There's something wrong with my back
Test for suspected spinal cord compression
Emergent MRI
Risk of antipsychotic agents in dementia
Increased mortality
Initial imaging for suspected subarachnoid hemorrhage
Noncontrast head CT
Evaluation of first unprovoked seizure
MRI and EEG
Statin with the least drug interactions
Pravastatin
Treatments for metastatic spinal cord compression
Glucocorticoids, decompressive surgery or radiation therapy
Blood tests for slowly progressive dementia
Serum chemistries, CBC, vitamin B12, TSH
Drug prophylaxis for migraine
Metoprolol, propranolol, timolol, divalproex sodium, topiramate
Chorea, ataxia, psychiatric disease
Huntington disease
According to AGA, what is the recommended length of antibiotic treatment (if choosing to give) for uncomplicated diverticulitis
4-7 days (oral abx)
Treatment of spinal stenosis without myelopathy
Physical therapy and pain control
Procedure confirming normal pressure hydrocephalus diagnosis
Large Volume CSF Removal
Cluster headache prophylaxis
Verapamil
Fluctuating weakness worsening later in day
Myasthenia gravis
Name 3 drug classes simvastatin interacts with
Calcium Channel blockers, Fibrates, Protease Inhibitors, HCV Direct antiviral, Amiodarone
Initial treatment for idiopathic transverse myelitis
IV methylprednisolone
Cognitive decline greater than expected for age without significant functional disability
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Initial treatment of intracranial hypotension
Epidural blood patch
Name a medications that may exacerbate myasthenia gravis
Aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones, magnesium, β-blockers, hydroxychloroquine
Type of Stress test to order for patients with LBBB
Pharmacologic with Vasodilator (Adenosine, Dipyridamole, Regadenoson) and Single Photon Emission CT scan (SPECT)
Most common cause of transverse myelitis
MS
Treatment for ischemic stroke–related symptomatic cerebral edema
Decompressive hemicraniectomy
Meningioma resection indications
Neurologic deficits, drug-resistant seizures, severe headaches, peritumoral edema
Essential tremor drug treatment
Propranolol, primidone, or topiramate
What is necessary to diagnose Hepatocellular Carcinoma without a biopsy
Patient with cirrhosis or Hep B who has characteristic imaging findings on a contrasted study