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
what direction is the babinski with UMN
- upward
- irregular respiration
- HTN
- Bradycardia
- irregular respiration
- HTN
- Bradycardia
what is cushing reflex associated with
GBM
a meniginima is associated with what NF
NF- 2 388
what is CNS lymphoma assoated with
EBV
what is the tx for CNS lymphoma
methotrexate
“fried egg shaped brain tumor” brain
oligodendroma
what type of image for a hangmans fx
CT
BP differnece between the two arms may be what
- subclavian syndrome
epidural hematoma is arterial or venous
aterial
subdural hematoma arterial or venous
venous
what are the SE 2 of valproic acid
- panreatitis
- hepatotoxicity
