Seizure disorders
The four phases of seizures
What are prodrome, aura, ictal, post-ictal
Occlusion of a cerebral artery can lead to this
What is an ischemic stroke?
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and steroids are treatments for symptoms of this disorder
What is Myasthenia Gravis (MG)?
An acute fluctuating course of impaired attention that lasts hours to days
What is delirium?
When inclusion criteria are met, this therapy has been shown to improve morbidity and mortality after ischemic stroke
What is thrombolysis?
Single unremitting seizure lasting 5+ minutes or recurrent clinical seizures without full recovery of neurologic function between seizures
What is status epilepticus?
Cerebral vascular malformation or aneurism is a common etiology for this condition
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
A lumbar puncture that shows elevated CSF protein with normal white count is consistent with this diagnosis
What is Guilllain-Barre?
Memory impairment is most predominant in this common type of dementia
What is Alzheimer's dementia
Seizures, hypoglycemia, CNS infections and drug toxicity are just a few examples of this
What are stroke mimics?
Brief periods of altered consciousness in which patients are unable to communicate/engage, more common in children
What is an absence seizure?
A bleed that causes a dissection of the dura from the skull and is almost always due to trauma
What is an Epidural hematoma?
This disorder presents with symptoms that relapse and remit, with characteristic white matter lesions seen on MRI
What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?
Executive functioning impairment may coexist with other focal neurologic symptoms related to prior stroke in this condition
What is vascular dementia?
Anticoagulant reversal is indicated in this condition
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
Focal electrical disturbance seizure in one area of the brain with alteration in consciousness, typically affects 1 hemisphere
What is a focal impaired awareness (complex partial) seizure?
Cerebral small vessel occlusions that affect deep brain structures are called this
What are lacunar strokes?
This condition causes upper and lower face paralysis
What is Bell's Palsy?
Personality changes and disinhibition are indicative of this dementia which can present at a younger age than other dementia disorders
What is Frontotemporal dementia?
This anticoagulant reversal agent can be used for warfarin (coumadin), Apixaban (Eliquis) and Rivaroxaban (Xarelto)
What is Kcentra?
Treatment of status epilepticus begins with this
What are ABCs?
Then, secure c-spine, thiamine, benzodiazepine and AED
Recognition of ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours of symptom onset
What is an inclusion criteria for tPA?
Thymoma is associated with this disorder
What is Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
Dementia and impaired cognition can present as non-motor symptoms of these two movement disorders
What are Parkinson's Disease and Huntington disease
Reperfusion of weak brain tissue causing rupture and hemorrhage
What is hemorrhagic transformation?