MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REVIEW TOPICS

Neurology topics for USMLE Step 2 CK

Neurology topics for USMLE Step 2 CK

Diseases of the Nervous System and Special Senses

Health and Health Maintenance

• Cerebrovascular disease, cerebral infarction
• Nutritional deficiencies, toxic injuries, and occupational disorders including lead, carbon monoxide, and organophosphate poisoning
• Infection involving the nervous system, eyes, or ears
• Degenerative and demyelinating disorders, including Alzheimer disease and multiple sclerosis

Mechanisms of Disease

• Localizing anatomy:
  • brain and special senses
  • brain stem
  • spinal cord
  • neuromuscular system
• Anatomy of cerebral circulation
• Increased intracranial pressure and altered state of consciousness
• Infection
• Degenerative/developmental and metabolic disorders

Diagnosis

• Disorders of the eye (eg, blindness; glaucoma; infection; papilledema; optic atrophy; retinal disorders; diabetic retinopathy; diplopia; cataract; neoplasms; vascular disorders; uveitis; iridocyclitis; traumatic, toxic injury; toxoplasmosis)
• Disorders of the ear, olfaction, and taste (eg, deafness, hearing loss, otitis, mastoiditis; vertigo, tinnitus, Meniere disease; acoustic neuroma; traumatic, toxic injury)
• Disorders of the nervous system:
  • paroxysmal disorders (eg, headache; trigeminal neuralgia; seizure disorders; syncope)
  • cerebrovascular disease (eg, intracerebral hemorrhage; ischemic disorders; aneurysm, subarachnoid hemorrhage; cavernous sinus thrombosis)
  • traumatic, toxic injury; including lead, carbon monoxide, and organophosphate poisoning
  • infections (eg, bacterial, fungal, viral, opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients; Lyme disease; abscess; neurosyphilis; Guillain-Barré syndrome)
  • neoplasms (eg, primary; metastatic; neurofibromatosis)
  • metabolic disorders (eg, metabolic encephalopathy, vitamin B₁₂ [cobalamin] deficiency, vitamin B₁ [thiamine] deficiency; coma, confusion, delirium, dementia)
  • degenerative and developmental disorders (eg, Alzheimer disease; Huntington disease; parkinsonism; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Tay-Sachs disease; multiple sclerosis; cerebral palsy; dyslexia)
  • neuromuscular disorders, gait abnormalities, and disorders relating to the spine and spinal nerve roots (eg, myasthenia gravis; muscular dystrophy; peripheral neuropathy; neck pain; cervical radiculopathy; lumbosacral radiculopathy; spinal stenosis)
  • sleep disorders (eg, narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnolence, restless legs syndrome, REM sleep behavior disorder, circadian rhythm sleep disorder, sleep apnea)

Principles of Management
(With emphasis on topics covered in Diagnosis)

• Pharmacotherapy only
• Management decision (treatment/diagnosis steps)
• Treatment only

source: usmle.org

Tagged with: Neurology topics for USMLE Step 2 CK

Categorised as: Neurology 2, Uncategorized