PANCE Neuro round 2 8/11 Flashcards
what is the most effective medication for PD
- carvidopa/levodopa (sinemet)
what is the medication for TD tremor predominance (class)
anticholenergic class
when is the age of onset for touretts
2-5 years old in men
what is the DTR with GBS
decreased
what is charcots neurological traid
- nystagmus
- staccato speech
- intension tremmor
what is something non motor that is affected with bells (think CN 7)
anterior taste
when do you give predisone for bells
within 72 hours
what medication prevents EPS if the EPS / (dopamine depletion is caused by medication)
- diphenhydromine (benadryl)
what CN may be affected by intracranial HTN
CN 6 abdusens
amalyoid disposition
neurofibrillary tangles
alzheimers
localized degeneration of the frontal lobes
- what is this called
-picks disease
what type of dementia has visual distrubances
- lewy body disease
gold standard for brain cancer DX
brain biopsy
what type of HA with a GBM
wakes them in the night
what is a grade 4 astrocytoma called
GBM