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Question 1

Tx of drug induced parkinsons tremor

Answer 1

Procyclidine

Question 2

Which drugs cause IIH?

Name 3 other natural causes

Answer 2

COCP
Steroids
Tetracyclines
Vitamin A
Lithium

Female, Overweight, Pregnant

Question 3

What anaesthetic agent are MG patients resistant to

Answer 3

Suxamethonium

Question 4

Name 4 side effects of sodium valproate

Answer 4

Alopecia
Weight Gain
Hepatitis
Teratogenicity

Question 5

Anti emetic of choice in parkinsons?

Answer 5

Domperidone

Question 6

Where does ondansetron work?

Answer 6

Medulla Oblongata

Question 7

Mx of restless legs syndrome

Answer 7

Ropinirole

Question 8

Subdural haemorrhage vein?

Answer 8

bridging veins between cortex and venous sinus

Question 9

When can Anti epilieptic drugs be stopped and over what period of time

Answer 9

> 2 years seizure free

over 2-3 months

Question 10

Biggest side effect of carbamezapine

Answer 10

SJS

Question 11

What drug is contraindicated in MG patients because of the risk of respiratory depression/Myaesthenic crisis

Answer 11

Beta Blocklers

Question 12

Mx of IIH

Answer 12

Acetazolamide

Question 13

Encephalitis and Temporal Lobe Changes?

Answer 13

HSV is the cause

Question 14

Management of a myaesthenic crisis

Answer 14

IVIG and Plasmaphoresis

Question 15

Mx of neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Answer 15

Stop Antipsychotic
IV Fluids
Dantrolene
Bromocriptine

Question 16

Which diet is helpful for epilepsy in children

Answer 16

Keto

Question 17

Cluster headache tyype symptoms managed with indomethacin?

Answer 17

Paroxysmal Hemicrania

Question 18

What investigation should be considered before starting phenytoin and why?

Answer 18

Cardiac Monitoring

Pro arrythmogenic affectt

Question 19

Which muscles are spared in MND

Answer 19

Ocular Muscles

Question 20

headache worse when lying down?

Headache worse when upright?

Answer 20

IIH

SIH

Question 21

MND mx

Answer 21

Riluzole

Nightly BiPAP

Question 22

What is the difference between normal GBS and the miller fischer variant

Answer 22

Symptoms start proximally in Miller Fischer as opposed to distally.

Question 23

What is cataplexy

Answer 23

Loss of muscle tone due to strong emotions

Question 24

Benign Rolandic Seizures

Answer 24

Seizures in children, commonly with paraesthesia “fizzy” feeling around the mouth when waking up

Question 25

Infantile Spasm (west syndrome)

Answer 25

Babies in first few months
Flexing of head and neck and outstretch of arms
Mental Handicap
Hypsarrythmia on EEG

Question 26

Petit mal absence seizures in children

Answer 26

4-8 yrs
30 sec episodes
eeg. 3hz symmetrical

Question 27

Lennox Gastaut Syndrome

Answer 27

Extension of infantile spasms
Onset 1-5 yrs
Absences, falls jerks,
Mental Handicap
Slow Spike on EEG

Question 28

Juvenile Myoclonic Epipepsy

Answer 28

Teens
Generalized seizures in morning or lack of sleep
Daytime absences
Sudden shock like myoclonic seizures

Question 29

Mx of brain abscess

Answer 29

Ceftriaxone and Metronidazole

Question 30

Extra dural haemorrhage site, common fracture cause?

Answer 30

Middle meningeal artery, fracture of the pterion

Question 31

What are the 6 tests to confirm brain death?

Answer 31

Pupillary Reflex
Corneal Reflex
Oculovestibular Reflex
Cough Reflex
Absent Response to Supraortbital Pressure
No spontaneous resp effort