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I hope you find this file helpful for student preparation for the Neurology Shelf Exam. The audio for the last 9 slides will be completed shortly, however for your information, the slides present topics I discuss with students during the shelf review session. Sincerely,
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I hope you find this file helpful for student preparation for the Neurology Shelf Exam. The audio for the last 9 slides will be completed shortly, however for your information, the slides present topics I discuss with students during the shelf review session. Sincerely, Heather Anderson, MD Director, Neurology Clerkship Associate Professor of Neurology
Neuro-ophthalmology • Optic neuritis • Afferent pupillary defect • Amarosis fugax • Amblyopia • Diplopia • Ptosis
Other Cranial Nerve Disorders • Bulbar weakness • Facial pain • Facial palsy
Vertigo • Meniere’s • Benign positional vertigo • Labyrinthitis • Aminoglycoside-induced neurotoxicity • Cerebellar hemorrhage • Vertebrobasilar TIA
Seizures • DDx for causes of seizures • Metabolic • Drug-induced • Structural • Developmental • Tumor, abscess, etc. • Trauma, previous stroke, other injury
Multiple Sclerosis • Demographics • Diagnostic features of MS • INO • Transverse myelitis
Parkinson’s Plus Syndromes • Progressive supranuclear palsy • Lewy body dementia • Corticobasal degeneration • Multiple system atrophy
Other Movement Disorders • Opisthotonos
Toxins • Organophosphate poisoning • Anticholinergic syndrome • Toxicity • Carbon monoxide poisoning • Medication side effects
Conversion Disorder • Discussion of features characteristic of • Pseudoseizures (non-epileptic events) • Pseudocoma • Pseudoweakness • Etc.
Meningitis • Diagnosis • Treatment • Etiologies