PAEA Internal Medicine EOR | Q&A Latest 2024/2025 | 100% PASS

PAEA Internal Medicine EOR | Q&A Latest 2024/2025 | 100% PASS Bell's Palsy - Answer -causes cranial nerve 7 dysfunction S/S of Bell's Palsy - Answer -Has forehead involvement (whereas a stroke does not affect forehead movement), facial weakness, inability to keep one eye closed Treatment for Bell's palsy - Answer -Prednisone 60mg x 5 days, Valcyclovir 1000mg TID x 7 days, artificial tears, lacri lube at night When can I use tPA? - Answer -ischemic stroke presenting within <3 hrs and CT head negative How do you treat high BP with stroke? - Answer -Nitroprusside (short half life, easy to titrate) or IV labetalol What do you use for anticoagulation/antiplatelet therapy in stroke? - Answer -ASA (not in hemorrhagic), heparin for thrombosis What do you do differently to treat hemorrhagic stroke? - Answer -Give prophylactic anticonvulsant like phenytoin because of increased seizure risk, antiplatelet therapy contraindicated Types of Hemorrhagic Stroke - Answer -1. Intracerebral (10%): results from rupture of small arterioles 2. Subarachnoid (3%): rupture of arterial ane