Section 14 Flashcards

1
Q

most informative neurologic test

A

gait

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2
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fastest and most appropriate initial imaging study, as well as the most sensitive for detecting acute intracranial hemorrhage

A

Non-contrast head CT

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3
Q

most common symptom of SAH, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri, Carotid and Vertebral Artery Dissection (frontotemporal)

A

headache

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4
Q

most common tumor of the third ventricle

A

Third ventricle colloid cysts

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5
Q

In hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage, bleeding is usually localized to

A

putamen, thalamus, pons, or cerebellum (in decreasing order of frequency)

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6
Q

most common type of stroke;

A

ischemic

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7
Q

most common vessle involved in ischemic stroke

A

MCA

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8
Q

most common cause of atraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhages

A

ruptured aneurysm

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9
Q

most widely used scale for documenting the severity of stroke

A

NIHSS

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10
Q

most common cause of ischemic stroke in children

A

Sickle cell disease

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11
Q

Most frequent causes of dementia

A

Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia.

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12
Q

second most common neurodegenerative dementia

A

Dementia with Lewy bodies

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13
Q

most common cause of vertigo in all clinical settings

A

BPPV

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14
Q

most common form of BPPV

A

posterior canal

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15
Q

second most common peripheral cause of vertigo

A

Vestibular neuritis

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16
Q

most feared cause of vertigo

A

Cerebellar (brainstem) stroke

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17
Q

most common central cause of vertigo

A

Vestibular migraine

18
Q

most prominent finding on PE in multiple sclerosis

A

nystagmus

19
Q

most familiar and dramatic of the generalized seizures

A

Generalized tonic-clonic seizure

20
Q

most common cause of a breakthrough seizure

A

Medication noncompliance

21
Q

most important predictors of seizure recurrence

A

underlying cause of the seizure and the results of the EEG

22
Q

most clinically important manifestation of the cysticercosis; most common form of disease is parasitic invasion of brain parenchyma and cyst formation.

A

Neurocysticercosis

23
Q

most common clinical manifestation of neurocysticercosis and most frequently occur as the parasite is degenerating.

A

seizures

24
Q

most common cause of unilateral facial paralysis

A

bell’s palsy

25
Q

most common form of any focal mononeuropathy and most common etiology is injury due to repetitive use

A

Median Mononeuropathy (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)

26
Q

most common ulnar mononeuropathy; most common ulnar mononeuropathy

A

cubital tunnel syndrome

27
Q

most common site of plexopathy

A

brachial plexus (C5-T1)

28
Q

least common plexopathy

A

cervical plexus (C1-C4)

29
Q

Most common tick attachment site

A

scalp

30
Q

most common cause of noncompressive focal neuropathy

A

Diabetes mellitus

31
Q

Most significant ED complication of myasthenia gravis

A

respiratory failure

32
Q

Most common cause of death in severe Parkinson’s disease

A

respiratory failure

33
Q

most common cause of fungal meningitis

A

Cryptococcus neoformans

34
Q

second common cause of fungal meningitis

A

Coccidioides immitis

35
Q

most common complication encountered in the ED of halo devices

A

Pin loosening

36
Q

second most frequently encountered complication of halo device

A

Pin-site infection

37
Q

most common complication of lumbar puncture.

A

Post–lumbar puncture headache

38
Q

most commonly used interspace for lumbar puncture

A

L4-L5 interspace

39
Q

most common complications encountered with CSF shunts

A

shunt malfunctions

40
Q

most common type of shunt malfunction.

A

proximal Obstruction