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S4 Exam 1 (AS)
Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor Poisoning
- DUMBBELSS
- Diarrhea
- Urination
- Miosis
- Bronchospasm
- Bradycardia
- Emesis
- Lacrimation
- Salivation
- Sweating
2 mins
Anticholinergics
- B.O.AT.S Acronym
- Benztropine
- Parkinson's Disease
- Oxybutynin
- Decrease bladder spasms
- Atropine
- Mydriasis and Cycloplegia
- Scopolamine
- Motion Sickness
1 min
Anticholinergics Continued
- Drugs
- Glycopyrrolate
- Reduces Airway Secretions
- Ulcer Treatment
- Ipratropium
- Asthma and C.O.P.D
- Dicyclomine
- Hyoscyamine
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
1 min
Atropine
- Indications
- Blocks DUMBBeLSS
- Bradycardia
- Side Effects
- Skin Flushing
- Increased Temperature
- Dry Mouth
- Cycloplegia
- Disorientation
- Mydriasis
1 min
Barbiturates
- Barb- Drug Names
- Indications
- Seizure Treatment
- Anesthesia Induction
- Mechanism of Action
- Increased Duration of Cl- Channel Opening
- Decrease Neuron Firing
- Side Effects
- Sedation
- Cardiovascular and Respiratory Depression
- CNS Depression
- P450 inducer
2 mins
Benzodiazepines Overview
- Indications
- First Line for Status Epilepticus
- Anesthesia Induction
- Anxiety
- Eclampsia
- Detoxification
- Mechanism of Action
- '-zepam' and '-zolam" Suffix
- Increase Frequency of Cl- Channel Opening
- Side Effects
- Decrease REM Sleep
- CNS Depression
- Dependence
- Antidote
- Flumazenil for Overdose
2 mins
Bupropion
- Indications
- Depression
- Smoking Cessation
- Mechanism of Action
- Increase Dopamine and NE
- Side Effects
- Stimulant Side Effects
- Seizure
1 min
CN II
- Optic Nerve
- Sensory
- Vision
35 secs
CN III
- Oculomotor Nerve
- Motor
- Eye Movement
- Accommodation
- Eyelid Opening
- Pupillary Constriction
1 min
CN IV
- Trochlear Nerve
- Motor
- Abducts, Depresses, Internally Rotates
48 secs
CN VI
- Abducens Nerve
- Motor
- Abducts Eye
48 secs
Carbamazepine
- Indications
- First-line Seizure Medication
- First Line for Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Mechanism of Action
- Stabilizes Inactive State of Na+ Channels
- Side Effects
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
- Induce Cytochrome P450
- Teratogen
- Hepatotoxicity
- Blood Dyscrasias
2 mins
Craniopharyngioma
- Hypopituitarism
- Remnants of Rathke's Pouch
- Tooth-enamel Like Calcification
- Cholesterol Crystals
- Yellow Viscous Fluid
- Headache
- Bitemporal Hemianopsia
1 min
Direct Cholinomimetics
- Muscarinic Agonists
- Bethanechol
- Bladder and Bowels
- Methacholine
- Bronchoconstriction
- Pilocarpine
- Contracts Ciliary Muscle and Pupillary Sphincter
- Carbachol
- Releases Intraocular Pressure
1 min
Donepezil
- Indications
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Mechanism of Action
- Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor
- Increased Acetylcholine
- Side Effects
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Dizziness
52 secs
Ependymoma
- Occur in Children
- Fourth Ventricle
- Hydrocephalus
- Perivascular Pseudorosettes
- Rod Shaped Blepharoplasts
- Cauda Equina in Adults
- Poor Prognosis
- Neurofibromatosis Type II
2 mins
Ethosuximide
- Indications
- First Line Absence Seizure Treatment
- Mechanism of Action
- Blocks Thalamic T-Type Ca2+ Channels
- Side Effects
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
- Fatigue
- Diarrhea
32 secs
Gabapentin
- Primary Indication
- Seizure Treatment
- Secondary Indications
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Bipolar Disorder
- Migraine Prophylaxis
- Characteristics
- Inhibits Voltage-Gated Ca2+ channels
- Designed as a GABA Analog
- Side Effects
- Ataxia
- Sedation
2 mins
Glioblastoma Multiforme
- Most Common Malignant Primary Brain Tumor
- Grade 4 Astrocytoma
- Can Cross Corpus Callosum
- Butterfly Glioma
- Pseudo-palisading Tumor Cells
- Areas of Necrosis and Hemorrhage
- Stain Astrocytes for Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP)
- Grave Prognosis
2 mins
Hemangioblastoma
- Most Often Cerebellar
- Associated with Von Hippel-Lindau
- Retinal Angiomas
- Can Produce EPO
- Secondary Polycythemia
- Foamy Cells
- High Vascularity
59 secs
