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CNRN Review Exam Questions with Verified Answers Focal Seizures: Non-motor - CORRECT ANSWER Behavioral arrest, autonomic, emotional, cognitive, sensory Vestibulocochlear (VIII) - CORRECT ANSWE... R sense of hearing/balance Hemorrhagic stroke risk factors - CORRECT ANSWER hypertension, cocaine use, tobacco use Stroke types - CORRECT ANSWER ischemic, hemorrhagic Chiari s/sx - CORRECT ANSWER neck pain, chronic headache, cerebellar sx (dizziness, ataxia, N/V) Seizure Management: Ongoing - CORRECT ANSWER EEG, AED titration (mono vs. poly therapy, labs/levels), additional imaging (fMRI, PET, Wada's test), Neuropsych testing, ~surgical eval, ~keto diet Ischemic Stroke: Treatment Options - CORRECT ANSWER Antiplatelets, TPA, Endovascular treatment (thrombectomy, intracerebral stenting) Vasospasms treatment - CORRECT ANSWER Triple H therapy (hemodilution, hypertension, hypervolemia), Cerebral balloon angioplasty, Intra-arterial Ca channel blocker Extra-axial Brain Tumors: Pituitary Adenoma (grade, s/sx, treatment, ~complications) - CORRECT ANSWER Benign; Hormonal disturbance, bitemporal hemianopsia, obstructive hydrocephalus; Surgical resection, ~nasal precautions Myasethenia Gravis s/sx - CORRECT ANSWER muscle weakness that increases with activity and improves with rest CNS tumors: complications and management - CORRECT ANSWER -Edema (expected): high-dose steroids, mannitol - Hemorrhage: strict BP control - Sz: prophy AEDs post-op - Stroke (r/t hypercoag. state d/t tumor) - Hydrocephalus: shunt - Herniation - Infections (r/t wafers, radiation) phenytoin vs fosphenytoin - CORRECT ANSWER Phenytoin: risk of arrhythmias and hypotension Fos: decreased risk pain/phlebitis, decreased risk of arrhythmias and hypotensiona [Show More]

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