NR 603 - APEA PREDICTOR
EXAM FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
2026/2027 STUDY
NIMODIPINE
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER IMPROVING OUTCOMES POST-SAH.
FUROSEMIDE
LOOP DIURETIC WITH NO ROLE IN SAH TREATMENT.
PREDNISONE
GLUCOCORTICOID PROVIDING SYMPTOMATIC RELIEF IN SAH.
TRANEXAMIC ACID
ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC FOR ANEURYSM PATIENTS, NOT ROUTINE POST-RUPTURE.
LABETALOL
BETA BLOCKER, USED CAUTIOUSLY FOR ELEVATED BP.
CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME
MOTOR LOSS MORE SEVERE IN UPPER EXTREMITIES.
ANTERIOR CORD SYNDROME
PARAPLEGIA WITH PRESERVED POSTERIOR COLUMN FUNCTION.
,BROWN-SÉQUARD SYNDROME
WEAKNESS ON ONE SIDE, SENSORY LOSS ON OPPOSITE.
COMPLETE CORD TRANSECTION
LOSS OF ALL FUNCTION BELOW THE INJURY.
CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME
LOW BACK PAIN WITH RADICULOPATHY SYMPTOMS.
EPIDURAL HEMATOMA
LENS-SHAPED HYPER-DENSITY FROM MIDDLE MENINGEAL ARTERY TEAR.
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
BLEEDING BETWEEN DURA MATER AND BRAIN SURFACE.
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
BLEEDING IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND TISSUES.
INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE
BLEEDING WITHIN THE BRAIN TISSUE ITSELF.
MENINGITIS
INFLAMMATION OF PROTECTIVE MEMBRANES COVERING THE BRAIN.
HYPERESTHESIA
INCREASED SENSITIVITY TO SENSORY STIMULI.
MYDRIASIS
DILATED PUPILS, OFTEN INDICATING NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES.
PAPILLEDEMA
SWELLING OF OPTIC DISC DUE TO INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE.
,EXTENSOR PLANTAR RESPONSE
NEUROLOGICAL SIGN INDICATING UPPER MOTOR NEURON LESION.
MASS EFFECT
DISPLACEMENT OF BRAIN STRUCTURES DUE TO SWELLING.
LUCID INTERVAL
PERIOD OF CLARITY AFTER HEAD INJURY BEFORE SYMPTOMS WORSEN.
CT SCAN
IMAGING TECHNIQUE USED TO DIAGNOSE BRAIN INJURIES.
TRAUMATIC TEAR
INJURY CAUSING A RUPTURE IN BLOOD VESSELS.
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
VENOUS HEMORRHAGE FROM RUPTURED BRIDGING VEINS.
EPIDURAL HEMATOMA
ARTERIAL BLEEDING BETWEEN SKULL AND DURA MATER.
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
BLOOD IN SUBARACHNOID SPACE FROM ANEURYSM RUPTURE.
INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE
BLOOD ACCUMULATION IN BRAIN TISSUE DUE TO HYPERTENSION.
MENINGITIS
INFLAMMATION OF MENINGES, OFTEN WITH FEVER.
LUMBAR PUNCTURE
DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE TO ANALYZE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID.
, XANTHOCHROMIA
YELLOW DISCOLORATION IN CSF INDICATING SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE.
BERRY ANEURYSM
CONGENITAL ANEURYSM OFTEN CAUSING SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE.
MASS EFFECT
PRESSURE EFFECT ON BRAIN STRUCTURES FROM HEMATOMA.
CONTRALATERAL HEMIPARESIS
WEAKNESS ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF BRAIN INJURY.
LETHARGY
STATE OF LIMITED MOVEMENT OR SPEECH.
STUPOR
DEEP SLEEP, RESPONSIVE ONLY TO VIGOROUS STIMULI.
COMA
UNRESPONSIVENESS TO PAINFUL STIMULI.
SEIZURE DISORDER
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION CAUSING RECURRENT SEIZURES.
DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS
METABOLIC STATE FROM SEVERE INSULIN DEFICIENCY.
INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM
GENETIC CONDITIONS AFFECTING METABOLIC PROCESSES.
ENCEPHALITIS
INFECTION OF THE BRAIN LEADING TO ALTERED CONSCIOUSNESS.
