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Myoclonic seizure clinical features

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Very brief (less than 1 second) + synchronous jerking or shaking of the limbs + *retained awareness and no postictal confusion

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Management of acute agitation in DLB

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Donepezil

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Management of patient with parkinson disease who is having medication-related complications of carbidopa-levodopa

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DBS (This is advanced parkinson disease. DBS reduces total levodopa dosage)

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Management of severe TBI

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  • Aggressive management of fever (Acetaminophen)
  • Maintain PO2 greater than 60
  • Maintain SBP greater than 90
  • steroids are contraindicated and have been shown to worsen its prognosis
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Battle sign indicates

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Basilar skull fracture

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LDL goal in secondary stroke prevention

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There isn’t a goal – High intensity statin REGARDLESS of baseline LDL cholesterol level (This is because statins have other benefits, including plaque stabilization, anti-inflammatory properties, and slow progression of carotid arterial disease.)

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Evidence for intracranial stenting for atherosclerotic disease

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Bad – 2x higher risk of stroke compared with medical therapy

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Treatment of fatigue in MS

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Stimulant (modafinil, amantadine)

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First step in evaluation of unprovoked seizure

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Head CT (rule out bleed)

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Treatment of FTD

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Symptom based because there are no disease modifying therapies (SSRIs) (often associated with apathy, diminished interest, loss of empathy)

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Work up of suspected reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS)

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Brain MRA or CTA

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reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) clinical features

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Thunderclap headache + multiple episodes within short time frame + precipitated by vasoactive drugs or sertraline or emotion/showering/exertion

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Treatment of choice for reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome

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CCB’s

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Treatment of MS exacerbation

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High dose oral steroids (can also use IV

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Features of dystonic tremor

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Rest and action + dystonic rhythmic posturing

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treatment of refractory status epilepticus in patient allergic to phenytoin

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Valproic acid

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Initial management of status epilepticus

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ABCs
Accucheck
Thiamine with glucose if needed

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Meds with evidence for migraine prophylaxis

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Betablockers
Divalproex
Topamax

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AED’s for pregnant patients

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Keppra

Lamotrigine

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Management of spinal cord mets

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Emergent steroids

Then urgent surgery with post op radiation

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CJD features

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Rapidly progressive dementia
*Myoclonus
Sleep problems

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Evaluation of TIA

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Carotid duplex US (cheaper than CT-A or MRA)

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When you need head CT for patients with mild TBI

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  • dangerous mechanism of injury (cars, high falls)
  • imaging
  • Severe headache, vomiting
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MCI definition

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Stage between normal aging and dementia (greater than what is expected with normal aging but no significant functional disability)
- cognitive testing below normal range

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Management of urinary symptoms in MS patients

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Urodynamic testing

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PE management in patient with primary brain tumor

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IV heparin (short half life in case tumor bleeds)

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What is POEMS syndrome? Clinical features?

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  • Monoclonal plasma cell disorder typically arising secondary to an underlying cancer
    P - polyneuropathy
    O - organomegaly
    E - endocrinopathy
    M - monoclonal gammopathy (monoclonal protein on SPEP)
    S - skin changes
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What are UMN signs?

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Hyperreflexia
*Spasticity
clonus
hoffman sign
Extensor plantar response
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CIDP presentation

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Generalized areflexia

Progressive or relapsing symmetric sensory and motor neuropathy

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Key feature in stem for mitochondrial myopathy

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Maternal transmission

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Features of focal seizures

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  • Preceded by warning/aura
  • Mouth or limb automatisms (repetitive movements)
  • Followed by confusion (no recollection of seizure) and/or exhaustion
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Absence seizures vs. focal seizures

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  • also staring and confusion

- BUT more frequent (multiple times per day) + immediate recovery + more common in kids

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Myoclonic seizures clinical features

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  • Single jerk of the entire body
  • less than 1 second
  • retained awareness + no postictal confusion
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Idiopathic brachial plexopathy clinical features

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  • Infection or surgery triggers:
  • Subacute severe pain
  • Pain then resolves and pt has progressive weakness and atrophy of shoulder girdle and upper extremity muscles
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First line treatment of Tourette syndrome

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FIRST line --> CBT (teaches patients diversion techniques, ie start tapping foot if it comes on)
SECOND line if CBT fails -->
- clonidine
- guanfacine
- topiramate
- tetrabenazine
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Clinical features of tourette syndrome

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  • Usually feel it coming on (premonitory sensory cues)
  • Often have other tics (eye rolling, throat clearing)
  • Usually starts in childhood
  • Also often have OCD
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Migraine with aura treatment

