Neuro

What is the definition of a seizure?

List some causes of 'funny turns' in children.

What is a breath-holding attack?

What is a reflex anoxic seizure?

What is benign paroxysmal vertigo?

What is epilepsy and how is it now classified?

How would a frontal seizure manifest?

How would a temporal seizure manifest?

How is epilepsy diagnosed?

What is an EEG used for in the investigation of epilepsy?

What is the role of imaging in the investigation of epilepsy?

What are the treatment options for epilepsy?

What are the principles of anti-epileptic drug therapy (AED)?

What is the first and second line drug for generalised seizures?

What is the first and second line drug for focal seizures?

What are the side effects of Valproate?

What are the side effects of Carbamazepine/oxcarbazepine?

What are the side effects of Vigabatrin?

What are the side effects of Lamotrigine?

What are the side effects of Benzodiazepines (clabazam, clonazepam, diazepam, nitrazepam)?

What restrictions might you suggest for a child with newly diagnosed epilepsy?

What is SUDEP?

What is the definition of status epilepticus?

What is the definition of cerebral palsy?

What is the cause of CP?

What would be the early presenting features of CP?

How is a diagnosis of CP made?

Describe the characteristic features of Spastic CP.

Describe the characteristic features of Dyskinetic CP.

Describe the characteristic features of Ataxic (hypotonic) CP.

What is a baclofen pump?

What is Friedreich ataxia?

What is Ataxia telangiectasia?

List some conditions which commonly cause developmental regression.

Describe the different types of hydrocephalus.

What are the signs and symptoms of hydrocephalus?

What may cause a non-communicating hydrocephalus (obstruction in ventricular system)?

What may cause a communicating hydrocephalus (failure to reabsorb CSF)?

What is the definition of Microcephaly and what are the potential causes?

What is the definition of Macrocephaly and what are the potential causes?

What are the four types of primary headaches?

Describe a tension-type headache.

Describe migraine without aura.

Describe migraine with aura.

What kind of things may trigger a migraine?

What is familial migraine?