Exam (elaborations) Week 11 – Neurology quiz solved. 100% correct answers (NUR633)
Which symptoms may occur with Bell’s palsy? (Select all that
... [Show More] apply.) Alteration in taste
Drooling
Inability to open the eye Correct! Decreased hearing
Tinnitus
A patient is brought to the emergency department after being hit in the head with a baseball. The patient is awake and talking, but is confused and disoriented and does not obey simple commands. The patient is able to point to the area of pain and opens eyes only when commanded to do so. Bystanders report a period of unconsciousness lasting almost 5 minutes. Which severity of traumatic brain injury is likely?
Severe Moderate
Normal You Answered Mild
You are examining a patient who has just been diagnosed with Bell's palsy. Bells's palsy is characterized by all of the following except:
Inability to close the eye on the affected side Correct! Inability to swallow
Drooling
Drooping of the corner of the mouth on the affected side
A 70 year old male is diagnosed with vertigo. Which choice below indicates that the vertigo is more likely to be of central etiology?
Brief duration Correct! Persistent symptoms Nystagmus present Nausea and vomiting
What characteristic is true of tension headaches, but not of cluster headaches? Tension headaches cause photosensitivity
Cluster headaches are always bilateral
Cluster headaches always cause nausea Correct! Tension headaches are always bilateral
[Cluster headaches are always unilateral]
A patient exhibits visual field defect, ataxia, and dysarthria and complains of a mild headache. A family member reports that the symptoms began several hours prior. An examination reveals normal range of motion of the neck. What type of cerebrovascular event is most likely?
Ischemic stroke
Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage Transient ischemic attack
Hemorrhagic stroke
A 72 year old patient with history of polymyalgia rheumatica complains of new onset unilateral headache and visual changes. Her sedimentation rate is elevated. Her neurological exam is otherwise normal. What is the most likely reason for her symptoms?
Meningitis TIA
CVA
Temporal arteritis
A 50 year old man complains of marked scalp tenderness accompanied by a bad headache at his left temple. He reports a sudden loss of vision in the left eye for the past several hours. The neurological exam is normal except for the loss of vision in the left eye. Which of the following conditions is most likely?
Cluster headache
Migraine headache without aura Migraine headache with aura Giant cell arteritis
A patient reports recurrent headaches occurring 1 or 2 times per month that generally occur with weather changes or when sleep patterns are disrupted and describes them as severe, with throbbing on one side of the head and sometimes accompanied by nausea. What is the recommended treatment for this type of headache?
Gabapentin Rizatriptan Topiramate Propranolol [Show Less]