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  • Start with NSAIDS

- IF ineffective –> triptans

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Convulsive syncope

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Seizure preceeded by tunnel vision, palpitations

  • then short duration of loss of consciousness
  • movements and shaking of all four limbs
  • immediate and complete recovery
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Atonic seizure vs. convulsive syncope

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  • atonic seizure = much briefer (a few seconds) + no warning signs
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Workup of fatigue and decreased energy post stroke

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Sleep study (sleep-disordered breathing and central sleep apnea, highly prevalent in patients post stroke

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Management of MS in patient with liver disease

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Glatiramer

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LMN signs

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Atrophy, fasciculation, weakness

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ALS core features

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UMN signs
LMN signs
*Absence of sensory deficits

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CMT clinical features

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Numbness, distal extremity weakness, unsteady gait, areflexia, high arches, hammer toes, storkleg deformity, distal muscle atrophy

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Cavernous sinus thrombosis clinical features

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  • painful ophthalmoplegia

- multiple ocular nerve involvement

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Cavernous sinus thrombosis management

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STAT surgery + abx

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Diagnosis of NPH

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LP (volume removal + measurement of open pressure)

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When is neuropsych testing performed?

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  • Patients with mild symptoms of cognitive impairment
  • Patients with cognitive and functional decline who seem depressed but may actually have mild cognitive impairment/early dementia
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Autoimmune limbic encephalitis clinical features

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  • new onset status epilepticus

+ hyponatremia + progressive confusion in previously health patient

50
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Management of intractable epilepsy

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Video EEG (need to confirm that seizures seen on video EEG match the location of abnormal findings on MRI before proceeding to surgery/temporal lobectomy)

51
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Indications for surgery with brain aneurysms

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  • Symptomatic (Cranial nerve deficits)

- 7 millimeters or greater in size

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Management of psychosis in Parkinson disease

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Discontinue dopamine agonists (pramipexole)

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Management of thunderclap headache if CT head is normal

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Diagnosis of primary CNS lymphoma

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IF biopsy inaccessible (by brainstem) –> Slit-lamp exam and vitreous fluid collection with cytology

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Prognosis of primary CNS lymphoma

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Responds well to treatment but typically recurs and has a poor prognosis

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Periodic limb movements of sleep clinical features

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Periodic leg kicks that exhibit a stereotyped triple-flexion phenomenology repeating periodically during sleep

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Treatment of REM sleep behavior disorder

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benzos (klonopin)

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REM sleep behavior disorder clinical features

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  • dream enactment behavior with complex movements and vocalizations
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McArdle disease clinical features

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  • exercise intolerance/cramping
  • mild myalgias/weakness
  • myoglobinuria + CKD
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Acute intermittent porphyria clinical features

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ACUTE + INTERMITTENT

  • acute attacks of abdominal pain and vomiting
  • reddish-brown urine during attacks
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Distinguishing feature between DLB and Alzheimer

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REM sleep behavior disorder

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Treatment of acute intracerebral hemorrhage

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IF SBP > 180 –> Rapidly lower BP with IV nicardipine

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First line prophylactic medication for cluster headaches

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First line treatment for cluster headaches

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Oxygen inhalation

Subcue sumatriptan

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Neurologic presentation of familial amyloidosis

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Sensory and motor peripheral neuropathy + autonomic neuropathy

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Likely diagnosis in ICU patient who develops AMS

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NCSE diagnosis

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Continuous (24-hour) EEG

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Clinical features of NCSE

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confusion/amnesia + negative symptoms (aphasia, mutism, catatonia, not responding to commands (occasionally)) + rhythmic twitching of one or more muscle groups, tonic eye deviation, hippus, ocular movement abnormalities (sustained eye deviation, nystagmus),

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Management of impaired mobility in MS

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Dalfampridine

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Cause of most subacute pain and paresthesia in a dermatomal pattern in the thoracic or abdominal region

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Diabetic mononeuropathy (assuming no evidence of zoster)

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MSA features

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Parkinson

*early falls and dysautonomia

72
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Diagnosis of suspected idiopathic intracranial hypertension

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Treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension

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Acetazolamide

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First line prophylactic medication of chronic tension-type headache

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Amitriptyline

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Management of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis

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Management of GBS patient who improves following plasma exchange

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Discharge to rehab

77
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AED to use in patients with osteoporosis

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Lamotrigine

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Primary stabbing headache clinical features

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  • Transient localized stabs of head pain + not in trigeminal location
79
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First line for focal seizures in elderly patients with multiple comorbidities

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Corticobasilar degeneration clinical features

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Asymmetric parkinsonism
Dystonia
Myoclonus

