Section 14 Flashcards
most informative neurologic test
gait
fastest and most appropriate initial imaging study, as well as the most sensitive for detecting acute intracranial hemorrhage
Non-contrast head CT
most common symptom of SAH, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri, Carotid and Vertebral Artery Dissection (frontotemporal)
headache
most common tumor of the third ventricle
Third ventricle colloid cysts
In hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage, bleeding is usually localized to
putamen, thalamus, pons, or cerebellum (in decreasing order of frequency)
most common type of stroke;
ischemic
most common vessle involved in ischemic stroke
MCA
most common cause of atraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhages
ruptured aneurysm
most widely used scale for documenting the severity of stroke
NIHSS
most common cause of ischemic stroke in children
Sickle cell disease
Most frequent causes of dementia
Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia.
second most common neurodegenerative dementia
Dementia with Lewy bodies
most common cause of vertigo in all clinical settings
BPPV
most common form of BPPV
posterior canal
second most common peripheral cause of vertigo
Vestibular neuritis
most feared cause of vertigo
Cerebellar (brainstem) stroke
most common central cause of vertigo
Vestibular migraine
most prominent finding on PE in multiple sclerosis
nystagmus
most familiar and dramatic of the generalized seizures
Generalized tonic-clonic seizure
most common cause of a breakthrough seizure
Medication noncompliance
most important predictors of seizure recurrence
underlying cause of the seizure and the results of the EEG
most clinically important manifestation of the cysticercosis; most common form of disease is parasitic invasion of brain parenchyma and cyst formation.
Neurocysticercosis
most common clinical manifestation of neurocysticercosis and most frequently occur as the parasite is degenerating.
seizures
most common cause of unilateral facial paralysis
bell’s palsy
most common form of any focal mononeuropathy and most common etiology is injury due to repetitive use
Median Mononeuropathy (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
most common ulnar mononeuropathy; most common ulnar mononeuropathy
cubital tunnel syndrome
most common site of plexopathy
brachial plexus (C5-T1)
least common plexopathy
cervical plexus (C1-C4)
Most common tick attachment site
scalp
most common cause of noncompressive focal neuropathy
Diabetes mellitus
Most significant ED complication of myasthenia gravis
respiratory failure
Most common cause of death in severe Parkinson’s disease
respiratory failure
most common cause of fungal meningitis
Cryptococcus neoformans
second common cause of fungal meningitis
Coccidioides immitis
most common complication encountered in the ED of halo devices
Pin loosening
second most frequently encountered complication of halo device
Pin-site infection
most common complication of lumbar puncture.
Post–lumbar puncture headache
most commonly used interspace for lumbar puncture
L4-L5 interspace
most common complications encountered with CSF shunts
shunt malfunctions
most common type of shunt malfunction.
proximal Obstruction
