Patient Demographic
Hallmark signs
Medications
Classification
Differential Diagnosis
100

Neurologic condition with a common demographic of female, age 20-40 years old

What is Multiple Sclerosis

100

Resting tremor is the first sxs in 70% of patients with this condition

What is Parkinson's Disease

100

When taken for dizziness, this may interfere with BPPV testing

What is Meclizine

100

One episode of neurological symptoms that lasts at least 24 hrs with complete or partial recovery that may or may not go on to develop MS

What is Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS)

100

When all BPPV testing is negative with a patient who has dizziness with positional changes this is assessed next

What is orthostatic hypotension

200

Common demographic for this neurologic condition is early to mid 60's of unknown etiology

What is Parkinson's Disease

200

A central problem may be indicated if on a Convergence test pt sees double around this distance away from their face

What is 3-4 inches

200

The time frame following an ischemic stroke that a pt has to receive tPA(tissue plasminogen activator) to break up clots

What is < 3 hrs

200

One of the most famous celebrities that has M.S.

Who is Selma Blair 

200

The neurologic disorder that presents like Parkinson’s with symptoms such as difficulty rising from a chair, tenous gait, and changes in speech but begins to have issues looking up and down

What is Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

300

This positioning on the map of all continents may decrease your chances of developing MS

What is the equator

300

The artery when affected in a stroke that causes the pt to have more UE symptoms than LE

What is superior MCA

300

Main medication used in MS

What is Methapredozone?

300

For PT treatment precautions this is the level permissive HTN can be if tPA was administered

What is 180/110

300

The main difference between Compensated Unilateral Vestibular Hypofunction (UVH) and acute UVH

What is spontaneous nystagmus in the dark

400

How many dollars are in Chris’ brotein jar?

What is the limit does not exist

400

Optic neuritis is the first sxs for this common neurologic condition

What is MS?

400

The time frame after a meal that a patient is able to take their medication without the Levadopa transport being affected

What is 2 hours?

400

The harshest type of MS to have that progresses quickly

Primary progressive

400

Difference between Corticobasal Degeneration and Parkinson’s disease

What is apraxia of the affected limb

500

On the Wells’s Criteria score a patient having this clinical characteristic causes them to have -2 points for the likelihood of having a DVT which could lead to a thrombolytic stroke

What is a patient who has an alternative diagnosis at least as likely as DVT

500

BPPV that is upbeating, torsional with latency onset and fatigues

What is posterior canalithiasis BPPV

500

The initial dosage given to a pt prescribed carbidopa/levodopa

What is one half to one whole tablet, 3 times daily

500

The stage of Hoehn and Yahr classified as the pt having minimal bilateral involvement and unaffected balance

What is stage two?

500

These exams (4) and their findings will help assist clinicians in distinguishing the difference between a vertebrobasilar ischemic stroke and acute vertigo system issue

HINTS+

Head impulse:

     Vestib: positive, has corrective saccade

     Stroke: normal bilaterally

Nystagmus:

     V: Unidirectional changing nystagmus

     S: fast phase is direction changing

Skew:

     V: normal

     S: refixation when eyes covered

Loss of hearing:

     V: no

     S: yes

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