Neurology - Headache, neuralgia, seizure, cerebellar syndrome Flashcards by Max Kam

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Components of paediatric neurological exam

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Metrics examined in paediatric neurolgical exam

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List primitive reflexes and time of disapperance

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Instructions on paediatric reflexes

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Headache

Types

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Headache

Pathophysiology

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Ddx primary headaches

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Ddx secondary headaches

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History taking questions for headache

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Red flag S/S of secondary headache

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Differentiate primary headache syndromes

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Headahce

PE
Ix

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Primary headache

Overview management

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Tension type headache

Pathophysiology
Clinical presentation
Management

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Migraine

Types
Classification

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Migraine

Clinical features

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Ddx migraine

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Migraine treatment

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Medication overuse headache

Causes
ManagementA

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Define seizure

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Define epilepsy

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Seizure

Pathogenesis

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Types of seizures

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Focal/ Partial seizures

Types

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Focal seizures

Regions of brain involved

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Generalized seizure

Types and features

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AEpileptic spasm

Feature

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Post ictal period clinical features

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Seizure

Diagnosis/ Core clinical features
Causes

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D/dx epileptic seizure

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Febrile seizure

Definition

Classifcation
Clinical features
Dx
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Paroxysmal disorder/ non epileptic seizures

Ddx

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Epilepsy

Causes according with age

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Levels of epilepsy

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Epilepsy

Structural etiologies

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Epilepsy

Genetic etiologies

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Epilepsy

Non-structural or genetic etiologies

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List examples of epilepsy syndromes

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Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE)/ Ohtahara syndrome

Cause
Feature
Ix
Mx

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Dravet syndrome

Cause
S/S
Mx

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Infantile spasms/ West syndrome
Cause
Clinical features
Diagnosis
Ix
Mx

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Lennox Gastaut syndrome

Cause
S/S
Ix
Mx

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Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS)/ Benign rolandic epilepsy

Clinical features
Tx

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Genetic epilepsy with febrile seizure plus (GEFS+)

Definition
Cause

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Juvenile absence and Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Age of onset
Features

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Epilepsy

Approach to diagnosis
Investigations

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Epilepsy

General lifestyle modifications

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AED

Indications for starting AED

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Types of antiepileptics
Examples

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Febrile seizure definition

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> 38 degrees fever,
> seizure for <15 mins,
> generalized usu GTCS, should not recur within 24h only one episode,
focus of infection outside of CNS,
PE no neurological abnormality,
without history of afebrile seizure,
age 6m-5y,
in a developmentally normal child

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Types of 1st line antiepileptics for different types of seizure

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Caution of using anti-epileptics in women

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Prognosis and control of epilepsy by AED

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Drug resistant epilepsy
Definition
Management

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AED withdrawal method

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Epilepsy surgery

Pre-op evaluation
Types of surgery

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Status epilepticus

Definition
Types
Causes

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Status epilepticus

General management

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Acute management of status epilepticus
- Impending status
- established status
- refractory status

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Flowchart for management of status epilepticus

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Cerebellar

Anatomy and normal function

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Cerebellar sign tests

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Acute cerebellar syndrome causes

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Subacute cerebellar syndrome causes

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Chronic progressive cerebellar syndrome causes

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Cerebrellar syndrome

Ix

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Friedreich’s ataxia

Cause
S/S
Dx
Mx

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Ataxia telangiectasia
Cause
S/S

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