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)…
Seizures, Epilepsy, and Eeg Alice D. Lam Rodrigo Zepeda M. Brandon Westover Mouhsin M. Shafi DEFINITIONS Epileptic sz: Sudden transient si/sx 2/2 abnl, excess, or synchronous neuronal activity. Electrographic sz:…
Rapidly Progressive Dementia R. Ryan Darby Alireza Atri Definition: Deterioration of intellectual/behavioral/cognitive/psychiatric fxn (dementia) usually over several weeks to months but <2 yr. Epidemiology (UCSF data: 178 rapidly progressive (RPD)…
Poisons and Vitamin Deficiencies Julie J. Miller Marcelo Matiello Eyal Y. Kimchi INITIAL MANAGEMENT & BASIC APPROACH FOR POISON INGESTION Supportive care: Monitor airway, breathing, circulation, vitals. Obtain IV access….
Neurocritical Care Ayush Batra Terrance Kummer Brian L. Edlow COMA & DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Coma: A state of unarousable unresponsiveness, duration typically <2-4 wk; rare cases longer, up to 12…
Interventional Neurology Saad Mir Brijesh Mehta CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY Indications: Gold standard for characterizing neurovascular anatomy & pathologies, e.g., aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), extra- & intracranial stenosis, other dzs of cerebral…
Vascular Neurology Mark Etherton Brijesh Mehta TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS General: TIA: Brief, reversible episode of focal neuro sxs (by definition <24 h, most <1 h). Newer definition: Brief, reversible episode…
Neuroimaging Alessandro Biffi Adam B. Cohen Joshua P. Klein TIPS FOR REVIEWING SCANS Review all images & sequences. Reconstructed images screen for abnl findings, but always review raw data. Be…
