Neurology (Alice) Flashcards
6 early sx of local anesthetic toxicity
tinnitus
perioral/tongue numbness
metallic taste
blurred vision
muscle twitches
drowsiness
perioperative vision loss is very rare, but is associated w. what surgeries (3)
cardiac
spine
head/neck
mcc of post op ocular injury
corneal abrasion
3 mcc of permanent perioperative vision loss
CRAO
ischemic optic neuropathy
cerebral vision loss
most frequent clinical presentation of perioperative vision loss
ischemic optic neuropathy
rf for perioperative vision loss (9)
long surgeries
excessive blood loss
hypotn
anemia
hypoxia
excessive IVF
vasoconstricting agents
elevated venous pressure
head positioning
3 causes of post op transient blurring of vision
ocular ointments
excessive drying
corneal trauma
4 causes of complete or partial perioperative visual loss
surgical trauma
embolic events
anemia
hypotn
ischemia or poor circulation to the short posterior ciliary blood vessels that supply the front or anterior portion of the optic nerve
anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION)
2 sx of AION
painless abrupt vision loss
optic disc pallor/swelling
life threatening condition caused by sudden hemorrhage or infarction w.in the pituitary gland
pituitary apoplexy
transient perioperative visual loss after absorption of glycine solution
glycine induced visual loss
rf for glycine induced vision loss
TURP
sx of AION
starts in one eye -> then affects both eyes
major rf for AION
hypotn
what n is easily damaged in thyroid surgery leading to hoarseness
recurrent laryngeal
7 causes of aphasia
CVA - mc
MS
ICH
migraine
carotid dz
recurrent laryngeal n damage
apraxia of speech (AOS)
motor speech disorder resulting from neurological injury of the motor component of the motor speech system
dysarthria
causes of dysarthria (lots!)
TBI
CVA
parkinson’s
ALS
MS
huntington’s
wilson’s dz
drowning
central pontine myelinolysis
brain tumor
cereral palsy
guillain barre
hypothermia
lyme
stroke
intracranial htn (pseudotumor cerebri)
tay-sachs
what is ICH
bleeding into brain parenchyma
mcc of ICH
htn/atherosclerosis dz
also: coagulopathies, AVMs, amyloid angiopathy, tumor, trauma
mc location for ICH
basal ganglia -> putamen
6 sx of ICH
coma
contralateral hemiplegia
hemisensory deficits
lateral gaze
aphasia
homonymous hemianopsia
surgical indications for ICH (2)
CN III palsy
progressive alteration of consciousness
4 syndromes associated w. spinal cord injury
anterior cord
central cord
complete cord
brown sequard (hemisection(
sx of anterior cord syndrome
loss of pain/temp below the level of injury
preserved proprioception/vibration
sx of central cord syndrome
loss of pain/temp at the level of injury
preserved proprioception/vibration
sx of complete cord transection
reduced sensation caudally
no sensation below the injury
urinary retention/bladder distension
sx of brown sequard/hemisection
-loss of proproception/vibration on the side of injury
-loss of pain/temp on the opposite side of injury and a few levels below the injury
2 types of sensory neuropathies
distal sensory/stocking glove
axonal
causes of axonal neuropathies (lots!)
DM
etoh
B12
syphilis
HIV
lyme
uremia
chemo
vasculitis
paraneoplastic
amyloidosis
excruciating HA in the absence of focal neuro findings
SAH
2 PE findings of SAH
elevated bp
fever
sx of a herald bleed
less severe/atypical HA
focal neuro signs
usually precedes severe SAH by 1-3 weeks