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1
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A state of continuous awareness of one’s self and environment.

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Consciousness

2
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A state in which the patient can be roused only by vigorous and repeated stimuli and in which arousal cannot be sustained without repeated stimulation.

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Stupor

3
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T/F: Upon being awakened from deep sleep, a normal person may be confused for a few moments.

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True

4
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T/F: Cerebral oxygen uptake does not decrease during sleep.

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True

5
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A syndrome of unconscious awakening lasting for 3 months after non traumatic and 12 months after traumatic injury

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Persistent vegetative state

6
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T/F: The occurrence of a well-developed Babinski sign is unusual although its presence does not exclude the diagnosis of brain death.

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True

7
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Electrocerebral silence is considered to be present if?

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There is no electrical potential of more than 2mV during a 30-minute recording except for artefacts created by the ventilator, ECG and surrounding electrical device.

8
Q

An acute drop in CBF to this level causes slowing of the EEG and syncope or impaired consciousness

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25 ml/min/100g brain tissue

9
Q

Body temperature which can induce coma through a nonspecific effect on the metabolic activity of neurons

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above 41 degrees Celsius or below 30 degrees Celsius

10
Q

Most common underlying biochemical derangement in recurring episodes of stupor

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hepatic failure

11
Q

T/F: During a focal seizure, the eyes turn or jerk toward the convulsing side.

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True

12
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Conditions which could give rise to Cheyne-Stokes Respiration

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massive supratentorial lesions, bilateral deep-seated cerebral lesions and mild metabolic disturbances

13
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T/F: In hypertensive encephalopathy, focal signs may be present.

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True

14
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The most common pathologic basis of vegetative state

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Diffuse cerebral injury

15
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Cerebral blood flow below the level causes electrocerebral silence, comma and cessation of most neuronal metabolic and synaptic functions

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12-15 mL/min/100g

16
Q

Site in the heart with most of the subendocardial mechanoreceptors that are responsible for the afferent impulses to the nucleus tractus solitarius

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Inferoposterior wall of the left ventricle

17
Q

tributary of the glossopharyngeal nerve which transmit sensory impulses from the carotid sinus

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Nerve of hering

18
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This type of syncope is the result of orthostatic loss of blood pressure

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Orthostatic hypotension

19
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Type of syncope which is the result of impaired baroreflex function which cannot compensate for pooling of blood in splanchnic vessels

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Postprandial hypotension

20
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T/F: Bedside testing of orthostatic blood pressure is best performed by having the patient stand quickly and taking readings immediately and again at 1 min and at 3 min.

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True

21
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T/F: Syncope does not occur as a manifestation of TIA

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True

22
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Seizures arising from this area prolong the QT interval and increase sympathetic tone thereby lowering the threshold for ventricular arrythmia

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Left insula

23
Q

Seizures arising from this area shorten the QT interval and increase parasympathetic tone thereby increasing the risk of vagally mediated syncope.

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Right insula

24
Q

This medication may be helpful in patients with parkinsonism and chronic orthostatic hypotension

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Domperidone

25
Q

T/F: Arousing a person during Stage N3 is more difficult than arousal from REM sleep.

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True

26
Q

Neurologic signs of sleep deprivation?

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mild and inconstant nystagmus, impairment of saccadic eye movements, loss of accommodation, exophoric, slight tremor of hands, ptosis of the eyelids, expressionless face, thickness of speech and mispronunciation

27
Q

T/F: Fatigue worsens restless leg syndrome and there is a tendency for it to be worse in warm weather.

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True

28
Q

Genetic finding in people with periodic leg movements of sleep

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Nucleotide variant in short segment of chromosome 6p

29
Q

T/F: Depressive illness produces early morning waking and inability to return to sleep

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True

30
Q

Nocturnal tingling and numbness of the fingers and palms caused by tight carpal ligament which may awaken patient at night

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Acroparesthesia

31
Q

T/F: The chronic insomniac who has no other symptoms should be discouraged from using sedative drugs

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True

32
Q

Where is the lesion of von economo encephalitis?

