Neurology — Flashcards

The skull is a rigid container of _____: The Monro-Kellie doctrine states that the sum of inctracranial volumes is constant, therefore an ↑ increase in one must be offset by an equivalent ↓ decrease in the other two

Hint: 3 key components

_____ 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

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

Hint: investigation

Do not give a patient IM/IV benzylpenicillin for meningococcal meningitis/sepsis if _____

Herniated discs can cause radiculopathy along the _____ nerve

Hint: most common

_____ are most susceptible to viral meningitis caused by enteroviruses

Hint: demographic

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

_____ are most susceptible to fungal meningitis, particularly cryptococcal meningitis

Hint: demographic

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

Meningitis that presents with a _____ is characterstic of Meningococcal septicaemia