Neupsy Key

Spine and Spinal Cord Diseases Pooja Raibagkar Steve S. Han APPROACH TO BACK PAIN Common problem w/broad differential. Majority of pts have musculoskeletal or mechanical causes that require only conservative…

Dizziness and Deafness Taha Gholipour Stephen W. Parker Vestibular system: Otolith organ cilia are floating w/in endolymph (viscous fluid). Mvmt of head causes endolymph to move in opp direction. Direction…

Paim Khaled Moussawi Brian J. Wainger PHYSIOLOGY Characterization: Location, duration, radiation, quality, continuous vs. episodic, intensity (visual or numerical scale); evoked vs. spontaneous, triggering/mitigating factors, associated features (n/v, spasm), effect…

Central Nervous System Vasculitis Amanda L. Piquet Tracey Cho Often considered in ddx of subacute encephalopathy & typically has an insidious, progressive course. Difficult to dx. Practically, 1° CNS vasculitis…

Headache Rene A. Colorado Graham Huesmann David W. Chen EVALUATION OF HEADACHE History: Points to Consider Description: Acuity, freq, duration, location, severity, onset pattern, age, gender, meds, diet. Women: Relationship…

Neurologic Infectious Diseases Tamara B. Kaplan Nagagopal Venna NERVOUS SYSTEM LYME DZ Definition: Tick-borne spirochete infxn caused by Borrelia burgdorferi (Borrelia garinii or afzelii in Europe/Asia). Epidemiology: Most common vector-borne…

Movement Disorders Ellen B. Penney Albert Hung HYPOKINETIC MOVEMENT DISORDERS PARKINSON DISEASE (PD) Introduction: Most common neurodegenerative mvt d/o affecting ˜1% of people >60. Men:Women 3:2 predominance (unclear why), mean…

Behavioral Neurology Joel Salinas Jesse Mez APHASIA Aphasia: Abnormalities of symbolic communication (language). Inability to translate nonverbal images (thought) into language and/or inability to translate language into nonverbal thoughts (lexical-semantic)…