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Anterior hypothalamus and basal frontal lobes

33
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Where is the lesion of hypersomnia?

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Hypothalamus and subthalamus

34
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In what stage of sleep does night terrors occur?

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Stage 3 or 4

35
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term denoting the patient’s incapacity to think with customary speed, clarity and coherence.

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Confusion

36
Q

It is the concomitant reduction and prominent delay in producing movement, speech, ideation and emotional reaction.

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Abulia

37
Q

Refers to the constant restless movements and inability to sit still

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Akathisia

38
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T/F: The EEG in delirium may show symmetrical mild generalized slow activity in the range of 5-10 per second.

A

True

39
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Most prominent early symptom of dementia

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Gradual development of forgetfulness

40
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T/F: Ribot’s law states that up to a certain point in the illness, memories of the distant past are relatively well retained at a time when more recently acquired information has been lost.

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True

41
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Refers to the mechanical disruption of the deep white matter

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Axonal shearing

42
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T/F: The association cortex that are not obviously committed to primary motor and sensory functions is generally a heterotypical cortex.

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True

43
Q

Where does the neural control of the circadian rhythms reside?

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Suprachiasmatic nuclei of the ventral-anterior region of the hypothalamus

44
Q

Sleep becomes consolidated into a single long nocturnal period by what age?

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4th or 5th year

45
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T/F: approximately 20-25% of total sleep time in young adults is spent in REM sleep, 3-5% in stage N1, 50-60% in stage N2 and 10-20% in stage N3 combined.

A

True

46
Q

Most important stage in sleep in restoring the altered function that result from prolonged sleep deprivation.

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N3

47
Q

Approximately how many percent of dreaming occurs outside of REM periods?

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20%

48
Q

Signifies a chronic inability to sleep despite adequate opportunity to do so.

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Insomnia

49
Q

T/F: The diagnosis of periodic leg movements depend on finding them during polysomnographic recordings whereas restless leg syndrome is identified on clinical grounds.

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True

50
Q

T/F: Von Economo encephalitis was related to a predominance of lesions in the anterior hypothalamus and basal frontal lobes whereas hypersomnia was related to lesions in the dorsal hypothalamus and subthalamus.

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True

51
Q

Treatment for nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.

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Carbamazepine

52
Q

T/F: Frightening dreams or nightmares are far more frequent than night terrors and affect children and adults.

A

True

53
Q

Somnambulism almost exclusively occur during this stage of sleep?

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N3

54
Q

In fully 90% of nsrcoleptics, the condition is established by what age?

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25th

55
Q

Risk of narcolepsy in a first-degree relative of an affected individual

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1-2%

56
Q

T/F: stress is often blamed in bruxism.

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True

57
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EEG in delirium

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Symmetrical mild generalized slow activity in the range of 5-10 per second

58
Q

Circadian pacemaker that regulates the sleep-wake cycle

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Suprachiasmatic nucleus in the anterior hypothalamus

59
Q

The most effective stimulus for the internal clock

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Light

60
Q

Usually the first symptom of narcolepsy

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Excessive daytime sleepiness

61
Q

Most specific symptom of narcolepsy

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Cataplexy

62
Q

First approved drug for treatment of cataplexy

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Sodium oxybate

63
Q

First line agents for restless leg syndrome

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Dopaminergic agonists

64
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Repetitive, stereotyped movement of extremities with extension of big toe, ankle dorsiflexion, flexion of knee and hip during sleep

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Periodic limb disorder

65
Q

T/F: Restless leg syndrome is a clinical diagnosis and polysomnography is generally unnecessary

A

True

66
Q

Most common disorder associated with insomnia

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Depression

67
Q

Stage of sleep that does not change significantly as we age

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REM stage

68
Q

Most common traumatic brain injury

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage