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USMLE Step3 Neurology

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1. When to use brain spect scintigraphy to confirm brain death






2. prodrome of vasovagal syncope






3. 2 yr old child with developmental delay; crawing at 11m; scissoring gait






4. What percent of dementia is reversible






5. Unable to copy of matchstick - unable to dress up






6. How to differentiate medial and lateral medullary syndrome






7. what drug is used to extend effects of levodopa






8. impaired vibration and increased DTR






9. brain stem lesion






10. contraindication of sumatripta






11. botulism






12. GBS






13. How to diffrentiate tick borne paralysis from GBS and spinal cord tumor






14. What bp med to be given in a patient with high bp and signs of opioid withdrawal






15. drags leg forward in every steps - no knee flexion; hip flexion and straight legs






16. construction worker works in squatting position; now develop decreased sensation over anterolateral thigh






17. How to differentiate traumatic LP and SAH






18. MG






19. How to stop antiepileptic drugs






20. cortical lesion






21. women with unilateral eye pain; neurlogic symptoms here there at different times






22. Most effective to reduce aspiration in stroke or patient with swallowing dysfunction






23. at first tingling in toes and feet then weakness in extremities






24. impaired hepatic conjugation of billirubin






25. differentiate wenicke and korsakoff






26. alcoholic p/w confusion - ataxia - tremor - nystamgus


27. What is can be used cluster headache prevention






28. How to tx lewy body dementia






29. When to suspect traumatic LP






30. dominant parietal lobe on the left side






31. double vision at the end of day and ptosis






32. severe headache and high BP






33. headache - non reactive pupil - fall on both sides during walking - impaired upward gaze






34. How to confirm braindeath?






35. How to manage stroke patient came within 4 hours






36. How to differentiate botulism from tick born paralysis - GBS and MG






37. What mmse score suggest dementia






38. How to differentiate medial and lateral pontine syndrome






39. medial thigh sensory loss and weakness in addcution






40. labyrinthitis






41. Acute onset of left arm weakness






42. differentiate lewy body dementia and vascular dementia






43. lesion in dominant tempora lobe






44. Patient with carbamazepine; What should be advice?






45. korsafoff psychosis






46. benign essential tremor






47. When headache is presenting complaint of brain tumor






48. When to use dopamine agonist pramipexol in parkinson






49. how donepezil - acetylecholinsterase inhibitor works in Alzheimers






50. How to differentiate parkinson and benign essential tremor