CNRN Review exam with complete
solutions 2024/2025
Focal Seizures: Non-motor - ANSWER-Behavioral arrest, autonomic, emotional,
cognitive, sensory
Vestibulocochlear (VIII) - ANSWER-sense of hearing/balance
Hemorrhagic stroke risk factors - ANSWER-hypertension, cocaine use, tobacco
use
Stroke types - ANSWER-ischemic, hemorrhagic
Chiari s/sx - ANSWER-neck pain, chronic headache, cerebellar sx (dizziness,
ataxia, N/V)
Seizure Management: Ongoing - ANSWER-EEG, AED titration (mono vs. poly
therapy, labs/levels), additional imaging (fMRI, PET, Wada's test), Neuropsych
testing, ~surgical eval, ~keto diet
Ischemic Stroke: Treatment Options - ANSWER-Antiplatelets, TPA, Endovascular
treatment (thrombectomy, intracerebral stenting)
Vasospasms treatment - ANSWER-Triple H therapy (hemodilution, hypertension,
hypervolemia), Cerebral balloon angioplasty, Intra-arterial Ca channel blocker
Extra-axial Brain Tumors: Pituitary Adenoma (grade, s/sx, treatment,
~complications) - ANSWER-Benign; Hormonal disturbance, bitemporal
hemianopsia, obstructive hydrocephalus; Surgical resection, ~nasal precautions
Myasethenia Gravis s/sx - ANSWER-muscle weakness that increases with activity
and improves with rest
solutions 2024/2025
Focal Seizures: Non-motor - ANSWER-Behavioral arrest, autonomic, emotional,
cognitive, sensory
Vestibulocochlear (VIII) - ANSWER-sense of hearing/balance
Hemorrhagic stroke risk factors - ANSWER-hypertension, cocaine use, tobacco
use
Stroke types - ANSWER-ischemic, hemorrhagic
Chiari s/sx - ANSWER-neck pain, chronic headache, cerebellar sx (dizziness,
ataxia, N/V)
Seizure Management: Ongoing - ANSWER-EEG, AED titration (mono vs. poly
therapy, labs/levels), additional imaging (fMRI, PET, Wada's test), Neuropsych
testing, ~surgical eval, ~keto diet
Ischemic Stroke: Treatment Options - ANSWER-Antiplatelets, TPA, Endovascular
treatment (thrombectomy, intracerebral stenting)
Vasospasms treatment - ANSWER-Triple H therapy (hemodilution, hypertension,
hypervolemia), Cerebral balloon angioplasty, Intra-arterial Ca channel blocker
Extra-axial Brain Tumors: Pituitary Adenoma (grade, s/sx, treatment,
~complications) - ANSWER-Benign; Hormonal disturbance, bitemporal
hemianopsia, obstructive hydrocephalus; Surgical resection, ~nasal precautions
Myasethenia Gravis s/sx - ANSWER-muscle weakness that increases with activity
and improves with rest