Andrew Shared "Neuro Week 7" - 13 Picmonics
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Neuro Week 7
Friedreich's Ataxia
- Trinucleotide Repeat
- GAA Repeat
- Frataxin
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction
- Autosomal Recessive
- Hammertoes
- High Arches
- Kyphoscoliosis
- Lateral Corticospinal Tract
- Posterior Column
- Spinocerebellar Tract
- Type I Diabetes Mellitus
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
1 min
CN VIII
- Vestibulocochlear Nerve
- Sensory
- Hearing
- Balance
55 secs
CN VI
- Abducens Nerve
- Motor
- Abducts Eye
48 secs
Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms and Diagnosis
- Symptoms
- Optic Neuritis
- Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia
- Scanning Speech
- Urinary and Fecal Incontinence
- Motor Issues (Intention Tremor, Paresis)
- Numbness and Pain
- Depression
- Relapsing Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Gold Standard = Plaques on MRI
- Increased CSF Immunoglobulins (IgG)
- Oligoclonal Bands
4 mins
Pinealoma
- Pathophysiology
- Melatonin
- Superior Colliculi
- Obstructs Cerebral Aqueduct
- Signs and Symptoms
- Obstructive Hydrocephalus
- Vomiting
- Parinaud's Syndrome
- Paralysis of Upward Gaze
- Setting Sun Sign
- Increased Beta-hCG
- Precocious Puberty
2 mins
Meniere's Disease
- Mechanism
- Excess Endolymph
- Signs and Symptoms
- Tinnitus
- One-sided Sensorineural Hearing Loss
- Vertigo
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Considerations
- Meclizine (Antivert)
- Low Salt Diet
- Surgery
2 mins
Aminoglycosides
- Drug Names
- Gentamicin
- Neomycin for Bowel Surgery Prep
- Amikacin
- Tobramycin
- Streptomycin
- Mechanism of Action
- Bactericidal
- Inhibit Formation of Initiation Complex
- Cause Misreading of mRNA
- Require O2 for Uptake
- Resistance
- Resistance by Transferase Enzymes
- Acetylation
- Phosphorylation
- Adenylation
- Indications
- Gram-Negative Rod Infections
- Synergistic with B-Lactam Antibiotics
- Side Effects
- Nephrotoxicity Especially When Used with Cephalosporins
- Ototoxicity Especially When Used with Loop Diuretics
- Teratogen
5 mins
Anticholinergics
- B.O.AT.S Acronym
- Benztropine
- Parkinson's Disease
- Oxybutynin
- Decrease bladder spasms
- Atropine
- Mydriasis and Cycloplegia
- Scopolamine
- Motion Sickness
1 min
Benzodiazepines Overview
- Indications
- First Line for Status Epilepticus
- Anesthesia Induction
- Anxiety
- Eclampsia
- Detoxification
- Mechanism of Action
- '-zepam' and '-zolam" Suffix
- Increase Frequency of Cl- Channel Opening
- Side Effects
- Decrease REM Sleep
- CNS Depression
- Dependence
- Antidote
- Flumazenil for Overdose
2 mins
Phenytoin
- Indications
- Status Epilepticus
- Tonic-Clonic Seizures
- Mechanism of Action
- Blocks Na+ Channel Activation
- Inhibition of Glutamate Release
- Class IB Antiarrhythmic
- Side Effects
- Teratogenic
- Macrocytic Megaloblastic Anemia
- Induce Cytochrome P450
- Drug-induced Lupus
- Neuropathy
- Hirsutism
- Gingival Hyperplasia
1 min
Class IB Antiarrhythmics (Na+ Channel Blockers)
- Indications
- Arrhythmias
- After Myocardial Infarction
- Mechanism of Action
- Affect Ischemic Tissue
- Decrease AP duration
- Drugs
- Mexiletine
- GI Upset
- Lidocaine
- CNS Depression
- Tocainide
- Phenytoin
- Hirsutism
2 mins
Vincristine (Oncovin)
- Mechanism
- Vinca Alkaloid
- Inhibits Microtubules
- Indications
- Leukemias
- Lymphomas
- Side Effects
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Paralytic Ileus
- Considerations
- Vesicant
2 mins
Glasgow Coma Scale
- LOC Assessment
- Score of 3 to 15
- 8 or Less = Coma
- Eye Opening
- Verbal Response
- Motor Response
1 min
