Cerebral Vascular Neurosurgery
This pharmacological agent can be given during surgery to stop blood flow temporarily after unexpected rupture of an aneurysm.
What is adenosine?
This world tour, by Taylor Swift in 2023–2024, was the highest-grossing tour of all time after surpassing $1 billion in ticket sales.
What is The Eras Tour?
This neurotransmitter is most closely associated with the parasympathetic nervous system.
What is acetylcholine?
This macronutrient should make up 45-65% of your total caloric intake.
What is carbohydrate?
This complication can happen when giving a CPAP to a patient with a skullbase CSF leak.
What is tension pneumocephalus?
This brain stem syndrome presents with ipsilateral facial pain and temperature loss, contralateral body pain and temperature loss, vertigo, nystagmus, dysphagia, hoarseness, and ipsilateral Horner’s syndrome.
What is Wallenberg Syndrome (Lateral Medullary Syndrome)?
This actor won an Academy Award for portraying Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb.”
Who is Cillian Murphy?
The sodium-potassium pump moves how many sodium and potassium ions per cycle, and in which directions?
What is 3 sodium out, 2 potassium in?
These foods are consistently associated with lower LDL cholesterol, improved insulin sensitivity, and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease because they’re naturally high in fiber, antioxidants, and phytochemicals. (think broad)
What are whole plant foods?
It can manifest as sudden hypotension, tachycardia, and drop in ETCO2 during pineal tumor surgery.
What is air embolism?
When the internal carotid artery is blocked, blood can flow backward through this artery to help supply the anterior cerebral circulation.
What is the ophthalmic artery?
After releasing his first hit "One Time" on his My World album in 2008, Tina Morcos believed she would marry this popstar when she was 9 years old.
Who is Justin Bieber?
According to Le Chatelier’s principle, increasing CO₂ in blood shifts the equilibrium toward more of what product?
What is carbonic acid (H₂CO₃)?
This nutrient increases hepatic production of LDL cholesterol by down-regulating LDL receptor activity, contributing to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
What is saturated fat?
It is characterized by headaches, hypertension, seizures, and drowsiness 5 days after carotid endarterectomy.
What is cerebral hyper-perfusion syndrome?
This vein has the word sagittal in its name yet drains into the vein of Galen.
What is the inferior sagittal sinus?
This HBO show about dysfunctional rich siblings battling for control of their father’s media empire won the 2023 Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.
What is Succession?
This enzyme unwinds the DNA double helix ahead of the replication fork.
What is helicase?
About 95% of Americans do not meet the recommended daily intake for this nutrient.
What is fiber?
It is the cause of seizures and confusion 4-7 days after pituitary tumor surgery.
What is SIADH or hyponatremia?
This rare form of transient ischemic attack presents with jerky involuntary movements of one limb.
What is limb-shaking TIA.
This two word gen z internet slang means "I'm not lying" or "no lie".
What is "no cap"?
The urea cycle directly connects to the TCA cycle through which intermediate?
What is fumarate?
Deficiency of this vitamin causes fatigue, bleeding gums, poor wound healing, and petechiae due to defective collagen synthesis.
What is Vitamin C?
It explains the very rare occurrence of severe hypotension and tachycardia leading to death if not recognized during routine lumbar discectomy.
What is iliac artery/vein injury?