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The anti-epileptic drug used for status epilepticus is ____________
Phenytoine
The definition of epilepsy includes paroxysmal electrical disturbance of cerebral neurons that cause ____________
seizures
Generalized epilepsy originates in the ____________ and then travels to both hemispheres
diencephalon
One of the possible complications of treating status epilepticus is ____________
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The organism causing epidemics of meningitis is ____________ meningitides
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Ampicillin is used for which bacteria causing meningitis? ____________ meningitides
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The cells elevated in TB meningitis: Neutrophils. Or it was Tuberculostearic acid. The colour of CSF on CT scan: Black. How CT scans are produced: Computed tomography. Other options = ionizing radiation. The contrast medium used for MRI: Gadolinium. Sleep apnoea causes: Day sleepiness. Increased risk of CVD. Reduced cognitive performance + psychosocial problems. The polysomnogram records what for diagnosis of sleep apnoea: EEG + eye movements + muscle tone. Respiration = airflow + respiratory movements + snoring sounds. Arterial oxygen saturation. ECG. Limb movements. The method of diagnosis for Myasthenia Gravis and Lambert-Eaton syndrome: Repetitive nerve stimulation. Factors to consider when deciding whether an EEG is normal or abnormal: Age. State of arousal. The clinical EEG is the most useful in: Coma. Epilepsy. The EEG frequency bands of beta: More than 13 Hz. Causes of bilateral Bell’s palsy: Lyme’s disease. Sarcoidosis. Torticollis: A sign of a fourth nerve palsy. A child has a Gower sign- where is the pathology located: The proximal muscles of the lower limb. Peripheral nerve. Spinal cord. Cerebral hemispheres. A neurocutaneous marker: Portwine stain. Child has fourth nerve palsy what is the presentation: Compensatory torticollis. A squint might not be obvious, but if the child is asked to look down the eye will be adducted. An inappropriate gag reflex lesion: CN IX + X. Aphasia: Due to a L.hemisphere lesion usually. A loss of ability to produce and/or understand written or spoken language is called aphasia. Apraxia: Unable to perform learned motor movements in the absence of primary deficits in motor and spatial abilities. Dominant parietal lobe lesion. Agnosia: Disorders in which patients fail to recognise familiar objects despite adequate perception + memory + language. Grestmann syndrome: Right-left orientation is not correct with finger agnosia + dysgraphia + acalculia + localizes to lesions in the posterior left hemisphere. McEwan’s cracked pot sign is indicative of: Craniotabes. Raised intracranial pressure. When considering primary headaches, which of the following is true: Migraines can be treated using tryptans. Cluster headaches are more common in males. Trigeminal neuralgia: Brief electric shock-like pains. Limited to distribution of one or more divisions of trigeminal nerve. Most common is the ophthalmic division affected. Precipitated from trigger factors. Lady cannot stand on her ______
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