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Next step after patient with acute ischemic stroke is treated with TPA

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CT angio of head (determine candidacy for endovascular therapy – patients with large-vessel occlusion have low recanalization rates with IV thrombolysis)

82
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Antibiotics that lower the seizure threshold

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Carbapenems
Fluoroquinolones
Fourth-generation cephalosporins (cefepime)

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Migraine diagnosis

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At least 5 episodes lasting 4-72 hours with pain exhibiting 2 of following features:
Unilateral
Throbbing
Moderate to severe intensity
Worse with physical activity
Nausea or photo/phonophobia
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Treatment of ischemic stroke in the absence of TPA

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Management of mild TBI’s in athletes

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  • symptom checklist, neuro exam
  • Head CT if suspected hemorrhage
  • neuropsych testing
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Treatment of cognitive impairment in patient with vascular cognitive impairment

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Donepezil (acetylcholinesterase inhibitor)

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Vascular neurocognitive impairment clinical features

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  • pseudobulbar affect
  • ataxia
  • asymmetric neurologic findings
88
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Treatment of pseudobulbar symptoms

89
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what is immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy?

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Form of statin myopathy – even after stopping stain, muscle weakness and CK is high
- biopsy has evidence of muscle necrosis without inflammation

90
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Treatment of immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy

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Management of intracranial hypotension

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Epidural blood patch

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Key feature of intracranial hypotension

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orthostatic headache (Due to CSF leak)

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First step in MS evaluation

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MRI brain and spine

*LP for oligoclonal bands has poor test characteristics

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VTE management post hemorrhagic stroke

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Should start prophylactic heparin 48 hours after bleed (assuming imaging rules out active bleeding) (patients with hemiparesis are at high VTE risk)

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Management of patient with Alzheimer and contraindication to donepezil

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Contraindications to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer’s patients

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Sick sinus syndrome
LBBB
Uncontrolled asthma
PUD

97
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Diagnostic study for patients with a suspected secondary headache

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Red flags for secondary headache condition

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  • new headache after age 50
  • use of anticoagulant
  • progressive headache pattern
99
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SE to know about with fingolimod

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Macular edema so need regular ophthalmic exams

100
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Primary progressive aphasia clinical features

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Language deficits before additional cognitive deterioration

101
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Bell palsy vs stroke

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Bell palsy = can’t elevate eyebrow (forehead involvement) (CVA does not involve forehead because of bilateral innervation)

102
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Bell palsy treatment

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Prednisone

103
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Other features of bell palsy

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  • alteration in taste

- hyperacusis (intolerance of loud noise due)

104
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First and second line for idiopathic transverse myelitis

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1) high dose IV steroids

2) plasma exchange therapy

105
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Healthcare maintenance in MS patients

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  • more evidence suggest that disease activity is highly correlated with serum vitamin D levels
  • vitamin D supplementation has now been shown to provide additional control of disease activity
106
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Best test for Alzheimer’s disease

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CSF analysis (decreased AB42 and incrreased tau protein)

107
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Management of epilepsy in a patient with psychiatric disease

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Lamotrigine (also a mood stabilizer)

108
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Myoclonus clinical features

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Rapid, nonsuppressible, jerky movements

109
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Dystonia definition

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Sustained muscle contractions leading to stereotyped and directional twisting and posturing movements

110
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Management of cognitive dysfunction in MS

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Cognitive rehabilitation therapy

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NCSE treatment

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ativan 2 mg challenge

112
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management of severe refractory migraine with aura

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IV dopamine antagonists (prochlorperazine or metoclopramide)

113
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MRI findings with migraine

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Punctate white matter lesions

114
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Secondary prevention of ischemic stroke

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  • Aspirin + Plavix for 21 days

- then continue plavix as monotherapy

115
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Treatment of lewy body dementia

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  • levodopa when symptomatic therapy required
116
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Goal SpO2 in CVA

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93% (higher is harmful, as in many other acute illnesses)

117
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Type of patients who experience myoclonus

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anoxic brain injury (posthypoxic myoclonus) (patients who’ve coded)

118
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Relation of neck pain to headache

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  • nonspecific and does not necessarily indicate pathology in cervical region
119
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Limbic encephalitis clinical fatures

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  • new-onset status epilepticus
  • progressive confusion
  • previously healthy person
  • rapidly progressive (so seems like prion disease)
  • myoclonus
  • hyponatremia
120
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Adjuvant therapy of MS

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Medication that improves ambulatory function in MS patients

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Dalfampridine

122
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Term for syndrome of recurrent thunderclap headaches

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Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome

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