S + O = SO
The Eyes Have It.
Headaches again?
Clinical Reasoning 201
Wmed Pearls
100

"The room is spinning."

What is vertigo?

100

Abnormal constriction of the pupil.

What is miosis?

100

61 yr male with T1DM with headache after exercise with dizziness, lethargy and diaphoresis with non focal neuro exam

What is hypoglycemia?

100

Right sided weakness and facial droop with aphasia

What is a Left Middle Cerebral Artery stroke?

100

This class was the second graduating class at Wmed. 

What is the class of 2019?

200

"My heart is beating stronger than normal"

What are palpitations?

200


What is Anisocoria?

200

50 year female with intense, stabbing pain over the upper right side of the face

What is Trigeminal neuralgia?

200
Unilateral facial weakness with facial droop and inability to lift the eyebrow on the affected side.

What is Bell's Palsy?

200

This former Chair of Internal Medicine is 6 feet 8 inches tall.

Who is Mark Loehrke MD?

300

Flashing lights or zigzag lines that happen shortly before a migraine attack

What is an aura?

300

This cranial nerve allows lateral movement of the eyes

What is the sixth cranial nerve or the Abducens nerve?

300

40 year male with recurring right peri orbital severe headaches associated with lacrimation and rhinorrhea

What are Cluster Headaches?

300

Allowing significantly elevated blood pressures in the first 24-48 hours of an Ischemic Stroke

What is Permissive Hypertension?

300

This person said "If your tools don't work, make them work.  If you can't make them work, make some that do."

Who is Homer Stryker MD?

400

Pain and Temperature sensation is tested by this pathway. 

What is the lateral Spinothalamic Tract?

400

What is a right homonymous hemianopia?

400

31 year female admitted for viral meningitis with worsening headache predominantly with upright posture

What is a post LP headache? or What is a post dural puncture headache?

400

Regular cyclic oscillations of breathing between hyperpnea and apnea

What is Cheyne-Stokes Respiration?

400

The size of the Inaugural class at WMU Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine.

What is the number 54?

500

Primitive reflex elicited by repetitive tapping between the eyes sometimes seen in Parkinson's Disease

And it's the Glabellar Reflex

500

Temporary loss of vision in one eye due to lack of blood flow to the Retina

What is Amaurosis Fugax?

500

18 year female taking tetracycline for acne with recurrent headaches.  Neuro exam with papilledema only and MRI Brain normal

What is Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension or Pseudotumor Cerebri?

500

Patient with heavy ETOH use and ascites presents with confusion and has flapping of the outstretched hands

What is hepatic encephalopathy?  Or what is asterixis?

500

Ibuprofen, Alprazolam, Rogaine and Linezolid were discovered in this building

What was Pfizer Building 267?  Or What is 300 Portage Road?

M
e
n
u