Neurology 1
Typical duration of a generalized tonic-clonic seizure
1-3 minutes
Bell palsy treatment
Prednisone
Cognitive impairment that interferes with ADLs
Dementia
Clue for epilepsy in a patient with a new-onset seizure
History of staring events or myoclonus
Diagnostic test for periodic limb movements of sleep
Polysomnography
Primary progressive MS treatment
Ocrelizumab
Cluster headache prophylaxis options
Verapamil, galcanezumab
Diagnosis suggested by language loss before cognitive dysfunction
Primary progressive aphasia
Treatment for migraine unresponsive to NSAIDs over three episodes
Triptan and NSAID combination therapy
Dopamine transporter scan indication
Differentiate Parkinson disease from essential tremor or drug-induced parkinsonism
Respiratory function monitoring in GBS
Serial FVC and negative inspiratory force
Method for diagnosing nonconvulsive status epilepticus
Continuous EEG monitoring
Familial amyloidosis genetic test
Transthyretin (TTR) genetic testing
Subacute transient shoulder pain followed by progressive weakness
Idiopathic brachial plexitis
Medications that may exacerbate myasthenia gravis
Aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones, magnesium, β-blockers, hydroxychloroquine
Convulsive status epilepticus therapy for a fosphenytoin-intolerant patient
IV benzodiazepine, then IV levetiracetam, valproate, or lacosamide
Diagnostic evaluation following central or branch retinal artery occlusion
Urgent evaluation for carotid artery stenosis and cardioembolic disease
New-onset status epilepticus, subacute progressive confusion
Autoimmune limbic encephalitis
Red flags for secondary headache
New, different, or progressive headache; abrupt, positional, or exertional onset
Brain pathology findings in athletes retired from contact sports
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Flaccid paralysis with preserved vibration and position sense after prolonged aortic surgery
Anterior spinal artery infarct
Rapidly progressive dementia, myoclonus, gait problems, visual compromise
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Acute-onset headache, proptosis, periorbital edema, ophthalmoplegia
Cavernous sinus thrombosis
Woman of childbearing age with obesity, headaches, visual symptoms, pulsatile tinnitus
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri)
Peripheral neuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, skin changes
POEMS syndrome