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USMLE Step3 Neurology

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






2. When headache is presenting complaint of brain tumor






3. How to tx stroke patient came after 6h






4. MG






5. phenytoin and OCP






6. differentiate wenicke and korsakoff






7. Tx of bells palsy






8. korsafoff psychosis






9. get up and go test






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






11. When to start fibrinolytic therapy in stroke patient?






12. How to perform apnea test






13. cortical lesion






14. double vision at the end of day and ptosis






15. How to confirm braindeath?






16. impaired hepatic conjugation of billirubin






17. infections in GBS






18. acoustic neuroma






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






20. oligoclonal band in CSF






21. How to differentiate dementias






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






23. anerior and anteriomedial thigh paresthesia - decreased DTR






24. Patient with carbamazepine; What should be advice?






25. What is pronator drift






26. prodrome of vasovagal syncope






27. Tx of GBS






28. indication of plasmapheresis in GBS






29. earliest sign of phenytoin toxicity






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






31. lesion in dominant parietal lobe






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






33. craniopharyngioma






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






35. When to give aspirin when patient on tPA after stroke






36. brain stem lesion






37. How to manage stroke patient came within 4 hours






38. How to prevent prevent frequency of MS exacerbation






39. benign essential tremor






40. How to tx acute exacerbation of MS






41. medial thigh sensory loss and weakness in addcution






42. How to tx lewy body dementia






43. What mmse score suggest dementia






44. differentiate lewy body dementia and vascular dementia






45. dominant parietal lobe on the left side






46. GBS






47. MMSE score of less than 24






48. impaired perception of complex sounds






49. How to differentiate parkinson and benign essential tremor






50. dementia plus urinary incontinence