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Q
What is coning tonsillar herniation?
A
Cerebellum herniates into the foramen magnum
2
Q
How does coning tonsillar herniation present?
A
- Widened pulse pressure
- Bradycardia
- Unusual respiratory rate
3
Q
What does a widened pulse pressure cause?
A
Raised blood pressure
4
Q
What does bradycardia cause?
A
Decreased heart rate
5
Q
What does an unusual respiratory rate cause?
A
Irregular breathing
Neurology
flashcards
Decks in class (63)
# Cards
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Myasthenia Gravis38
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome17
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Motor Neurone Disease30
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Subarachnoid Haemorrhage21
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Parkinson's27
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Meningitis27
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Migraine18
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Subdural Haemorrhage21
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Extra-Dural haemorrhage10
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Multiple Sclerosis30
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Brain Tumours37
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Coning Tonsillar Herniation5
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Facial Nerve Palsy8
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Bell's Palsy10
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Horner's syndrome7
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Benign Essential Tremor13
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Cauda Equina Syndrome8
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Epilepsy33
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Headaches41
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Bulbar and Pseudobulbar palsy11
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Spinal Epidural Abscess9
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Brown-Sequard Syndrome5
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Hydrocephalus15
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Lumbar Spinal Stenosis14
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Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy12
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Epilepsy 214
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Brain Abscess16
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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension15
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Glasgow Coma Scale24
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Encephalitis13
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Stroke by anatomy22
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Cervical Myelopathy16
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DVLA: Neurological disorders10
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Vestibular schwannoma15
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Third nerve palsy12
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Fourth nerve palsy9
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Sixth nerve palsy7
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Non-epileptic seizures12
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Brain Lesions18
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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus13
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Relative Afferent pupillary Defect8
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Autonomic Dysreflexia7
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Stroke management14
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Raised Intracranial pressure16
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Intracranial Venous Thrombosis18
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Gait abnormalities1
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MRC power scale7
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Foot drop9
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Visual Field Defects21
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UMN vs LMN lesions14
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Wernicke's encephalopathy14
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Syringomyelia11
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Pituitary Apoplexy8
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Nerve damage5
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease13
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Subacute combined degeneration of the Spinal cord11
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Assessment tools used in stroke8
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CT scan13
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Neurofibromatosis0
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Raised Intracranial pressure headache9
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Creutzfedt-Jakob Disease10
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Ramsay Hunt syndrome0
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Chronic Fatigue syndrome15
