Epilepsy, Acute Onset Seizures, and Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Clinical Review Study Guide
This guide provides an overview of neurological emergencies and chronic pain syndromes, focusing on epilepsy classification, acute onset seizures, and trigeminal neuralgia. It covers seizure types (focal and generalized onset), causes of acute seizures (structural, metabolic, substance-related), and the clinical presentation and management of trigeminal neuralgia, including pharmacologic treatments.
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Clinical Review of Neurological and EENT Conditions
Clinical Evaluation of Delirium and Concussion
This content covers the clinical presentation, assessment tools, and management strategies for delirium and concussion in patients.
- Delirium causes and risk factors
- Delirium vs dementia differentiation
- Confusion Assessment Method (CAM-ICU)
- Delirium diagnostics and management
- Concussion definition and presentation
- Concussion assessment and neurocognitive testing
- Return-to-play grading for concussion
Clinical Evaluation of Delirium and Concussion
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Epilepsy, Acute Onset Seizures, and Trigeminal Neuralgia Review
A review of epilepsy classifications, acute onset seizure causes, and the clinical manifestations and management of trigeminal neuralgia.
- focal onset seizures
- generalized onset seizures
- motor seizures
- nonmotor seizures
- absence seizures
- tonic-clonic seizures
- status epilepticus
- acute onset seizures
- trigeminal neuralgia
- Motor and nonmotor symptoms
- Aware vs. impaired awareness
- Acute onset seizure causes
- Oxcarbazepine and carbamazepine management
Epilepsy, Acute Onset Seizures, and Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Clinical Review
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Neurological and Infectious Clinical Review
A review of the etiology, clinical manifestations, and management of neurological disorders and infectious diseases including ALS, multiple sclerosis, infectious mononucleosis, rhinosinusitis, headaches, delirium, dementia, conjunctivitis, and pharyngitis.
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) etiology and management
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) presentation and disease-modifying therapies
- Infectious Mononucleosis diagnosis and management
- Viral versus bacterial Rhinosinusitis
- Primary headache types: Migraine, Tension-type, and Cluster
- Delirium versus Dementia differentiation
- Conjunctivitis types: Viral, Bacterial, and Allergic
- Pharyngitis and Centor criteria
- Peritonsillar abscess clinical presentation
- Trigeminal neuralgia treatment options
- Infectious mononucleosis etiology and management
- Viral and bacterial rhinosinusitis differentiation
- Migraine, tension-type, and cluster headache characteristics
- Emergent causes of headache
- Delirium signs, symptoms, and Confusion Assessment Method
- Dementia characteristics and cognitive management
- Aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia definitions
- Viral, bacterial, and allergic conjunctivitis
- Pharyngitis and tonsillitis Centor criteria
- Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS) management
EENT and Neurological Clinical Review
A clinical review of ear, eye, and neurological conditions including otitis media, otitis externa, cholesteatoma, glaucoma, vertigo, concussion, and retinal detachment.
- Otitis media
- Otitis externa
- Cholesteatoma
- Open-angle glaucoma
- Acute angle-closure glaucoma
- Prostaglandin analogs
- Dix-Hallpike test
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Concussion
- Vestibular neuritis
- Meniere's disease
- External hordeolum
- Cataract
- Retinal detachment
- Acute otitis media
- Intraocular pressure (IOP)
- Prostaglandin analog drops
- Acetazolamide
- Pilocarpine
Neuro Review: Seizures and Epilepsy
This review covers the classification, etiology, diagnostics, and management of acute symptomatic and unprovoked seizures, including epilepsy, status epilepticus, and surgical treatment options.
- acute symptomatic seizures
- unprovoked seizures
- epilepsy classification
- focal onset seizures
- generalized onset seizures
- motor versus nonmotor symptoms
- seizure etiology
- seizure diagnostics
- antiseizure medication management
- seizure mimics
- postictal state
- aura
- structural, infectious, and metabolic causes
- Acute symptomatic seizure
- Unprovoked seizure
- Epilepsy diagnosis
- Unknown onset seizures
- Motor and nonmotor symptoms
- Tonic-clonic seizures
- Absence seizures
Management of Sports Related Concussions
A traumatic brain injury induced by biomechanical forces characterized by somatic, cognitive, and neurobehavioral symptoms requiring assessment and management guidelines.
