Neurological Emergencies — Flashcards

_____ is seizure activity for > 5 mins (continuous or intermittent) without fully regaining consciousness between episodes, resulting in brain injury and possibly death

Kurtzke's Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is used for grading _____

In a typical brain abscess patient, the glucose in the CSF will be _____

_______ is the drug of choice in cerebral venous thrombosis.

_____ strokes often occur secondary to hyaline arteriolosclerosis, a complication of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and smoking

_____ seizures are characterized by sudden loss of muscle tone, thus known as 'drop' seizures

Therapeutic _____-ventilation may be used to treat acute cerebral edema unresponsive to other interventions

_____ strokes most commonly involve the lenticulostriate vessels, resulting in small cystic areas of infarction

_____ hydrocephalus often presents with a characteristic magnetic gait

_____ syndrome also known as 'dementia pugilistica', is a cumulative process and many episodes of minor head injury add up to produce the typical lesions.