EXAM FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
2026/2027 STUDY
NIMODIPINE
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER IMPROVING OUTCOMES POST-SAH.
FUROSEMIDE
LOOP DIURETIC WITH NO ROLE IN SAH TREATMENT.
PREDNISONE
GLUCOCORTICOID PROVIDING SYMPTOMATIC RELIEF IN SAH.
TRANEXAMIC ACID
ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC FOR ANEURYSM PATIENTS, NOT ROUTINE POST-RUPTURE.
LABETALOL
BETA BLOCKER, USED CAUTIOUSLY FOR ELEVATED BP.
CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME
MOTOR LOSS MORE SEVERE IN UPPER EXTREMITIES.
ANTERIOR CORD SYNDROME
PARAPLEGIA WITH PRESERVED POSTERIOR COLUMN FUNCTION.
,BROWN-SÉQUARD SYNDROME
WEAKNESS ON ONE SIDE, SENSORY LOSS ON OPPOSITE.
COMPLETE CORD TRANSECTION
LOSS OF ALL FUNCTION BELOW THE INJURY.
CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME
LOW BACK PAIN WITH RADICULOPATHY SYMPTOMS.
EPIDURAL HEMATOMA
LENS-SHAPED HYPER-DENSITY FROM MIDDLE MENINGEAL ARTERY TEAR.
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
BLEEDING BETWEEN DURA MATER AND BRAIN SURFACE.
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
BLEEDING IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND TISSUES.
INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE
BLEEDING WITHIN THE BRAIN TISSUE ITSELF.
MENINGITIS
INFLAMMATION OF PROTECTIVE MEMBRANES COVERING THE BRAIN.
HYPERESTHESIA
INCREASED SENSITIVITY TO SENSORY STIMULI.
MYDRIASIS
DILATED PUPILS, OFTEN INDICATING NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES.
PAPILLEDEMA
SWELLING OF OPTIC DISC DUE TO INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE.
,EXTENSOR PLANTAR RESPONSE
NEUROLOGICAL SIGN INDICATING UPPER MOTOR NEURON LESION.
MASS EFFECT
DISPLACEMENT OF BRAIN STRUCTURES DUE TO SWELLING.
LUCID INTERVAL
PERIOD OF CLARITY AFTER HEAD INJURY BEFORE SYMPTOMS WORSEN.
CT SCAN
IMAGING TECHNIQUE USED TO DIAGNOSE BRAIN INJURIES.
TRAUMATIC TEAR
INJURY CAUSING A RUPTURE IN BLOOD VESSELS.
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
VENOUS HEMORRHAGE FROM RUPTURED BRIDGING VEINS.
EPIDURAL HEMATOMA
ARTERIAL BLEEDING BETWEEN SKULL AND DURA MATER.
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
BLOOD IN SUBARACHNOID SPACE FROM ANEURYSM RUPTURE.
INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE
BLOOD ACCUMULATION IN BRAIN TISSUE DUE TO HYPERTENSION.
MENINGITIS
INFLAMMATION OF MENINGES, OFTEN WITH FEVER.
LUMBAR PUNCTURE
DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE TO ANALYZE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID.
, XANTHOCHROMIA
YELLOW DISCOLORATION IN CSF INDICATING SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE.
BERRY ANEURYSM
CONGENITAL ANEURYSM OFTEN CAUSING SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE.
MASS EFFECT
PRESSURE EFFECT ON BRAIN STRUCTURES FROM HEMATOMA.
CONTRALATERAL HEMIPARESIS
WEAKNESS ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF BRAIN INJURY.
LETHARGY
STATE OF LIMITED MOVEMENT OR SPEECH.
STUPOR
DEEP SLEEP, RESPONSIVE ONLY TO VIGOROUS STIMULI.
COMA
UNRESPONSIVENESS TO PAINFUL STIMULI.
SEIZURE DISORDER
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION CAUSING RECURRENT SEIZURES.
DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS
METABOLIC STATE FROM SEVERE INSULIN DEFICIENCY.
INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM
GENETIC CONDITIONS AFFECTING METABOLIC PROCESSES.
ENCEPHALITIS
INFECTION OF THE BRAIN LEADING TO ALTERED CONSCIOUSNESS.
