Neurology — Flashcards

Flashcard 31: _____ should be used for localised neuropathic pain e.g. post-herpetic neuralgia

Answer: Topical Capsacin

Flashcard 32: Sodium valproate is a P450 _____

Answer: Inhibitor

Flashcard 33: The characteristic features of Guillian-Bare syndrome is _____

Answer: progressive, ascending ,symmetrical weakness of all the limbs

Flashcard 34: Main investigation for Guillain-Barre syndrome is _____

Answer: Lumbar Puncture

Flashcard 35: _____ is a serious adverse effect of Sodium Valproate, characterised by elevated serum ammonia levels

Answer: Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy

Flashcard 36: _____ is a symptom of PCA stroke where there is the impairment of in recongition of visually presented objects

Answer: Visual Agnosia

Flashcard 37: Eye Opening (GCS) scores: 4 - _____ 3 - To Sound (Voice) 2 - To Pressure (Pain) 1 - None

Answer: Spontaneous

Extra: Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) Summary: • Eye Opening (E): 1-4 • Verbal Response (V): 1-5 • Motor Response (M): 1-6 Total score: 3–15 (Score of 8 or less = Coma/Intubate)

Flashcard 38: A Extradural Haematoma appears as a _____ hyperdense collection on imaging

Answer: biconvex (or lentiform)

Flashcard 39: Neuropathic pain arises following _____

Answer: damage or disruption of the nervous system

Flashcard 40: Lateral Medullary (Walleburg's Syndrome) PICA occlusion, can cause Horner's Syndrome due to _____

Answer: damage of the descending sympathetic nerve fibres