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neurology buzzwords Flashcards

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thunderclap headache

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subarachnoid haemorrhage

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subarachnoid lumbar puncture

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xanthochromic lumbar puncture

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lucid period after head trauma (often followed by sudden collapse/deterioration)

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extradural haemorrhage

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4
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cogwheel rigidity

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Parkinson’s

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5
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woody texture muscular swelling

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duchenne or Becker MD

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raised CK

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muscular dystrophy

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7
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muscular dystrophy

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toe walker, positive gowers sign

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mask like expression

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parkinson’s

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9
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fluctuating cognitive deficit

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lewy body dementia or delirium

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10
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REM disturbance

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levy body or parkinson’s

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11
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vivid visual hallucinations normally of children and not threatening

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lewy body

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12
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acute onset cognitive disturbance that fluctuates

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delirium

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13
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personality change then dementia

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frontotemporal (Picks)

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14
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stepwise deterioration

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vascular dementia

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14
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memory and personality changes in someone with past hx of CV disease

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vascular dementia

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pain on loud noise

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facial nerve palsy

16
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painful third nerve palsy

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posterior communicating artery aneurysm

17
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myalgia + myositis + myoglobulinaemia/uria

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rhabdomyolysis

18
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inflammatory myopathy, poor response to steroids

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inclusion body myositis

19
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weakness + frontal balding + cataracts + ptosis

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myotonic dystrophy

20
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leg symptoms, midline shift

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falcine herniation

21
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back pain, worse on coughing

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slipped disk

22
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headache worse on coughing

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posterior fossa issue

23
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BL sciatica + male sexual dysfunction +/- bladder bowel symptoms

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cauda equina

24
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pleocytosis in CSF

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rule out bacterial meningitis

25
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migraine prophylaxis

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1st propranolol, topiramate or amitriptyline, 2nd valproate, pizotifen, gabapentin, pregabalin

26
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erb’s palsy, waiter’s tip

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upper brachial plexus injury

27
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klumpke’s palsy, claw hand

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lower brachial plexus injury

28
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anti acetylcholine receptor antibody

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myasthenia gravis

29
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UMN and LMN symptoms with ocular sparing

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motor neurone disease

30
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high stepping gait, romberg’s positive

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cervical myelopathy

31
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babinski and hoffmans sign

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UMN defect

32
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IgG oligoclonal bands on CSF

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Multiple sclerosis

33
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motor neuron disease treatment (not very good)

34
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hemicrania continua treatment

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indomethacin

35
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Lamotrigine or Gabapentin.

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treatment for SUNCT

36
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treatment for trigeminal neuralgia

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Carbamazepine

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