- Concussion
- Somatic symptoms
- Cognitive impairment
- Neurobehavioral symptoms
- Neurologic exam
- Neurocognitive testing
- Imaging
- Concussion grades
- Management guidelines
Evaluation and Management of Seizures
Management and Classification of Seizures
This video review covers the evaluation, classification, and management of acute symptomatic seizures, unprovoked seizures, epilepsy, and status epilepticus.
- acute symptomatic seizure
- unprovoked seizure
- epilepsy
- focal onset seizures
- generalized onset seizures
- unknown onset seizures
- status epilepticus
- non-convulsive status epilepticus
- anti-seizure medication
- seizure recurrence risk
- seizure classification
- post-traumatic epilepsy
- alcohol withdrawal seizures
Management of Neurological, Neurodegenerative, and Delirium Conditions
Neurological Emergencies, Dementia, and Delirium
- status epilepticus
- benzodiazepines
- Lewy body disease
- vascular dementia
- cognitive reserve
- beta-amyloid plaques
- tau tangles
- alpha-synuclein
- cholinesterase inhibitors
- cognitive screening
- MMSE
- MoCA
- pressure hydrocephalus
- delirium
- neuroinflammation
ALS, Multiple Sclerosis, and Delirium Tremens
Clinical characteristics, etiology, pathophysiology, and management strategies for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Multiple sclerosis, and Delirium tremens.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- LMN signs
- UMN signs
- Pseudobulbar affect
- Multiple sclerosis
- Autoimmune demyelinating disease
- Uhthoff phenomenon
- Lhermitte sign
- Disease-modifying therapy
- Delirium tremens
- Alcohol withdrawal
- Benzodiazepine management
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis definition
- Multiple Sclerosis sub-types
- Upper motor neurons and lower motor neurons
- LMN signs and UMN signs
- Environmental risk factors
- Clinical findings and symptoms
- Diagnostic testing and EMG
- Pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management
Neurodegenerative Dementia Types and Management
Dementia involves progressive decline in intellectu's, vascular, Lewy body, and frontotemporal varieties.
- Dementia
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Lewy body disease
- Tau protein
- Vascular dementia
- Parkinson's disease
- Behavioral variant FTD
- Semantic variant primary progressive aphasia
- Nonfluent/agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia
- Neuropsychological assessment
- Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE)
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
- Cholinesterase inhibitors
- Anti-amyloid therapy
Dementia and Delirium Management
Clinical management of dementia and delirium including pathophysiology, causes, assessment instruments, and pharmacological or nonpharmacologic interventions.
- Dementia management
- Mood and behavioral disturbances
- Delirium pathophysiology
- Delirium causes
- CAM-ICU assessment
- Diagnostic labs and imaging
- Nonpharmacologic management
- Pharmacological interventions
- Antipsychotic use
- Benzodiazepine avoidance
Dementia and Delirium Overview
Dementia and Delirium Clinical Overview
Dementia and delirium are characterized by cognitive decline, intellectual function impairment, and disturbances of consciousness.
- Dementia
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Lewy body disease
- Vascular dementia
- Semantic variant primary progressive aphasia
- Non-fluent agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia
- Neuropsychological assessment
- Mini mental state exam
- Montreal cognitive assessment
- Delirium
- Hyperactive delirium
- Hypoactive delirium
- CAM ICU assessment
- Cholinesterase inhibitors
- Anti-amyloid therapy
Understanding and Managing Sports-Related Concussion
Understanding Sports-Related Concussion Management
Concussion is a traumatic brain injury induced by biomechanical forces that results in neurologic impairment and functional disturbance.
- biomechanical forces
- neurologic impairment
- functional disturbance
- somatic symptoms
- cognitive impairment
- neurobehavioral changes
- post-concussion symptom checklist
- balance error scoring system
- neurocognitive testing
- structural neuroimaging
- concussion grading
- return to play guidelines
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