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_____ seizure occurs after the onset of an acute systemic or CNS condition
Patient had LOC and amnesia with prolonged postictal confusion, drowsiness, muscle soreness, headache, deep sleep (postictal stupor) lasting minutes to hours. What is the likely diagnosis? _____
Hint: diagnosis
LOC, generalised muscle contractions/stiffening for with subsequent rhythmic jerking of all limbs, tongue biting, urinary incontinence. Lasts 1-3 minutes = _____ seizures
_____ seizures originate from within a single hemispheres Generalised seizures originate from within both hemispheres
Hypocalcaemia can have life-threatening neurological complications such as _____
Facial spasm when tapping on the facial nerve is suggestive of what metabolic abnormality? _____
_____ is a rare type of diabetic neuropathy that affects a single cranial nerve
Referral to a neurologist for _____ is only required for aytipical presentations of diabetic neuropathy
Hint: Ix
Bitemporal hemianopia is a visual field defect associated with a lesion to the _____
A lesion in the **right visual cortex** (e.g., PCA stroke) typically results in what visual field defect? \n\n_____
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