Neurology — Flashcards

Flashcard 11: Focal Seizures not responding to first-line Levetiracetam what is next? _____

Answer: Lamotrigine

Flashcard 12: LP findings in Guillain-Barre syndrome shows _____

Answer: raised protein with a normal white blood cell count

Flashcard 13: Causes of Neuropathic Pain include:\n- _____\n- _____\n- _____\n- _____

Answer: Diabetic neuropathy

Extra: Neuropathic pain is caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. It is often described as burning, shooting, or electric-shock-like.

Flashcard 14: _____ is a symptom of PCA stroke where there is the impairment of in recongition of visually presented objects

Answer: Visual Agnosia

Flashcard 15: Neuromuscular blocking drugs (NMBDs) such as _____ can exacerbate Myasthenia Gravis (MG) as they further impair neuromuscular transmission.

Answer: Suxamethonium

Flashcard 16: 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 17: _____ tend to be mild in Guillain-Barre syndrome

Answer: sensory symptoms

Flashcard 18: Neuropathic pain arises following _____

Answer: damage or disruption of the nervous system

Flashcard 19: _____ is a serious adverse effect of Sodium Valproate, characterised by elevated serum ammonia levels

Answer: Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy

Flashcard 20: Sodium valproate is a P450 _____

Answer: Inhibitor