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Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Anticonvulsants as ... Stabilizers: Mechanism and ... , asthenia • Neurologic ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
String Test in Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS)

A positive string test in a confabulating patient with Wernicke's-Korsakoff syndrome.
These
to suggestion and ... describe the string as ... WKS #clinical #neurology ... #physicalexam # ... psychiatry
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Management Vitamin ... • Persons with psychiatric ... Psychiatric symptoms ... #AscorbicAcid #Pathophysiology ... Nutrition #Diagnosis #Management
Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH) and Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP) - Pathophysiology
ICH Management:
1. Manage Blood Pressure
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Pressure (ICP) - Pathophysiology ... ICH Management ... Pressure #ICP #Pathophysiology ... #neurology #neurosurgery ... #management
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
One and a Half Syndrome ... VA was 20/40 OD and ... An APD was noted ... Half #Syndrome #PhysicalExam ... ophthalmology #neurology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... cause ischemia and ... (@neudrawlogy) and ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management
Tardive Dyskinesia causing involuntary repetitive movements of the tongue, eyes and lips.

#Tardive #Dyskinesia #PhysicalExam #Clinical #Video
the tongue, eyes and ... Tardive #Dyskinesia #PhysicalExam ... #Video #Face #Neurology ... #psychiatry
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Starts in legs and ... MRI - Thickening and ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
posterior occipital and ... may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
SPS) - Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... Person Syndrome Pathophysiology ... SPS #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #neurology