Neurology — Flashcards

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

Answer: Lamotrigine

Flashcard 12: Sodium valproate is a P450 _____

Answer: Inhibitor

Flashcard 13: _____ tend to be mild in Guillain-Barre syndrome

Answer: sensory symptoms

Flashcard 14: Neuromuscular blocking drugs (NMBDs) such as _____ can exacerbate Myasthenia Gravis (MG) as they further impair neuromuscular transmission.

Answer: Suxamethonium

Flashcard 15: There may be _____ weakness in Guillian-Barre

Answer: respiratory muscle

Flashcard 16: Neuropathic pain arises following _____

Answer: damage or disruption of the nervous system

Flashcard 17: 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 18: Lateral Medullary (Walleburg's Syndrome) PICA occlusion, can cause Horner's Syndrome due to _____

Answer: damage of the descending sympathetic nerve fibres

Flashcard 19: 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 20: The characteristic features of Guillian-Bare syndrome is _____

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