

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27
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Lambert Eaton

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Proximal muscle weakness/ptosis/diplopia

28
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Meds for Meniere disease

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Meclizine (1st gen antihistamine) and scopolamine (anti M)

Low salt diet/diuretics

29
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Complication of CSF leak

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S. pneumoniae meningitis

30
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Tethered cord syndrome adult

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Back/leg pain/scoliosis

31
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Cause of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

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Otolith in semicircular canal

32
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Cavernous sinus thrombosis?

Can lead to?

A

fever/retro-orbital headache/swollen protruding eye/CN346 palsy
lead to intracranial HTN (papilledema)

33
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Midbrain stroke?

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Ipsilateral CN III palsy/ataxia

Contra weakness

34
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Subacute combined generation symptoms

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progressive symmetrical polyneuropathy more in legs than arms
loss of proprioception—>gait ataxia
UMN signs

35
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Cholesteatoma

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Overgrowth of keratinizing squamous epithelium
Ear discharge
White plaque on tympanic membrane

36
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Anterior cord syndrome caused by?

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Burst fracture of vertebra

37
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What to give with acute migraine pt with nausea and vomiting?

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IV antiemetics (chlorpromazine/prochlorperazine/metoclopramide)

38
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Pure motor stroke, what kind of stroke is it?

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Lacunar stroke of posterior limb of internal capsule from HTN

39
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Tx for GBS?

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IV immunogloblin and plasmapheresis

40
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Difference between seizure and syncope

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Syncope has prodrome like lightheadness/weak pulses
Seizure has aura (vision usually)
Sleep deprivation can cause seizure

41
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What is preserved with brain dead pt?

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Deep tendon reflexes

42
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Headache leaning forward/cough/Valsalva

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increase ICP

43
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Chronic alcohol abuser

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Intention tremor (cerebellar dysfunction)

44
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Otosclerosis

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Hereditary conductive hearing loss in late teens

Ankylosis of stapedial foot plate

45
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How do you know it is spondylosis? use what to image?

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Limited ROM/Spurling test/Lhermitte sign

X ray

46
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Pt is on anticoagulation, brain bleed, stop anticoagulation, what to do next?

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IVC filter to prevent emboli from stopping the anticoagulation

47
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Tx for Huntington

A

Tetrabenazine

48
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Tx for intact functional state below or over 60 of age of Parkinson pt

A

anticholinergic for movement

>60 —>amantadine

49
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Parkinson + vertical gaze palsy
Parkinson + ataxia
Parkinson + orthostatic HoTN

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Progressive supranuclear palsy (no tremor)
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy
Shy-Drager syndrome

50
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What drug slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease?

51
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Does steroid help with GBS?

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NOOOOOOOOOO

52
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Steroid for ICH?

53
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Tx for Tourette’s

A

Clonidine

1st gen antipsychotic

54
Q

Antipsychotic makes it worse

A

Lewy body dementia

55
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What drug is for secondary progressive MS?

A

Mitoxantrone

56
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Tx for DMD?

57
Q

NF1, you see?

A

Cafe au lait
Cutenaous neurofibroma
Lisch Nodules
Freckling

58
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Tuberous sclerosis, you see?

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epilepsy
renal angiomyolipoma
rhadomyoma of the heart

59
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Capillary angiomatoses of pia matter?

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Sturge weber syndrome

60
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Tx for vasvagal syncope

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Beta blocker/disopyramide

61
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Difference between partial/generalized

simple/complex

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Partial—>one part of brain
Generalized—>entire (convulsive)
Simple—>no LOC
Complex—>LOC

62
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Is absence seizure partial or generalized seizure?

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Generalized

63
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MOA of metoclopramide

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D2 antagonist (anti psychotic)

64
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Kernig and Brudinski sign?

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Kernig-flex thigh 90 degree. Extend of leg cause pain. Inflammation of hamstring

Brudinski-neck flexion causes leg flexion

Both indicate meningitis

65
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What besides GBS causes autonomic dysfunction? And how do you test for it?

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Botulism

Mouse bioassay

66
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Central cord syndrome

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Hyperextension

Affect spinothalamic and corticalspinal tract

67
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