Neurology — Flashcards

Flashcard 41: Lateral Medullary (Walleburg's Syndrome) PICA occlusion, can cause Horner's Syndrome due to _____

Answer: damage of the descending sympathetic nerve fibres

Flashcard 42: _____ is a serious adverse effect of Sodium Valproate, characterised by elevated serum ammonia levels

Answer: Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy

Flashcard 43: _____ tend to be mild in Guillain-Barre syndrome

Answer: sensory symptoms

Flashcard 44: Neuromuscular blocking drugs (NMBDs) such as _____ can exacerbate Myasthenia Gravis (MG) as they further impair neuromuscular transmission.

Answer: Suxamethonium

Flashcard 45: 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 46: Neuropathic pain arises following _____

Answer: damage or disruption of the nervous system

Flashcard 47: Main investigation for Guillain-Barre syndrome is _____

Answer: Lumbar Puncture

Flashcard 48: 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 49: Sodium valproate is a P450 _____

Answer: Inhibitor

Flashcard 50: _____ is a variation of Guillian-Bare Syndrome

Answer: Miller Fisher syndrome