Neurology — Flashcards

Does an essential tremor limit functional capacity? _____

What is the empiric antibiotic therapy for brain abscess suspected Streptococcus spp. or Staphyloccal infection? _____

Hint: 3

Which cerebral artery supplies the anterior four-fifths of the corpus callosum? _____

Encephalitis is most commonly caused by _____

Strokes involving the _____ cerebral artery may cause paralysis and sensory loss of the contralateral lower limb

Surgical management of brain abscess Mainstay = _____ Larger, multiloculated, or recurrent = craniotomy

Brain abscesses have a _____ onset

Hint: gradual/sudden

The language centers are found in the "dominant" hemisphere, which is most commonly the _____ hemisphere (80%)

Nausea/vomiting, headache and focal neuro deficits following otitis media is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Drinking alcohol _____ essential tremors

Hint: exacerbates/relieves