Neurology Flashcards
In ischemic stroke, thrombolytics should be administered within:
3 hours
Golden standard for diagnosis of SAH
Lumbar puncture
Excluding head trauma, most common cause of SAH is:
Rupture of a saccular aneurysm
Most common primary brain tumor overall
Meningioma
Decrease in cerebral blood flow to zero causes death of brain tissue within _____ minutes
4-10 minutes
Gold standard for identifying and quantifying atherosclerotic stenoses of arteries
Conventional x-ray cerebral angiography
Most common site of hypertensive hemorrhage
Putamen
Most common syndrome associated with focal seizures with discognitive features
Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Syndrome
Most common complication of fungal meningitis
Hydrocephalus
Drug of choice in patients with generalized epilepsy syndromes having mixed seizure types
Valproic acid
First-line medications for GTCs (2)
Lamotrigine, valproic acid
First-line medications for focal seizures: (5)
Lamotrigine, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, phenytoin, leviteracetam
Most common locations for hypertensive hemorrhage in the brain:
Putamen (most common), basal ganglia, internal capsule
Most commonly affected cranial nerve in TB meningitis
CN VI
Triad of increased ICP
Papilledema, vomiting, headache
