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| What area of the brain do most movement disorders originate? |
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| What is the most common movement associated with parkinson's? |
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| What is the pneumonic for symptoms of parkinson's? |
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A-akinesia/bradykinesia
R-Rigidity
T-Tremor
P-Postural instability - late sign |
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| What are some non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's? (4) |
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1) disturbances in cognition, mood, sensation, autonomic function
2) Dementia
3) Depression
4) Sleep disorder |
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| What are the major determinants in the choice of initial therapy? (4) |
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1) age
2) dementia
3) polypharmacy
4) cost |
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| What is the mainstay of pharmacotherapy for parkinson's? What SE develops in 5 years? |
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Definition
| carbidopa-levodopa, dyskensia |
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| What is the most common neuropsychiatric symptom found in 60%? |
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Definition
| Depression-often difficult to diagnosis |
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| What is a common cause of secondary parkinson's? |
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Definition
| Drug induced from long-term use of dopamine blockers |
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| 40% of of parkinson's patients have evidence of what disease? |
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| What is the most common form of dyskinesia? |
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| Chorea is often associated with what? |
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| chorea movement is defined as what? |
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| What is Huntington's disease and what type of movement is associated with it? |
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Definition
| fatal autosomal dominant disorder - associated with chorea |
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Definition
| sustained involuntary muscle contractions, could be accompanied by coarse, dense, jerking tremor |
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| What are some common areas affected with dystonia? |
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Definition
1) eyelids (blepharospasm)
2) neck/shoulders (cervical dystonia)
3) Lower face/jaw (oromandibular dystonia)
4) larynx (spasmodic dysphonia) |
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| What can focused dystonia be corrected with? |
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| 54% of people with Wilson's disease present with what? |
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| neurologic manifestations |
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| What is the most common neurologic manifestation of Wilson disease? |
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Definition
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| Tics must be present for how long with Tourette syndrome and what is a frequent component? |
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Definition
tics present for 1 year
ADD is a frequent component |
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| How is myoclonus defined? |
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Definition
| A sudden, brief, shocklike, involuntary jerk |
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| Acute drug-induced movement disorders are more common in whom? |
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Definition
| young men taking lithium, CCB, and SSRIs |
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| What is the treatment of choice for chroeatic tardive dyskinesia? |
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