Neurology — Flashcards

_____ is a possible clinical sign of meningitis that is described as flexion of the hip to 90o with pain on passive extension of the leg

Intraventricular catheters in invasive intracranial monitoring can also be used to ↓ ICP by _____

If ICP rises significantly causing the compensatory reduction in blood flow and CSF to be exhausted, the pressure ↑ increases and _____ can occur

Hint: complication

A patient with headache, fever, nuchal rigidity and a non-blanching rash should NOT be given a(n) _____

Hint: investigation

A patient with raised intracranial pressure should have a _____/MRI to rule out an underlying cause

Herniated discs can cause radiculopathy along the _____ nerve

Hint: most common

_____ meningitis is associated with CSF findings: neutrophil/granulocyte predominance ↑ protein ↓ glucose

_____ is a condition that involves inflammation of the leptomeninges caused by viruses

_____ are most susceptible to fungal meningitis, particularly cryptococcal meningitis

Hint: demographic

Meningitis that presents with a _____ is characterstic of Meningococcal septicaemia